Season of Debuts: new names and rising stars at RIGA FASHION WEEK

A reflection on simplicity and timelessness, a celebration of fashion’s most fundamental elements. Stripped of excess, it embraces the quiet power of silhouette, texture, and light. No reinvention, no spectacle. Just a model, a garment, and the enduring beauty that needs nothing more.

RIGA FASHION WEEK will take place in the Latvian capital from October 20 to 24, and this season will go down in history as the season of debuts. A similar trend is unfolding on runways worldwide this autumn — with creative director changes, new names, and rising stars. A total of 17 brands from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Belgium, and Uzbekistan will present their collections in Riga, with 12 of them making their RFW debut.

Magda Butrym introduced her Spring–Summer 2026 collection, The Studio, a wardrobe that embraces instinctive chic — undone, spontaneous, and unapologetically sensual.

During Paris Fashion Week, the real show unfolds between the venues — where quiet luxury whispers louder than logos, and style becomes a language spoken fluently on cobblestones and café corners. Through the discerning lens of Sergei Grachev, the city's streets transform into an open-air gallery of sartorial excellence. Hermès draped with nonchalance, Balenciaga worn with audacity, Dior carried like a secret, Miu Miu styled with irreverence, Valentino paired with spontaneity.

The Restless Muse

See guests of the Hermès SS2026 show during the Paris Fashion Week. Captured by Anthony Pomes.

SILHOUETTES OF BEAUTY

Design to Impress, a full-service interior design studio led by Natalie Haruzika, creates spaces that respond to the individuality of their clients while remaining inviting, functional, and attuned to everyone who will inhabit them. Their work reminds us that interiors should breathe in harmony with life itself, responding intuitively to movement, light, and the rhythm of everyday activities.