Hervé Léger has a lot to celebrate. The brand marks 40 years in 2025. And creative director Michelle Ochs is marking two years at the helm, where she has slowly moved the needle forward while still centering it on the bandage material that is synonymous with the brand.
“Not a rebrand, a reframe,” she called it at a preview. “I think we put in a lot of the work in the last two years to get us here, with the ultimate goal of 40 being a new era.”
Take a quick scroll on TikTok and you’ll see that Léger is the go-to party dress of many Pretty Young Things. Or just ask Tate McRae, who wore not one but three looks during a concert at Madison Square Garden. Hollywood also has come calling — America Ferrera wore one of Ochs’ designs on “Late Night With Seth Meyers.”
“Bandage is back,” Ochs said.
For spring, she continued the framework she has been building with new interpretations of bandage seen in a new trompe-l’oeil using a colorful ombré to mimic the fabric strips. “I still want to give you the fashion, the optimism,“ she said.
Optimism was here across a colorful array of party dress options and, for day, via mesh tops and jersey separates. Ochs own label Et Ochs, which she paused to join Léger, had a feeling of urban essentials, and that was seen here in the black leather jacket. Her girl can wear it over one of her dresses with fringe on a night out.
Clearly Hervé Léger has much to celebrate, and Ochs is enjoying the moment.