Ester Manas Returns to Paris Runway With 'Somehow I Manage'

Overview

• After a two-year runway pause the brand presented its Spring/Summer 2027 collection, signaling a public return for Ester Manas and co-designer Balthazar Delepierre.
• Titled 'Somehow I Manage,' the collection foregrounded messy, everyday dressing with intentional wrinkles, oversized shirts and ruched silhouettes tied to the designers' recent life changes.
• The designers teamed with Belgian lingerie house Primadonna to fold archival lingerie shapes into ready-to-wear and to launch a see-now-buy-now capsule.
• Several pieces were made from reused archive and deadstock materials, including pencil skirts embroidered with thousands of decorative bra ribbons recovered from deadstock.
• The label has shifted toward a direct-to-consumer business model and framed the show as a stand for ongoing size inclusivity on runways that have shown recent declines in body diversity.