Studio Nicholson’s SS27 Paris show, “This is who we are,” distilled sixteen years into a controlled, precise statement. Romantic wit ran through it via The Piano Teacher pump, Someone to Watch Over Me, and Love is a Stranger, alongside Charlotte Rampling, Isabella Rossellini in tailoring, and Jeremy Irons in a 1980 Duane Michals image. Familiar codes returned in sharper focus: Safari shirt, nothing pencil skirt, Fireman’s jacket, Mackintosh, crocodile, and Tadao Ando’s 1989 team.
Nick Wakeman framed the runway as a live expression of provenance, made to show clothes in motion on a global stage. Styling stayed stripped to comfort and function, with no distractions from fabric or silhouette, and an ease aligned with Martin Margiela for Hermès.
Trousers anchored everything. The Sorte pant returned in bonded gabardine. The Alwyn jean arrived as a straight, gently curved, unisex cut in Japanese denim with a tailoring pocket. Women’s tailoring came through the Albany, long and lean with a forward side seam, and the Afton with a precise crease into fluid break. Menswear included the Taunton in heritage wool with long rise and relaxed drape, and the curved Cessna in weather cloth with utility detail.
A new visual identity introduced Antique No.6, a slab serif by Paul Barnes, signalling a more defined British posture. Accessories expanded to include Roxbury kitten pumps, Salem crocodile-print flip-flops, Canaan espadrilles, and the Franklin backpack. Outerwear held steady with Kendal leather, Ciaran Fireman jacket, and Mackintosh developments. Sixteen stores worldwide are planned by Spring 2027, underscoring a house language of rigour, restraint, and consistency.
