DUBAI: Saudi influencer Nojoud Al-Rumaihi, who is also a fashion consultant, has been spotted at a number of runway shows during Paris Fashion Week.
Al-Rumaihi attended Lebanese couturier Elie Saab’s Spring/Summer 2026 showcase, as well as shows staged by Hermes, Valentino, and Lebanese designer Georges Hobeika.
She has been sharing behind-the-scenes glimpses of her time at fashion week on social media, with insights on her favorite runway looks as well as her own outfits.
Al-Rumaihi shared a series on Instagram Stories about Hermes designer Nadege Vanhee’s latest show in Paris, in which Vanhee sent out a collection of brassiere tops, quilted silk coats and racer-back dresses.
Models marched around the space in tall riding boots, their silky ponytails swishing. They wore sandy-colored shirts, skirts and brassiere ensembles, cinched snugly with leather straps and lacework. Racer backs revealed shoulder blades, while leather bra tops held silk fabric in place, covering the chest, Reuters reported.
The color palette was dominated by muted beige and khaki tones, with a few touches of bright red — a leather trouser set, a handbag and motifs on scarves.
Al-Rumaihi also attended Italian label Valentino’s showcase in Paris, during which creative head Alessandro Michele’s latest collection Fireflies was put on show.
Prim retro silhouettes — bows, ruching, velvet skirts — set a mood at Paris Fashion Week of controlled nostalgia, Associated Press noted.
The high point was a draped gold gown with a feathered white collar, evoking myth and Valentino’s Roman past. A polka-dot shirt, satin skirts split with bright yellow panels, and occasional colorblocking kept the eclectic spirit alive, though without the exuberant force Michele had deployed before.
That was the story of the show: less spectacle, more editing. Where Michele’s early collections for the house, and his Gucci tenure before that, thrived on sheer overload — tassels, turbans, ruffles, references piled high — here he cut cleaner lines and pared styling back. The result felt more wearable, but also less astonishing.
Valentino’s identity is rooted in beauty and polish. Under founder Valentino Garavani, the house meant jet-set elegance and “Valentino red.” Under designer Pierpaolo Piccioli, it leaned into couture-like refinement. Michele entered with a different tool kit: maximalist nostalgia, gender-fluid styling, and deep archive mining. He has said the job is to “manipulate the past to make it now,” balancing modern maximalism with relevance so the brand does not freeze in time.
For her part, Al-Rumaihi billed it as “a magnificent experiential show” on Instagram, where she shared a video of models traversing a spotlit runway.
