Tate McRae took the stage last week at Madison Square Garden, wearing a Hervé Léger suit. Then there is another one. Then there is another one. The shouting fans are on average between 15 and 18 years old – imagine what their screams sound like. They all wore similar looks: swag shorts, cut tops and thigh-high boots, all the same as pop star’s Léger outfits, who introduced the shoes on their way out of the venue after a concert with the oversized t-shirts on the artist’s dining table.
Hervé Léger seemed to have a moment. Creative Director Michelle Ochs reported in the preview that the tag’s archive saw a lot of demands, which in turn inspired others to wear new pieces she designed: McRae, Vanessa Kirby and Nicole Scherzinger. This is a great time, and Legge will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year.
Léger’s momentum Vintage Léger first discovered the collection of Ochs online and in the current IRL. This season, she brought back the 1994 collection of mesh work clothes and inlays, where she saw several wonderful and very sexy mini dresses.
“I want to take advantage of this moment,” Ochs said of the ongoing anniversary year. Two years ago, Ochs took over Léger, putting her then-breaking label (Et Ochs) aside and focusing on the change. She felt that her work paid off now. “In two years, I worked so hard to build the motivation we finally got, and I felt we had enough collectibles and set a new tone for the brand.” ”
OCHS has always been smart in approaching a reinvention. She has cleaned up Legge’s contemporary language to make it clearly recognizable and bet on its signature (i.e., its worship of the body and bandage structure) without putting all the eggs in one basket. She is also a good soldier, respecting the built-in client’s fascination with bandages and in convincing explanations after convincing. (For spring 2026, this is the opening dress for this Lookbook, and its entire twisted bar serves as a funky impromptu for the initial idea.) However, OCHS’s time is OCHS’ time. She has a grasp of one thing, she shares with McCree’s infectiousness, dance pop music: In Ochs’ own words, “People want to have fun. And,” she adds, “we have clothes for you.”
