VAQUERA LOSES NOTHING WITH CLASSIQUE PERDU

Camz
Oct 1
2 min read

Still clinging to chaos

A decade into Vaquera, and the duo insists they are still doing it for the same reasons: to create, to disrupt, to, in Taubensee’s words, “fuck with things a bit.” A noble mission in a fashion world that has largely traded its anarchic edge for corporate gloss. “We looked to our past and what we started it for,” DiCaprio explained.

It’s that refusal to behave, that alternative streak, that keeps their work from becoming just another Parisian assimilation story. They may have moved to the French capital, but they didn’t leave their mischief at JFK.

Couture proportions with a vaquera twist

For spring 2026, the duo brought their usual arsenal: acid-wash jeans, logo tees, the basics of any self-respecting cult label but this time, Paris seemed to have rubbed off on them.

Suddenly, proportions swelled into haute couture territory. A dramatic hat wrapped in veiling crowned a party dress that looked like it had been draped in at least four different fabrics, all competing for attention in a glorious mess.

Elsewhere, half-dresses clung to pointy-cup bras and tumbled asymmetrically over track pants or a shaggy faux-fur skirt. It was couture by way of thrift store fantasy, and nobody does that contradiction better than Vaquera.

Making fun and making business

Of course, having fun is one thing. Paying the bills is another. The trick, as always, is finding the sweet spot in between. Here, Vaquera seems to have struck gold: scribble-print denim skirts crafted with Japanese denim powerhouse Moussy, a sneaker collaboration with Nike’s Air Max Dn8, and now, a fragrance to slip onto beauty counters and bathroom shelves.

The kids might not be kids anymore, but they’re clearly alright. They’ve managed to turn chaos into business without losing their teeth.

Conclusion: classique perdu, irreverence found

So, what does Vaquera smell like in 2026? Not roses, not oud, not even vetiver. It smells like memory, irreverence, the stubborn refusal to grow up neatly. Classique Perdu is less about luxury and more about attitude, about clinging to the mischief that made Vaquera matter in the first place. Ten years in, they’ve proven they can juggle haute couture silhouettes, mass-market collaborations, and a scent that smells like teenage rebellion hiding in a Honda. And somehow, it all works. Chaos bottled, couture inflated, irreverence intact: that’s the Vaquera way.

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