Each one of Hillary Taymour's Collina Strada collections is cemented in a narrative-driven notion. While last season, Fall/Winter 2025, built an unf*ckwithable "Fempire," Spring/Summer 2025 encouraged us all to "Touch Grass" at a time we needed it most. For Taymour's Spring 2026 showcase, she's honed in on an abstraction that feels more timely than ever before.

A collection entitled "Shade," Taymour began teasing the concept on the show's save the dates and formal invitations; each reminder was stamped with a photo of a shadow puppet, leaving attendees eagerly lined up on an East River helipad, wondering how the nostalgic motif would come into play in the presentation

Not only did we soon realize that, just ahead of the striking sunset on the water, we, in fact, resembled shadow puppets,

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