Submission Beauty x LEBLANCSTUDIOS FW26

Submission Beauty partnered with LEBLANCSTUDIOS for their FW26 show at New York Fashion Week - a collection titled Nada es Inocente, exploring a body shaped by instability, stress, and political tension. Founded by Angelo Beato and Yamil Arbaje, LEBLANCSTUDIOS has always carried storytelling in the seams - spotlighting overlooked parts of Latinx culture through knitwear, tailoring, denim, and a sharp sense of satire.

PHOTOGRAPHY CAMILIO FUENTEALBA BREVIS @camilo.fuentealba.brevis
STYLING MILTON DIXON @miltonmania @frankreps 
MAKEUP ZENIA JAEGER @makeupbyzeniajaeger @streetersagency for Submission Beauty @submission.beauty
HAIR NATHAN JUERGENSEN @nathanjuergensen @crowdmgmt
CASTING NIGEL TRUESDALE
PRODUCTION LEON HERNANDEZ @leon.hernandez @ojeras.pm 
PR ANDSUCH NYC @andsuch.nyc
MAKEUP ASSISTANTS JOHANNA NOMIEY @johannanomiey KATIE MANN @trippychickmakeup NANASE ITO SHOKO KODAMA @shoko_kodama_ YUKA ITO @yukaito_mua

This season, that world expanded. The clothes moved between dorky opulence and deliberate roughness with references to the 1970s and 1990s in Latin America shaping proportion, attitude, and silhouette. Nothing about FW26 felt interested in polish for the sake of polish. The collection leaned into wear, friction, and construction — garments that looked lived in, repaired, and reworked on purpose. That tension became the beauty brief.

We approached the faces the same way the clothes approached the body: not as something to perfect, but something to reveal. The idea of beauty was less about symmetry or softness, but instead it was about presence and a kind of controlled rawness.

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Skin stayed clean, but not “fresh.” It had a soft, humid finish, the kind of sheen that reads like real life, not highlight. Cheekbones and temples held a subtle glow without turning glossy. It looked worn-in, slightly heated, like someone who’s been moving through the city all day and hasn’t had time to check a mirror.
The eyes carried the emotional weight. Darkness sat under the lower lid, pushed enough to shift the face into something more intense — not sickly, not dramatic, just charged. The kind of under-eye that feels slightly stress-like, a bit of insomnia, like a mind that won’t shut off. Not sick, nor sad. Just awake.

And then one detail shifted the whole look into place: Dusted Glitter Bronze. Pressed around the eyes, it gave the face a warm, dirty glint, a sense of grit made elegant. Adding glitter gave the look a dirty shimmer that caught light without ever turning pretty. It made the toughness feel intentional and made the restraint feel expensive.

"Dusted Glitter Bronze. Pressed around the eyes, it gave the face a warm, dirty glint, a sense of grit made elegant. Adding glitter gave the look a dirty shimmer that caught light without ever turning pretty. It made the toughness feel intentional and made the restraint feel expensive."

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LEBLANCSTUDIOS FW26 wasn’t about perfection. It was about endurance and what it looks like when the body adapts. 

Submission Beauty’s work on the show wasn’t about creating sameness. It was about meeting each model where they already were — every skin tone, every face, every kind of presence — and letting the individuality stay intact.

The title said everything. Nada es Inocente. Nothing is innocent. Not clothes. Not politics. Not beauty.

@LEBLANCSTUDIOS