Fashion once followed the seasons. Today, it follows the self. What once felt fixed — summer collections, winter coats, spring sales — has unraveled. What’s left is something far more intimate, more liberating: personal narrative.
by Lupe Castro
This is the era where your wardrobe doesn’t echo the runway’s calendar, but your own rhythm, your own story. And no one understood that better than Florentina Leitner Her collections don’t belong to seasons; they belong to moods, atmospheres, fragments of forgotten films and fairy tales. You don’t wear them because it’s Spring/Summer — you wear them because something inside says: this is me.
Her early work, Jeanne, was already whispering this truth. Then came Picnic at Hanging Rock, dreamy and disquieting, filled with lace and suggestion. L’Autrichienne followed — decadent and dangerous, Marie Antoinette reimagined as anti-heroine. The Last Unicorn glowed with childhood memory and gothic romance, while Sleeping Beauty cloaked femininity in a surreal hush. And finally 2 Cool 4 School — the latest, sharp and playful, a sci-fi schoolgirl rebellion that feels entirely of this moment.
But the point isn’t chronology. The point is timelessness.
In the editorial accompanying this piece, stylist Daniel Albericio didn’t stop at Leitner. He composed a visual language — interweaving pieces from multiple designers to create a look that wasn’t just beautiful, but personal. Not a style — a code.
Because styling now is not just about matching. It’s about translating identity.
And as the big houses play musical chairs — with Demna set to take the reins at Gucci, adding his vision to a house already shaped by Tom Ford and Alessandro Michele — what matters isn’t the label on the inside. It’s the dialogue between creator and wearer. Which era of Gucci speaks to you? Which universe do you inhabit?
I’ve always said the next big thing is the stylist — and the time is here now.
It’s not just about what you wear. It’s about how you wear it, why you chose it, and who helped you see it as yours.
Select pieces from Florentina Leitner’s Picnic at Hanging Rock remain available at Fashion Space. For those who still believe in dressing is about identity
Styling by Daniel Albericio
Hair and Makeup by Altaria
Model Katrina Krupenka
