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THE MAKING OF FW26

"Fall Winter 2026 ‘Deadly Valentine’ was conceived during a transformative time in my personal life, named after my favourite Charlotte Gainsbourg song. I was reflecting a lot on love, loss, resilience, and renewal. What holds you upright when everything else has collapsed?

This collection looks at clothing as a social armour, the way it can help us escape from ourselves or present as composed, even when we’re far from."

Looking back, my first collection was encapsulated by Thom Yorke’s song ‘Ingenue’, being about naivety, at the precipice of something new. I had come from a commercial design background which meant I wasn’t accustomed to putting a lot of myself in the work. This collection, however, feels a lot more personal, and I think that comes

with a growing confidence in one’s own voice, having lived just a little more through the transition from girlhood to womanhood. It’s nice to be able to draw those parallels between personal and professional growth. It felt natural, to be able to go darker and lean into this part of my style vocabulary that’s always been there.

"I’m interested in women who feel complex and layered - not perfect, not polished. This collection is about emotional tension. The woman is restrained, but there’s always something beneath the surface."

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28:T9a5,[courtney zheng](https://www.courtneyzheng.com/) [lorens](https://www.courtneyzheng.com/collections/fw26-deadly-valentine) THE MAKING OF FW26 "Fall Winter 2026 =E2=80=98Deadly Valentine=E2=80=99 was conceived during a= transformative time in my personal life, named after my favourite Charlott= e Gainsbourg song. I was reflecting a lot on love, loss, resilience, and re= newal. What holds you upright when everything else has collapsed?=E2=80=8BT= his collection looks at clothing as a social armour, the way it can help us= escape from ourselves or present as composed, even when we=E2=80=99re far = from." =E2=80=8A https://www.courtneyzheng.com/collections/fw26-deadly-valentine https://www.courtneyzheng.com/collections/fw26-deadly-valentine =E2=80=8A Looking back, my first collection was encapsulated by Thom Yorke=E2=80=99s = song =E2=80=98Ingenue=E2=80=99, being about naivety, at the precipice of so= mething new. 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