"I love when messy, complex, layered inner lives come through underneath great clothes. One was thinking about people with style who wear beautiful clothes in a personal way. Another? Intuition over strategy. Feeling it rather than planning it."
"What Michael Rider is doing at Celine is singular - and singularly difficult to pin down, especially in words. That's because, consciously or not, he's eschewing all the usual markers of fashion conversations and explanations. There's no big story behind any one of his collections, and he's not into concepts."
Michael Rider approaches his role at Celine by deliberately avoiding conventional fashion narratives and conceptual frameworks. Rather than building collections around thematic stories or trends, he embraces intuition and personal expression. His Autumn/Winter 2026 collection explicitly rejects the notion of having a concept, instead drawing from stream-of-consciousness inspiration. The collection incorporates subtle references to Celine's heritage, including aristocratic equestrianism and brand emblems, but these serve as loose touchstones rather than driving narratives. Rider emphasizes designing for people who wear beautiful clothes in personal, individual ways, balancing playful scrappiness with rigorous craftsmanship. His approach shifts between simplicity and complexity, rejecting singular silhouettes in favor of plurality and layered depth.
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