Self-Portrait's resort 2027 collection seemed built around a certain grande-dame, champagne-clinking look. “Nowadays people dress down to dress up,” the designer added. (Alexandra Leclerc and Kim Kardashian were photographed in Sau Lee and John Galliano cheongsams, respectively, this summer.) Devoré and sequined mesh mini dresses featuring qipao-inspired frog fastenings and stand collars were conceived with Lunar New Year celebrations in mind but, as Chong said, are destined to be worn “universally.” That’s something the models, photographed here during Paris’s recent 100-degree heatwave, were no doubt grateful for.