DUBAI/ PARIS: Saudi Arabia label Ashi Studio has celebrated two decades in fashion with a Fall 2026 Couture collection exploring themes of identity, concealment and transformation.
The show on Tuesday night, part of Paris Haute Couture Week, concluded with the line, “Behind every mask is another mask.” Inspiration appeared to have been drawn from elaborate celebrations spanning Renaissance Florence to Carlos de Beistegui's legendary 1951 masked ball at Venice's Palazzo Labia.
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For the new season, designer Mohammed Ashi examined the human body as something that can be reshaped and protected. He presented garments that suggested armor, creating silhouettes that balanced strength with fragility.
Feathers, sculptural corsets, shell-like structures, veils, fringe and glossy finishes transformed the models into almost otherworldly figures. Narrow waists and exaggerated forms blurred the boundaries between human, bird and insect, lending the collection a dreamlike quality.
