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The Week In Chic: All the Fashion News You Might Have Missed (Sep. 26 – Oct. 2)

BYMille Team

October 2, 2026

Missed out on the fashion chatter this week? We’ve got you covered. Every week, our inbox is flooded with hundreds of press releases, but we made it our mission to sift through all the noise so you don’t have to. Here’s your quick recap of all the key fashion news from Sep. 26 to Oct. 2 2026, served up in bite-sized pieces so you can catch up fast…

Rihanna Just Put This UAE-Born Jewelry Brand on the Map

Rihanna gave UAE-born jewelry house MAJESTA a major co-sign this week, stepping out in the brand’s signature Kali ring while attending A$AP Rocky’s AWGE show in Paris. The statement ring features two pear-shaped natural diamonds wrapped in a sculptural, feline claw-inspired setting, with the wider Kali collection crafted in 18-karat gold, natural diamonds and gemstones. Founded by sisters Zahraa and Maahira Mansoor, MAJESTA was born in the UAE and draws heavily from the pair’s upbringing in Eswatini, particularly its landscapes and wildlife. Rihanna is also the latest major fashion name to wear the young label, following model Anok Yai, who was spotted in MAJESTA during Paris Fashion Week earlier this year.

Gap Taps Saudi Creatives for Its Latest Middle East Campaign

Gap Middle East is putting Saudi Arabia’s next generation of creatives front and center with a new campaign starring six talents working across art, film, skateboarding, music, and fashion. The lineup includes multidisciplinary artist Nouf Alhimiary, skateboarder and Sandlifers co-founder Rakan Ghaith, filmmaker Razan Alsoghayer, Jeddah-based producer-singer duo Sweam & O.DEE, and rising model Zahra Hussain, each photographed and filmed within the spaces and routines that inform their work. Directed by multidisciplinary image-maker CHNDY and styled by Ali Ammar, the project serves as a regional extension of Gap’s Fall 2026 “Denim on Your Own” platform, placing individuality and self-expression through a distinctly Saudi lens. The campaign launched Oct. 1 across Gap Middle East’s digital channels.

SKIMS x Ludovic de Saint Sernin Lands in Dubai

Dubai is one of just five cities getting the SKIMS x Ludovic de Saint Sernin collection in stores, with the collaboration launching Oct. 1 at the city’s SKIMS flagship alongside locations in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Chicago. The capsule brings the Parisian designer’s signature sensuality to SKIMS’ body-conscious universe through sheer textures, lace-up detailing, dresses, and separates, all rendered in the brand’s familiar tonal palette. The accompanying campaign, shot by Steven Klein, stars Kim Kardashian alongside Ludovic de Saint Sernin himself, following an early tease at SKIMS’ London flagship opening in September, where Kim Petras, Tems, and Rose Gray were among the first to wear pieces from the collection.

Chanel Is Heading Back to Where It All Began for Cruise 2027

Chanel is taking Cruise 2027 back to its roots, with Matthieu Blazy set to present the collection in Deauville, France, on April 27, 2027. The Normandy seaside town holds a particularly important place in the house’s history: Gabrielle Chanel opened a boutique there in 1912 and began selling her first fashion pieces the following year, laying the groundwork for what would become the Chanel look. The show marks Blazy’s second Cruise collection and continues his tour through the founder’s early stomping grounds, following Cruise 2026 in Biarritz, another resort closely tied to Chanel’s beginnings. The exact venue remains under wraps, but expect plenty of archival references when Blazy heads back to the seaside next spring.

John Galliano’s Zara is Here

John Galliano is officially back with a new fashion project, teaming up with Zara for “Re{form},” a genderless collection that sees the former Maison Margiela creative director raid the high-street giant’s archives and rebuild familiar pieces using couture techniques. For the first installment, Vol. 1, Galliano cuts, splices, shrinks and exaggerates existing Zara garments, turning an oversized shirt into a leather-look coat, a lace dress into a ruffled collar and conventional tailoring into something considerably stranger. Inspired by the flamboyant “Les Incroyables” and “Les Merveilleuses” of post-Revolutionary France, alongside gardening clothes and film noir, the collection brings Galliano’s theatrical hand to everyday wardrobes at Zara prices. A Steven Meisel-shot campaign accompanies the drop, which is available now through Zara.

Francis Kurkdjian Is Restoring 13 of Dior’s Most Iconic Perfumes

Francis Kurkdjian is digging into Dior’s fragrance archives for “Dioriginals,” a new project restoring 13 perfumes that have shaped the house’s nearly 80-year olfactory history. Because fragrance ingredients can change over time due to harvests, sourcing, shifting terroirs, and new regulations, even a formula preserved on paper can gradually smell different from its original creation. Working alongside Dior’s Perfume Creative Studio, Kurkdjian returned to the original formulas and carefully reworked each composition to recover its intended balance, nuance and character, spanning classics by legendary perfumer Edmond Roudnitska through more recent Dior creations.

Cartier Gives Its Iconic LOVE Collection a Diamond Upgrade

Cartier is adding some extra sparkle to LOVE Unlimited, expanding the collection with a new all-gold necklace alongside bracelets and rings that swap the line’s signature screw details for diamonds. The necklace comes in rose, yellow, and rhodium-plated white gold, with flexible gadrooned links that allow it to drape around the neck like a ribbon, while the new bracelets feature 0.80 carats of round diamonds set into specially designed screw-shaped white gold settings. Each bracelet and necklace is assembled from 200 miniature components polished entirely by hand, and the diamond bracelets retain Cartier’s patented invisible clasp, meaning they can be connected, stacked, and mixed with the original all-gold version. The launch also comes with some serious star power, with Jacob Elordi fronting an intimate photo series shot by his sister, Isabelle Elordi.

Tiffany & Co. Is Preserving 10,000 Pieces of Jean Schlumberger History

Tiffany & Co. is digging deep into the archives with a major new conservation project dedicated to legendary designer Jean Schlumberger, who joined the house in 1956 and went on to create some of its most recognizable jewels. In partnership with Paris’ Musée des Arts Décoratifs, The Tiffany Archives will conserve and digitally document around 5,000 original drawings and 5,000 archival documents, preserving the designer’s work for future generations. The project kicks off during Paris Fashion Week with I Am Only a Pencil, a presentation bringing Schlumberger’s sketches together with the Tiffany creations they inspired, including the Hedges and Flowers, Jasmine and Tulips necklaces and one of the earliest Bird on a Rock brooches, once owned by his close friend Bunny Mellon.

Audemars Piguet Steps Into the World of Fine Jewelry

After 151 years of watchmaking, Audemars Piguet is officially giving jewelry the spotlight with Royal Oak Joaillerie, a new collection that takes the unmistakable geometry of its most famous watch and removes the watch altogether. Inspired by the Royal Oak’s Gérald Genta-designed bracelet, the debut spans the Haute Joaillerie Dream of Joux and Risoud Eclipse lines alongside a Frosted Gold series, with cuffs, necklaces, and earrings crafted from gold, titanium, diamonds, sapphires, and emeralds. The pieces also nod to the Vallée de Joux, where Audemars Piguet was founded in 1875, translating its frozen lakes, night skies, forests, and changing light into gemstones, textures, and color. Jewelry itself is hardly new territory for AP, which established an in-house jewelry workshop in the 1980s and launched a Haute Joaillerie watch collection in 2013, but Royal Oak Joaillerie marks a major new chapter, placing standalone jewelry front and center.

The Week In Chic: All the Fashion News You Might Have Missed (Sep. 26 – Oct. 2)

Rihanna Just Put This UAE-Born Jewelry Brand on the Map

Gap Taps Saudi Creatives for Its Latest Middle East Campaign

SKIMS x Ludovic de Saint Sernin Lands in Dubai

Chanel Is Heading Back to Where It All Began for Cruise 2027

John Galliano’s Zara is Here

Francis Kurkdjian Is Restoring 13 of Dior’s Most Iconic Perfumes

Cartier Gives Its Iconic LOVE Collection a Diamond Upgrade

Tiffany & Co. Is Preserving 10,000 Pieces of Jean Schlumberger History

Audemars Piguet Steps Into the World of Fine Jewelry

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