PARIS — The grandiosity of the formula Anthony Vaccarello has developed for Saint Laurent was in full effect on Monday night. As usual, Vaccarello took no prisoners in his spare but extravagant (yes, the paradox is deliberate) vision. Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2026 (Spotlight/Launchmetrics.com)Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2026 (Spotlight/Launchmetrics.com)But there was a subtext this season that twisted the narrative more than usual. “A language of resistance, respect and inclusion.”Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2026 (Spotlight/Launchmetrics.com)Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2026 (Spotlight/Launchmetrics.com)Quite how you apply this language to the collection Vaccarello showed depends on your own generosity of spirit. Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2026 (Spotlight/Launchmetrics.com)Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2026 (Spotlight/Launchmetrics.com)Before the show, Vaccarello mentioned he’d been watching his favourite movie “La Reine Margot” to get in design mode.