Amid a record-breaking heatwave in the City of Lights, fashion designers prepare their pièce de résistance for Paris Haute Couture Week, which runs from 7-10 July.

Paris couture week opened not with sequins or red carpet pageantry, but with a black-feathered omen. Cardi B, wrapped in a custom Schiaparelli gown of graphic fringe, stood beneath the gilded columns of the Petit Palais,

A rainy day in Paris didn’t stop the stars from stepping out on the first day of Haute Couture week. Early Monday morning, stars like Dua Lipa, Cardi B, Hunter Schafer, and more made their way to Paris’ Petit Palais for Schiaparelli’s Fall/Winter 2025-26 “Back to the Future” Haute Couture show by Daniel Roseberry.