PARIS — Miguel Castro Freitas is getting a jump on the glut of first collections by new creative directors arriving in stores next season.

Freitas, who unveiled his spring 2026 line on Oct. 2 amid a raft of designer debuts during Paris Fashion Week, is doing a little reverse engineering by dropping his cruise collection in stores this month.


“I like to call it the Ground Zero collection,” he told WWD in an exclusive interview.

Eschewing traditional seasonal labels, Freitas has dubbed it “The Wardrobe of Identities,” explaining that it represents the building blocks of his Mugler wardrobe. He revealed the collection with the release on Monday of his first campaign for the house.

Whereas his predecessor Casey Cadwallader earned a reputation for body-conscious designs and bombasti

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