February 2026

Charlie Le Mindu, SS26 CoutureGallery / 27 images It’s the last day of couture week in Paris, an hour before Charlie Le Mindu’s first fashion show in a decade, in the edgy, far-flung Oberkampf neighbourhood. The backstage is buzzing, and there is hair on every surface. It hangs from clothing racks, it’s on the bodies of the models, it sits on tables and it’s pinned to the walls. It’s being clipped, snipped, ironed and tweaked for Le Mindu’s first-ever haute couture show. A decade ago, Le Mindu was a fixture at London Fashion Week for his hair-raising fashion shows. He then changed his career course to focus on costumes for opera and ballet, creating work for a few select clients like Doja...