PARIS/ DUBAI: Model Mona Tougaard stepped onto the Dior runway at the Tuileries Garden during Paris Fashion Week recently.
The sun was out over the glass-walled runway at the famed Tuileries Garden in the French capital on Tuesday, flooding Jonathan Anderson’s fall-winter 2026 collection for Dior with a golden light that invoked Impressionist paintings.
Among the celebrities at Paris Fashion Week packed into the glass walkways around the park’s octagonal basin — dotted with artificial water lilies in a nod to Monet — were Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Jisoo, Priyanka Chopra, Willow Smith, Emily Ratajkowski and Macaulay Culkin.
Mona Tougaard wore a structured, high-neck jacket in a pale ivory tone. (Getty Images)
It was a fitting mood for a collection steeped in flowers, water and the art of being seen.
For the show Tougaard, who has Danish, Turkish, Somali and Ethiopian ancestry, wore a structured, high-neck jacket in a pale ivory tone with soft pastel feather-like patterns in shades of blue and blush.
The jacket was tailored and fitted through the waist, fastened with small buttons down the front, and finished with delicate feather detailing along the hem.
The show took place at the Tuileries Garden in the French capital. (Getty Images)
It was paired with a dramatic, layered black tulle skirt featuring polka-dot mesh and scalloped lace edges. The skirt was short and voluminous at the front with multiple ruffled tiers, while a sheer asymmetrical train extended from the back, adding movement as she walked.
She completed the look with black-and-white pointed heels, creating a sharp contrast against the airy textures of the outfit.
Besides Tougaard’s look, the runway also featured deconstructed frock coats, peplum jackets and bustle skirts in candied almond shades, Chantilly lace and metallic jacquards. Shrunken blazers sat above lampshade skirts in baby-soft shearling.
Sculptural knits held their shape like origami.
The floral theme was everywhere — but it was developed through silhouette and fabric rather than slapped on literally.
Crinkled cardigans recalled the corolla of a bloom. Asymmetrically fastened skirts and dresses evoked petals. Even the crystal detailing on embroidered jeans carried a botanical echo.
Anderson reprised his Donegal tweed take on the house’s legendary Bar jacket, but made it longer and looser.
The spiral cage dresses that wowed at his recent couture show returned as clouds of soft pleated fabric.
There were ivory hammered silk track pants with covered bridal buttons, jeans with ribbon embroidery and plain robe coats worn as dresses — garments rarely given the spotlight on a runway.
