With Collection X for Fall/Winter 2025–2026, Danielle Frankel unveils a profound evolution—one marked not only by daring technical mastery but by the poetic intimacy that has come to define her voice in modern fashion. This pivotal moment coincides with the opening of her first flagship store in Los Angeles, symbolizing a new era for the designer and the expansion of her creative universe.

Bridging the architectural and the ethereal, the collection reveals an arresting tension between structure and softness. A micro-pleated gown, engineered with hundreds of embedded micro-bones, appears to glide on air—its movement a visual metaphor for freedom, its form a marvel of precision. “When you walk, it walks with you,” Frankel says, capturing the spirit of garments that live in symbiosis with the body.

Throughout, silhouettes are sculpted yet fluid: a sleek silk column gown opens to an exposed back beneath a sweeping collar; a voluminous mini-dress, anchored by corsetry, floats with a bubbled skirt built from the same revolutionary technique. Yet despite the innovation, the collection never loses its sensuality or its soul.

Frankel’s artistry is perhaps most transcendent in her use of fabric—hand-painted silks, misty ombrés, and a luminous organza cocoon modeled by Kristen McMenamy, evoking the delicate boundary between garment and artwork. These pieces whisper of transformation and individuality, rooted in craftsmanship but alive with emotion.

While bridalwear remains central to her identity, Collection X expands the narrative: eveningwear and red-carpet silhouettes shimmer with cinematic allure. A slip dress in “lightning organza” glows like sea glass, while an off-the-shoulder pearl mesh gown blends romance with modern edge.

At the heart of it all is Frankel’s New York atelier, where her team of artisans brings couture-level discipline to each design. Nowhere is this clearer than in the finale: a gown of 100,000 silk petals, each cut and sewn by hand over four months, worn once again by McMenamy in a moment of sculptural reverence.

Danielle Frankel’s Collection X is not merely a presentation—it’s a declaration. Of craftsmanship, of fearlessness, of the freedom to redefine the boundaries of fashion. It’s a collection that doesn’t just dress the body—it listens to it, moves with it, and dares to tell its story.