“Welcome to Chateau Amiri,” trilled a PR greeting guests at the Amiri show in Paris.
For his spring 2026 collection, Mike Amiri conjured a fantasy hotel, installing a working fountain and gravel pathways under the steel-and-glass roof of the Carreau du Temple.
The designer likes to create an immersive experience around each collection. For this one, VIP guests were sent a box containing a Chateau Amiri pen, stationery, room key and slippers.
“I think that’s the designer’s job, to create a world and tell his story within that world,” he said backstage before the show. “There has to be some sort of dream.”
The clothes themselves did not stray from his tried-and-tested mix of lush embellishment and nostalgic Americana — think sequin-flecked polo sweaters, densely embellished bomber jackets, and embroidered workwear staples.
Loose-fitting suits with elongated lapels alternated with debonair smoking jackets in deep velvet, printed silk twill or slinky jacquard in dusty shades of mint, raspberry and sky blue. Some featured bird designs drawn by artist Wes Lang during a monthlong residency at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.
It’s the kind of atmospheric bolthole Amiri had in mind when designing the collection — one where time feels suspended, and guests never want to check out.
