Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez’s debut at Loewe marked a turning point - not a rupture, but a rebalancing. Their arrival signalled a quieter kind of confidence, one that respects Jonathan Anderson’s deeply intelligent foundation for the house while introducing a new fluidity.

This was Loewe through a gentler lens. Tailoring was eased but never undone – leather blazers curved at the waist, coated leather dresses softened with hand painted florals, and ruffled layered details in vivid hues.

The duo’s signature sensitivity to proportion and fabrication shone through. There were hints of the duo’s architectural discipline - elongated lines, asymmetric hems, sculptural shapes - but rendered with a delicacy that felt new for Loewe.

A whisper of femininity ran throughout: silk panels, knits that hugged, and soft leather that moulded to the body instead of armouring it.

Colour was handled with control. Muted neutrals set the stage for painterly flashes - coral, chartreuse, violet -used sparingly but deliberately. Accessories, too, spoke this new dialect: the new slouchy updated Amazona, the Flamenco, redefined with ruffled leather layers, masculine loafers in electric blue, and transparent shoes highlighted with colour-pop sock inserts.

What Jack and Lazaro achieved in their first outing was no small feat. They kept Loewe’s integrity - the intellect, the craft, the quiet confidence - but opened the door to emotion.

Their Loewe doesn’t need to shout. It breathes, it moves, and it listens. They certainly left us wanting more.