"Joy was a word writ large, capitalised, in Patric DiCaprio and Bryn Taubensee's discussion of their latest Vaquera show. Joy is something you often feel at a Vaquera show, the clothes barrelling out on oddball models, wildly cut around their bodies and proposing ideas of beauty that are expressive, individual and utterly real. Although the label retains a cultish appeal, you see plenty of people wearing Vaquera - they tend to be young and obsessed with fashion, much like the designers themselves."
"Vaquera have been going since 2013 - which gives them a decent chunk of history to reflect back on, which is something of the mood of the Spring/Summer 2026 season, given the number of designers tasked with spectacular revivals of aged and established fashion empires. Vaquera aren't there yet, but they were in a retrospective mood, looking at the energy of their own early presentations and translating it to new clothes."
Patric DiCaprio and Bryn Taubensee positioned joy as the driving force behind Vaquera's latest runway, translating early presentation energy into new garments. The label, active since 2013, adopted a retrospective mood that resonated with wider seasonal revivals of established fashion houses. The show staged a polished, raised white catwalk with drapes and tongue-in-cheek couture tropes following the designers' move to Paris and the provocation, "We moved to Paris this summer - iconically the centre of 'good taste'. But what does that mean?" Ensembles ranged from ball gowns and cocktail dresses to riding attire and neat suits, styled to invert and mock 'proper' dressing codes.
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