One cannot simply cast off one’s obsessions. Véronique Leroy has always known this. Her Spring–Summer ’26 collection returns to the spirit of the beginning.

At the origin, there was a woman, her wardrobe, and a will to elevate the everyday. Since then, through a coherent and deliberate evolution, each season has unfolded as a natural extension of the last.

Véronique Leroy continues to plough the furrow of her cherished materials — terry cloth, mesh, ruched taffeta, cotton gabardine. Swimsuits are no longer just swimsuits; bodysuits and puffed briefs transcend their category. Shoulders stand proud, sculptural. Sleeves bloom into balloons. Cardigans sprout playful protrusions.

Handcrafted jewelry favors wood — a first. The color palette gathers confetti blue, fresh spring green, tender pink, straw yellow, and black tinged with deep blue and green reflections.

As for the setting: an empty office, cleared for renovation. Only the vertical blinds remain, a wheeled chair, and a blue carpet perfectly attuned to her chromatic universe. Welcome to RTL House, in Brussels — inaugurated eighteen years ago by Albert II, King of the Belgians. The most French of Belgian designers remains true to her roots.

— Anne-Françoise Moyson