Given his intimacy for leather, hardware and strong Japanese denim, Yigl Azraul feels that he will grow in winter months. But Azrouël is in its best form when he is designed to innovate, instead of adopting the codes of his home in the season, instead of determining the weather to the weather. For Spring 2026, he developed a paperweight leather, with contrast piping and a jacket shaped with a quarter-zip tunic, as well as a trench coat made in a light Japanese parachute cotton.
Azrouël approached this collection with a mild touch. It served him well. In the previous sessions, the designer has included vigorous, abstract flowers in this work. For Vasant 2026, however, the only in-u-face pattern was a black and white moire print. They focus on most solids, sometimes with colored platforms and barely low-opposite stripes. “I am really trying to create a more consistent story,” he said.
The choice allowed their construction to shine. Drapped with thigh-urchi slits, backless maxi dresses that have a hard leather buckle neck, and the round sleeve added a feminine edge to a leather jacket. Azrouël thrives under stress: masculine vs. feminine, ’80s vs. contemporary, beach vs hard. Moving forward, it would be exciting to see how the need forces him to develop these sartorial contradictions.
