Who said ties were boring? In 2026, stars and fashionistas wear it in a completely different way. Virginie Efira has already adopted the trend.
It’s perhaps the accessory we saw the most in 2025. For 365 days, it blurred the boundaries of men’s and women’s wardrobes, always with a touch of impertinence. Designers have turned it in every direction, imagined ways of wearing it that defy propriety and reinvented it in resolutely trendy versions. On the internet, the same story: fashionistas have made life difficult for it, tying it in the form of a bow tie, going so far as to change its original function to use it as a top or belt.
Pulled from all sides, mistreated to excess, there is however a new way of considering the tie which is unanimously accepted by fashion houses. And the start of the year 2026 proves them right, since many celebrities are already wearing it this way: among them, Virginie Efira on the cover of Madame Figaro (January 23 and 24, 2026) or even Charlie Hunnam during the last Parisian fashion week.
Rather than tying it and letting the long tail fall naturally, the designers now insert it inside the said shirt, between two buttons. Only the bow is visible, while the rest is subtly hidden – almost as if the fashion designer was wearing a three-piece suit with said tie hidden in the sleeveless vest.
She therefore separates herself from her imaginary office wear, her demure work appearance to play hide and seek with the shirt that she enhances. If the trend had mainly been launched by Saint Laurentother houses are continuing the movement: thus, for its Fall-Winter 2026 men’s ready-to-wear show, the house General Pharmacy presented silhouettes with this very particular way of wearing ties.
Last week, for its Fall-Winter 2026 men’s ready-to-wear show, Saint Laurent has also done it again: several models strutted down the runway with their ties tucked into their shirts – a look reminiscent of the gentlemen of 19th century British high society, or even 1930s actors such as Fred Astaire.
And to further accentuate the irreverence, Anthony Vaccarello played the stacking and accumulation card by combining, in one and the same look, both the tie and the real Ascot scarf.
