Luisa and Lucilla Beccaria have never been particularly interested in playing by seasonal rules, and fall 2026 was no exception. The collection arrived in lilac, mauve and every green that ever suggested a budding leaf — colours that belong to spring by conventional fashion logic, but which the Beccarias deployed for autumn with complete confidence and no apology.

The setting matched the mood. The newly renovated Carlton Hotel provided a series of pastel-washed salons through which models drifted like well-styled daydreams, while guests were entertained over breakfast at small tables dressed in the house’s own floral-printed linen. It was less runway show than a very elegant morning in someone’s very beautiful home.

The occasion dresses that have become the brand’s calling card were present and accounted for — long swirling frocks and draped cocktail dresses that move with the particular ease of clothes made for women who know how to wear them. But scattered among them were daywear options that kept things grounded: corduroy coats and trousers in a shade best described as cookie-beige, checkered wool robe-manteaux with a quietly aristocratic air, slim-fitting tweed coats with glinting sequins threading through them. Velvet sahariennes completed the picture — precisely the kind of thing one might wear for an après-ski aperitivo in Gstaad or a wintry weekend anywhere the Beccarias’ world tends to gather.

The overall effect was one of unhurried pleasure. Not escapism exactly, but a very deliberate investment in beauty and ease — the sense that getting dressed should feel like a reward rather than a chore. The Beccarias have been making that argument for a long time, and they make it again here with characteristic warmth and without a trace of effort.