Wild Rose & Sparrow Spring/Summer 2026 during Paris Fashion Week

Wild Rose & Sparrow Spring/Summer 2026 / SS26 during Paris Fashion Week entitled Ex Lions

Set in the historical Bibliothèque Mazarine, Wild Rose & Sparrow invites you to their SS26 / Spring/Summer 2026 collection: Ex Libris. Presented in three chapters, each one explores the house’s most cherished literary leitmotifs.

Chapter I. Coven, The opening chapter pays homage to gothic literature. Dark silhouettes evoke reinterpreted Victorian detailing through black novelty lace, sheer tulle and diaphanous silks. Sirenesque gowns skim the body with lace paneling, miniskirts gain volume from Victorian inspired bustles, and diaphanoussilk chiffon mimics the translucent quality of peering at a figure underwater. A floor-length lace gown draped with a tulle caplet nods to Gustav Klimt’s Mermaids. Taken together, this chapter conjures the portrait of a coven, radiant with equal parts sisterhood and fortitude.

Chapter II. Chevalière, The second chapter is inspired by medieval heroines and heraldic imagery. Scarlet silhouettes part from the preceding darkness: structured jackets in stiffened cotton, heavily embroidered textiles evoking medieval tapestries, and beaded motifs glinting beneath knife-pleated skirts like chainmail. Antique chatelaines, keys and chainmail purses are styled as bijoux, while fleur-de-lys ribbons that reference the designers’ Montréal home embellish the waistlines of corseted and structured silhouettes. Shades of vermillion and kermes red echo medieval illuminures. The closing look Wild Rose & Sparrow SS26 / Spring/Summer 2026 is inspired by J.W. Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott: a seraphic gown in gossamer silk chiffon, its bodice and sleeves swathed in hand-sculpted gold thread.

Chapter III. Sonnet, The final chapter is an ode to sonnets and poetry. Here, Edwardian elements are reimagined in ethereal cottons and airy lace, evoking the tenderness of sonnets and their ephemeral beauty. Guipure appliqués and broderie anglaise adorn gowns in white and cream, while Edwardian collars part from their canonical styling and are placed on hips and around waistlines. Sheer paneling plays against embroidered cotton, while bloomers, chemisettes and delicate cotton pieces capture the intimate essence of sonnets. The collection closes with a floor-length tiered gown in white cotton, its open back and windowpane bodice embodying Wild Rose & Sparrow’s romantic soul and devotion to craft.

Together, these form a triptych that embodies Wild Rose & Sparrow’s vision for spring-summer: unapologetically romantic, steeped in history and literature unravelling into prêt-à-porter silhouettes. Ex Libris is, ultimately, a collection of stories rendered in fabric. Three chapters, one vision: a world Unapologetically romantic, steeped in history and literature, translated into prêt-à-porter with both poetic Sensibility and meticulous craftsmanship.