Uma Wang Returns to Paris: A Show at Musée des Arts & Métiers on October 2nd at Paris Fashion Week
On October 2, 2025, at 9:30 AM, Uma Wang presented her much-anticipated Women’s Ready-to-Wear Spring/Summer 2026 collection in Paris, at Musée des Arts & Métiers.
The venue: the Musée National des Arts & Métiers, Salle des Textiles, located at 278 rue Saint Martin, 75003 Paris. The venue is a space that bridges history, craft, and innovation.
This showing is officially listed in the Paris Fashion Week calendar under the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode.
Brand Legacy & Designer Profile
Uma Wang (Chinese name: Wang Zhi) is celebrated for her deep material sensitivity, elegant structural work, and an aesthetic that balances restraint and sculptural form. Her training includes stints at Donghua University in Shanghai and Central Saint Martins in London. Since establishing her namesake label in 2009, she has steadily carved out a reputation as one of the leading voices bridging East and West in contemporary fashion.
She first entered the Paris Fashion Week schedule in 2017, making her among the trailblazing Chinese designers to join the global high-fashion circuit.
In earlier seasons, Wang has drawn inspiration from classical art, architectural form, and the poetic interplay of volume and texture. For example, her Autumn/Winter 2025 collection referenced Piero della Francesca’s Madonna del Parto as a springboard for exploring themes of fertility, proportion, and the body in motion.
Captured on the Runway
Uma Wang’s SS26 collection suggests a continuation and evolution of her signature structural-fluid language. WWD describes the show with a theme: “Not Set in Stone”, alluding to a tension between permanence and movement. The show featured sculptural yet wearable silhouettes, where soft drapery and architectural cuts converse. The designer used a color palette of neutrals, earth tones, tones of clay and stone which went beautifully in the venue.
Photography by Sajin Stephen @s_ssajin on assignment for @parisrunwayofficial
Used by permission.
UMA WANG
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Uma Wang has trained at the Dong Hua University in Shanghai and Central Saint Martins in London. Since the establishment of her namesake brand in 2009 she has gained an international reputation for her unique understanding of fabrics, exquisite tailoring, and balancing sophistication with timeless aesthetics. She is the first Chinese designer that entered the calendar of Milan Fashion Week and joined the schedule of Paris Fashion Week in 2017. Her unique style has attracted the attention of the top buyers in the world.
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