Rabat – Saudi designer Mohammed Ashi, founder of Ashi Studio, opened his Fall/Winter 2026–2027 Haute Couture show during Paris Haute Couture Week with a striking collection that further cemented the house’s reputation for sculptural, dramatic design.
Known for blurring the boundaries between fashion and art, Ashi once again presented couture pieces that celebrated architecture, craftsmanship, and bold femininity.
Among the show’s celebrity guests, Teyana Taylor emerged as one of the event’s standout style moments in a head-turning Ashi Studio creation that resembled wearable sculpture more than a conventional gown.
The singer and actress wore a dark brown crocodile-effect leather ensemble featuring a rigid sculpted corset, a sharply defined waist, and an architectural skirt that exaggerated the hips.
The structured silhouette was softened by a floor-length leather fringe skirt that added movement and fluidity with every step.
Taylor completed the look with a matching sculptural headpiece and pointed-toe heels in the same rich brown shade, creating a monochromatic ensemble that balanced strength, drama, and innovation.
The outfit quickly became one of the most talked-about looks of Paris Haute Couture Week after videos circulated on social media showing Taylor struggling to sit down because of the garment’s rigid corset and sculptural construction.
The moment underscored the collection’s artistic ambition, with the design functioning as both couture and wearable art.
Titled A Beautiful Exoskeleton, Ashi Studio’s latest couture collection explored the philosophical relationship between the human body and clothing.
Mohammed Ashi imagined garments as protective outer shells, presenting women as powerful figures whose vulnerability is shielded by sculptural forms inspired by nature and transformation.
The collection featured sharply constructed corsets, exaggerated shoulders, cinched waists, and voluminous sculptural skirts, balanced with softer materials including feathers, tulle, and sheer fabrics that brought lightness to the architectural silhouettes.
A restrained yet rich color palette of ivory, bone, brown, black, antique gold, and metallic finishes reinforced the collection’s organic inspiration.
Throughout the show, shell-like bodices, armor-inspired structures, feathered collars, elongated fringes, and sculpted surfaces evoked hybrid creatures that seemed to merge human, bird, and insect forms.
Despite its theatrical aesthetic, the collection maintained a refined sense of elegance.
