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On October 9, 2026, Anthony Vaccarello officially stepped down as creative director of Saint Laurent, closing a decade-long tenure that turned consistency, sensuality and cinematic image-making into some of the house’s strongest contemporary signatures.
On October 9, 2026, Anthony Vaccarello officially stepped down as creative director of Saint Laurent, closing a decade-long tenure that turned consistency, sensuality and cinematic image-making into some of the house’s strongest contemporary signatures.
October 9, 2026
The departure had been building quietly for weeks. By early September, internal changes at Saint Laurent had already triggered speculation that Vaccarello’s ten-year chapter might be approaching its end, with his September 29 show increasingly discussed as a possible farewell.
He had joined the house in 2016 after Hedi Slimane and spent the following decade sharpening Saint Laurent around long silhouettes, severe shoulders, sheer eveningwear, leather and a particularly nocturnal vision of Paris. His influence also expanded beyond runway through Saint Laurent Productions, pushing the house further into cinema and cultural production.
Seen now, Saint Laurent SS27 reads almost like a final movement composed in advance. Beneath the Eiffel Tower, Vaccarello sent out 49 looks in gold before closing with ten in black, revisiting sahariennes, trenches, brocades and evening dresses through the codes he had spent ten years refining.
Then Charlotte Gainsbourg appeared for a surprise performance, singing a song written especially for the occasion as the show dissolved into applause. What looked like symbolism at the time now feels unmistakably final.
A decade at Saint Laurent did not end with panic or reinvention. It ended with gold, black and music, giving Anthony Vaccarello a closing chapter that felt fully in tune with the house he had spent ten years shaping.
