Hervé Léger Pre-Fall 2026

Now in her third year at the helm of Hervé Léger, Michelle Ochs is on a mission to bring the brand into the modern age. It’s a tall order: how does one modernize something as singular as the bandage dress, something so associated with the aughts, while still propelling the brand forward? “I want to say, ‘Not your mother’s Hervé,’” she said. “But still the bandage dress.” This season, Ochs is experimenting with house codes, pushing the limits of how far the bandage will go. Take, for instance, her interpretation of a black midi dress. The bias-cut satin and draped cowl neck is a far cry from the bodycon bandage dresses that Kim Kardashian wore to the clubs, but a band of fabric across the collarbone connecting the spaghetti straps stands in for the signature bandage. An even more extreme departure: a drapey, asymmetrical bubblegum pink dress, whose fitted, ruched waistline mimics the bandage motif. “What I love playing on with this collection [is] the ability now to give her some movement and to have people think of us for more than just that,” Ochs said. “You’re going to get the sensibility and aesthetic of Hervé, [but] everything doesn’t have to be bandage.”