Lucila Safdie Fall 2026
At London Fashion Week, Lucila Safdie invited guests into a hazy dream of Y2K girlhood with her Autumn/Winter 2026 collection, a study in poise and quiet rebellion. The Argentinian-born designer transformed her set into a pink, satin-draped fantasy, complete with chandeliers, champagne glasses, and books tossed carelessly across the floor. It felt like a debutante’s waiting room turned upside down, where the rituals of perfection had begun to unravel. Models lounged and toyed with the trappings of femininity as if bored by their own beauty, a reflection of Safdie’s fascination with the tension between propriety and defiance.
Safdie’s character, Bunny Bell, served as the show’s muse — a young woman poised between innocence and performance. Her wardrobe was a love letter to the coming-of-age process, told through sharply tailored wool coats, cropped tweed boleros, and shrunken blouses with Peter Pan collars. There were micro-minis and pedal pushers that recalled the playfulness of early-2000s fashion, yet each look carried a subtle awareness of its own artifice. As Safdie herself said, “Girlhood is a rehearsal of womanhood,” and this collection captured that rehearsal in all its glittering uncertainty.
With fans like Addison Rae, Rachel Sennott, and Rosé, Safdie’s growing cult of “internet it-girls” continues to expand. Her brand thrives on community, with shoots cast from friends and an open-to-all film club that deepens her dialogue with her audience. There is something strikingly modern about her nostalgia — a blend of softness and self-awareness that speaks to the contradictions of femininity today. In her world, girlhood is not a phase to outgrow but a language to master, one silk ribbon and side glance at a time.
