{"id":43981,"date":"2026-06-30T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/43981\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:06:09","slug":"michael-riders-celine-debut-closes-paris-with-a-statement-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/43981\/","title":{"rendered":"MICHAEL RIDER&#8217;S CELINE DEBUT CLOSES PARIS WITH A STATEMENT OF FREEDOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Fashion Week Men\u2019s wrapped its Spring\/Summer 2027 season on a high note, even as temperatures in the French capital went even higher \u2014 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celine.com\/en-us\/home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celine<\/a> delivering one of the week\u2019s most talked-about collections, and Michael Rider\u2019s first solo outing as the house\u2019s menswear creative director.<\/p>\n<p>Rider, who joined Celine in 2025 after a run at Ralph Lauren and an earlier decade-long stint working alongside Phoebe Philo, used the platform to step out from under two formidable legacies: Philo\u2019s minimalism and Hedi Slimane\u2019s slim-cut rock \u2018n\u2019 roll Parisian look. He staked out something distinctly his own instead. The collection blended collegiate dressing, bohemian influences, rock attitude, minimalism, gothic touches and even nods to classical ballet, resulting in a wardrobe that resisted easy categorization.<\/p>\n<p>Construction did the talking. Shirts were shown with pockets set unexpectedly high on the chest; cuffs extended past convention, and sleeveless tops were shaped with rear lacing. Trousers (flared, straight-cut or softly draped) were all cropped just a touch shorter than expected. Balloon trousers, capri-inspired silhouettes and colorful belts rounded out a lineup industry watchers are already calling one of the season\u2019s most wearable.<\/p>\n<p>Footwear may have stolen the show. Celine unveiled its first-ever sneaker collaboration in the house\u2019s history, reviving a retro Reebok silhouette in soft leather with custom Celine branding. The style hits stores in September.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage, Rider kept his explanation simple. \u201cWe make the characters we want to be,\u201d he told journalists, describing a \u201csense of freedom\u201d and noting that within Celine, \u201cthere are multitudes, and that is exciting to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a house balancing two iconic legacies and a tough commercial climate, Rider\u2019s debut suggests Celine\u2019s next chapter will be defined less by a single silhouette and more by range, a wardrobe built, as he put it, for traveling light and making do with just a few exceptional pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paris Fashion Week Men\u2019s wrapped its Spring\/Summer 2027 season on a high note, even as temperatures in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12960,30],"class_list":["post-43981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paris","tag-celine","tag-paris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}