Zuhair Murad Haute Couture FW26 Report

Zuhair Murad FW26 Women Looks Report

Paris Fashion Week

Zuhair Murad FW26 builds a world split between two emotional registers: ethereal light and consuming darkness, with feathers, crystals, butterflies and velvet doing the structural and symbolic work across 19 womenswear looks. For buyers and style directors operating in the formal eveningwear and bridal-adjacent market, this collection arrives at a moment when clients are demanding maximum drama at maximum craftsmanship, and Murad delivers both without restraint.

Silhouette and Volume

The silhouette story splits cleanly between body-skimming column gowns in sheer embroidered tulle and full ball-gown skirts with cathedral-length trains. Almost no middle ground exists here. Look 4 and Look 16 anchor the volume story with structured A-line skirts that carry significant weight from the hip down. Look 8 pushes that further with a sculptural draped satin skirt that creates its own architecture independent of the body beneath it. A trouser silhouette appears in Look 7, paired with a sheer butterfly-appliquéd top and floor-length tulle cape, and functions as the single tailored outlier. This is a clear signal that Murad is opening the door to non-gown formal dressing.