This week, a group has attracted attention. It started at the haute couture show Schiaparelli in Paris on Monday (26), when Demi Moore arrived wearing a matching cheetah print jumpsuit and coat, created by the house’s creative director, Daniel Roseberry.
Then, at the Chanel show on Tuesday (27), a look stole the show with the VIP guest who apparently took inspiration from Fran Fine with a bold tailored skirt and bag set 2.55. Every inch of the pop star was covered in a hypnotic swirl of yellow, black and red which looked like a psychedelic animal print.
On Wednesday (28), it became clear that the message had spread from the city of lights to New York, when she appeared in a midi dress with embroidered tiger stripes. Both looks were from Chanel’s Métiers d’Art 2026 collection, presented in December last year.
It’s 80s basics, but with a twist.
Since debuting last October, Mattieu Blazy has been gradually making a name for himself, gently reinventing what once seemed static — tweed, twin sets and pearls, coats — into clothes that are new, exciting and fluid. It makes sense, then, that something as familiar as animal print looks fresh and unique through your perspective. Lipa and Jenner’s looks are far from the typical mob wife outfits. There is no spiked hair, no piles of golden jewelry, no style. Instead, Blazy’s interpretation is more playful — brighter, bolder and, in the case of Jenner’s brindle dress, in textiles that look like toy pieces.
While keeping its front row look more conservative, Schiaparelli has long been experimenting with limits of animal-inspired fashions (remember Kylie Jenner’s life-size lion head?) This season, Roseberry continued her mission with a couture collection that featured replica reptilian textures, protruding fanged breasts, scorpion bustiers, and a translucent two-piece skirt set crafted in hyper-realistic pufferfish scales.
According to trend analyst Data, But Make It Fashion, the leopard print pattern is already on the rise.
Some are calling it the “Boom Boom” era of fashion — where 80s doctrine of fur, contrasting prints and a greedy, maximalist approach No Dressing presents itself as a fun cosplay opportunity during an otherwise bleak economic, political, and social reality.
But maybe this time, designers will understand that to stop us from passing straight, the animal prints of 2026 need to be louder and more outrageous than ever. A new species altogether.
