Jitrois AW26-27 Presentation

AUTUMN WINTER 2026 Collection 
At Paris Fashion Week
"PARIS AFTER DARK:
THE URBAN ROMANTICS"

PARIS AFTER DARK : THE URBAN ROMANTICS JITROIS AUTUMN/WINTER 26–27

When night falls over Paris, the city reveals another self. A city of light and shadow, of fleeting encounters and a latent electricity. In this nocturnal landscape emerges a tribe: the Urban Romantics — lovers of midnight, guided by desire, moving through the city with magnetic and instinctive confidence. For Autumn/Winter 2026–2027, Jitrois places the body at the centre of this nocturnal theatre.

Since its founding, the Maison has shaped a singular language: stretch leather as a second skin, offering complete freedom of movement while sculpting the silhouette with sensual precision. A material that conceals nothing but reveals presence, amplifying gesture and translating movement directly into line. Leather becomes both armour and invitation — a garment that remembers the body. With the creative vision of Tristan Van Bruwaene and Jay Wilson, under the artistic direction of Jean-Claude Jitrois, the collection extends this legacy while inscribing it within a contemporary reading of the Paris night. The trio revisits the codes of the Maison — sensual precision, sculptural silhouettes and the intimate dialogue between skin and leather — to reveal their expression today. The idea of the Urban Romantics also echoes a nocturnal culture that has accompanied Jitrois for decades.

From the theatrical elegance of the London New Romantics to the legendary nights of Le Palace in Paris, from the sensual imagery of Helmut Newton, with whom the Maison collaborated, to contemporary nightlife scenes, Jitrois has long moved through the spaces where fashion, desire and music meet. But the heart of this story remains Paris — a city where elegance and intrigue move through the night, behind the tall windows of Haussmannian apartments. Within these interiors, the silhouette begins to emerge. Zipped leather jumpsuits, sculpted dresses and precise corsetry draw sharp vertical lines across the figure. Tailored leather jackets and structured coats assert a distinctly Parisian authority, while sheer textures, lace and open constructions introduce the sensual ambiguity of the night.

The collection enters into dialogue with architecture. Certain embroideries echo the intricate lines of Parisian wrought-iron balconies, while delicate constructions inspired by lingerie — lace, corsetry and transparencies — frame the body with precision and sensuality.  The colour palette follows the rhythm of a Parisian night: deep black, the colour of the city after dark; burgundy and intense reds charged with desire; flashes of gold catching the glow of interiors; electric blues and deep greens bringing a contemporary pulse. For Jitrois, the night is never simply a backdrop. It is a state of being. A moment when identities shift, silhouettes sharpen and the body becomes both presence and possibility. The Urban Romantics inhabit that moment fully — bodies sculpted in leather, moving through the Paris night until the city slowly returns to itself. La maison Jitrois