Stephane Rolland Haute Couture FW25/26 - Le Boléro Collection

This season, Stéphane Rolland shapes and sculpts a fascinating encounter between two imaginations: that of Maurice Ravel, architect of mechanical and abstract rhythm, and that of Ida Rubinstein, a muse in search of an Iberian dream-sensual and spectral. 

From this tension between modernist rigor and dreamlike evocation emerges a wardrobe where Spain becomes at once mechanical and mythical, oriental and futuristic. The silhouettes rise like musical scores: structure prevails, volumes move with the precision of an engine, yet each piece pulses with a baroque and incandescent breath. 

Black dominates-dramatic and noble-rendered in crepe, satin, gazar, and chiffon, and an iconic matador belt. 

Stéphane Rolland structures backless gowns with cubic collars, tuxedos with monumental lapels, semi-circular pant jumpsuits, and matador coats with intricate embroidery. 

Red bursts forth like a syncopatio-Spain’s brilliance, the fire of passion, a tribute to the Boléro. 

The couturier adorns his long gowns with coral and crystal embroidery; samurai-style capes are covered in black and translucent sequins; giant corollas and silk flights unfold like an incandescent dream. 

Gold and crystals add a near-sacred brilliance to this universe: diamond whip-brooches, plastron necklaces, ceremonial vests, and medallions suspended like talismans. 

This Stéphane Rolland collection oscillates between tension and ornament, between restraint and opulence, between the spirit of ballet and the machine. 

Like Rubinstein and Ravel, it is a meeting of opposites-a Haute Couture symphony where modern rigor, almost Japanese in style, is overtaken by Spanish fantasy. 

The bride appears, a white icon crowned with a dome embroidered in gold. The final note of this symphony.

(Courtesy of Stephane Rolland HC - Press Office)