Secrets, Seduction, and Spectacle: Galia Lahav’s NYBFW Fantasy
Written By Yaara Better Pocker
May 3rd, 2025
New York Bridal Fashion Week is always a stage for dreams — but this season, Galia Lahav transformed it into something deeper, darker, and infinitely more seductive. The presentation of the SS26 collections blurred the lines between fantasy and reality, inviting guests to lose themselves in a story woven from whispers, glances, and unforgettable gowns.
For a moment, just before the show began, it felt like the entire city faded away.
The lights softened, the music shifted, and transformed into another world — a world Galia Lahav had created just for us. It wasn’t just a runway. It was a secret waiting to be told.
The atmosphere was electric — seductive, cinematic, heavy with anticipation. It felt like walking into Eyes Wide Shut, where mystery clung to the walls and every glance hinted at something unsaid. The air itself seemed to vibrate with energy, thick with the kind of thrill you feel before something unforgettable happens. Hearts were thrumming before a single gown even touched the runway.
The atmosphere was electric — seductive, cinematic, heavy with anticipation.
When the first model appeared, it was like watching a secret unfold in real time.
KISS & TELL wasn’t just a collection — it was a confession wrapped in silk and lace. Sculpted corsetry hugged the body like a whispered promise, while delicate draping and powdery pastels blurred the lines between skin and fabric.
Every gown felt deliberate, intimate — daring you to look closer, daring you to wonder what else was waiting just beneath the surface.
Guipure lace snaked across bare shoulders, intricate and effortless all at once. The softness, the strength, the tension between what was shown and what was kept hidden — it was breathtaking.
Then, the energy shifted.
The music dropped into something deeper, darker. The lights grew warmer, richer, and suddenly the room belonged to DON’T TELL.
It was like slipping behind a velvet curtain into another lifetime — into a world of speakeasies and stolen moments.
Here, feathers caught the light with every movement, pearls traced curves with teasing precision, and silhouettes shimmered with the kind of confidence that doesn’t ask for permission.
The gowns moved differently, like they knew the night was theirs to command. Playful, bold, and intoxicating, DON’T TELL is an anthem for the woman who leads, who dares, who doesn't explain herself.
For the woman who leads, who dares, who doesn't explain herself.
this wasn’t bridal as we’ve always known it.
This was something braver.
Something freer.
It was about the thrill of the unknown. The power of mystery. The beauty of choosing exactly how much of yourself to reveal — and how much to keep, quietly, deliciously, just for you.
When the final look slipped behind the velvet curtain, a hush lingered in the room — the kind that follows something too beautiful to disturb. Applause came, but only after a heartbeat of stillness, as if no one wanted to break the spell.
At NYBFW, Galia Lahav didn’t just unveil a new season, but a new state of being — where beauty is fearless, secrets are currency, and the most unforgettable stories are the ones left untold.
An invitation to shed expectations and step fully into seduction, mystery, and power.
