Her idea of power comes from within the feminine experience.
For her second womenswear collection at Givenchy, Sarah Burton continues to write a new chapter. Shown at Paris Fashion Week, the Spring/Summer 2026 runway was built on what she introduced in her Fall debut but, this time, with even more clarity. Where many designers lean on masculine codes to signal power, Burton does the opposite. Her idea of power comes from within the feminine experience and it’s through the act of dressing and undressing, through structure peeled away, and through intimacy.
“The collection started with peeling back the structure of tailoring to reveal skin and a sense of lightness and ease,” Burton said in the show notes. That was clear from the very first look: a sharp yet soft mini suit-dress with sculptural sleeves and raw hems. Across the show, jackets were stripped of inner canvas to allow movement, and coats often slipped off the shoulder, revealing lingerie straps holding everything in place.
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A black gown cut high in front and trailing behind exposed a flash of white lining. A delicate shell-shaped bralette appeared under a layer of tulle. There was a transparent cherry red gown with a dramatic ruffled neckline, a pale pink mini dress, and a trench shaped to trace the curves of the body.
Leather brought edge in raw-hemmed skirts, sculpted bustiers, and a standout heart-shaped moto jacket with exaggerated collars and exposed zippers. Burton’s palette stayed restrained too, playing along black, white, but a bright colors pop as well with deep cherry and bright orange.
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This show also extended the narrative Burton began with her first campaign for Givenchy, which we wrote previously here in The POST. That campaign, starring Kaia Gerber, Adut Akech, Vittoria Ceretti, and members of Burton’s own team, stripped things back. It was photographed by Collier Schorr and featured real moments: women mid-laugh, mid-gesture, without the polish or stiffness of a traditional luxury campaign.
The front row’s quite big too withJenna Ortega wore a sheer ruffled red gown that turned out to be a show look. Gwendoline Christie arrived in a crisp skirt-and-shirt combo that was both precise and romantic. Charlize Theron, Naomi Campbell, and Cynthia Erivo all appeared as embodiments of the Givenchy woman Burton is shaping: one who is unapologetically elegant, powerful, and complex.
In Givenchy’s Spring/Summer 2026, Burton doesn’t just dress women, she honors them.
Watch the full show below:
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