Paula Canovas Del Vas AW25

The Spanish Embassy on Avenue George V became a playground for chaos and creativity as Paula Canovas del Vas unveiled her AW25 collection, "No One Owns Me", a title that echoed through the space like a declaration. Attendees were handed cryptic cards, urging them to decode jumbled letters into messages of defiance, mirroring the designer’s own fight against conformity.

Canovas transformed the embassy’s dining hall into a linguistic battleground. Models clad in oversized lime-paper letters rearranged them into English, French, and Spanish phrases, blurring the lines between fashion and performance art. The collection itself was a riot of her signature bold hues and graphic play consisting of lace-up bustiers inspired by Converse sneakers (adorably accessorized with flowers by her mother) and shirting reinvented with furry cuffs and reversible silhouettes.

For the first time, Canovas ventured into menswear with manga-inflected tees and denim, though the showstopper was a grey jumpsuit dripping with pink bows, a wink at gender fluidity. Textures stole the spotlight; shaggy knits, tiered skirts defying gravity, and keychains doubling as wearable rebellion.

This wasn’t just a collection; it was a rallying cry. Canovas, ever the alchemist of disorder, proved that fashion thrives when it refuses to be owned, by trends, by gender, or by expectation. As the cards on the board declared, "No One Owns Me". And neither, it seems, does Paula Canovas del Vas.