Bryan Johnson's Paris runway debut and experiments by Paul Billot show that artificial intelligence is now woven into fashion week as a creative and operational tool while many houses make more runway pieces purchasable to protect revenue streams.Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons and Stefano Gallici at Ann Demeulemeester keep bold sculptural and romantic codes on the catwalk even as designers such as Ashlynn Park, Joseph Altuzarra and Stephanie Suberville push layerable, modular garments that translate to retail.After multi-year shocks including the collapse of Matches and Farfetch and steep US tariffs, Ashish Gupta and other independent founders double down on pop-up stores, direct-to-consumer websites and tighter production to survive volatile markets.