Vaquera’s Patric DiCaprio and Bryn Taubensee are launching a perfume. Classique Perdu evokes “fragrance adverts from ’90s magazines, the best way your hair smells after you blow-dry it, and the air-con in your dad’s Honda,” the duo mentioned backstage.
You didn’t count on rose, oud, and vetiver, did you? The Vaquera duo could have moved to Paris to rework their ardour challenge right into a legit enterprise, however they’re nonetheless clinging to their different streak. “We began this as a result of we wished to create, to specific, to fuck with issues a bit,” Taubensee mentioned. “We’re actually pleased with what we produce, however we additionally requested ourselves why we hold doing it.” DiCaprio added: “we seemed to our previous and what we began it for.”
If you hit the last decade mark, a humorous factor occurs. You’re not the brand new children on the block, regardless that you should still really feel that method, and a contemporary pack of upstarts is vying for the business’s consideration. Add to that the truth that style—and the world—are in a special place now than within the 2010s: If it felt like we have been in an enlargement section then, it positively looks like issues are contracting now. Good on these two for nonetheless discovering their enjoyable.
For spring 2026, there have been loads of acid wash denims and brand tees within the Vaquera lineup—that’s the stuff of many a profitable style enterprise. However this time, given their Paris new environs, the assertion items took on the proportions of high fashion. A flowery hat swathed in netting set off a draped social gathering frock in a number of materials and eccentric volumes. Different attire have been actually solely half a costume, suspended from one facet of a sharp cup bra, and worn over observe pants or a fake fur skirt.
Having enjoyable is one factor and making your nut is one other. When you can mix the 2 you’re actually profitable. The scribble print denim skirts made with the Japanese denims model Moussy and the Nike Air Max Dn8 collab sneakers—plus, Classique Perdu—inform us that these children are alright.
