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Versatile fashion at the Marie Adam-Leenaerdt show
Simple and effective. That is the motto of Marie Adam-Leenaerdt’s Fall/Winter 2026-2027 collection. A modular wardrobe that expands her alluring vision of fashion.
Belgian fashion and a versatile wardrobe
While brands are becoming increasingly creative with grandiose settings each season, Marie Adam-Leenaerdt manages to stand out through simplicity. Instead of the traditional rows along the runway at fashion shows, the Belgian designer offers an unexpected scenography. At the entrance, small black stools, decorated with her name, are waiting to welcome guests.
Everybody is invited to take a stool and place it wherever they want, thus forming the runway itself. An unusual staging that disrupts the conventional organization of a fashion show. The concept was already seen at Alaïa in 2023, during a show held on the Léopold-Sédar-Senghor footbridge. At the Marie Adam-Leenaerdt show, everyone is therefore treated equally and sits down on a small stool, in the front row.
Marie Adam-Leenaerdt expands her fashion vocabulary
A scenography that already signals the Belgian designer’s intentions for this new collection. “This season, it’s about creating with care, transforming what already exists,” she writes in her show notes. Nothing proves more effective than simplicity. For instance, the removal of seating rows, but also her Fall/Winter 2026-2027 wardrobe, which continues to develop her fashion vocabulary. Here, there are no novelties or risks being taken. The clothes stand on their own and confirm the effectiveness of Marie Adam-Leenaerdt’s aesthetic, which manages to seduce us season after season.
We particularly love the reversible pieces, such as a brown fur coat lined with candy-pink satin that can be worn inside out, or the pink top and skirt set in top-stitched lace, which appears as an off-white dress on the same model a few minutes later .
There is no need to create pieces from scratch when one can endlessly revamp them. Especially with a modular wardrobe where soft, lightweight fabrics meet rigid, structured pieces. In one runway show, Marie Adam-Leenaerdt showcases a collection suited to every season and style. Simple, yet highly effective.
All the looks from the Marie Adam-Leenaerdt Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show
