The Paris fashion label Coperni is closing its doors after eight years, its co-founders Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant announced on Instagram. The brand's operating company, Coperni SAS, is ceasing trading, bringing an end to a label that rose to wide attention with a viral spray-on dress. The closure follows a prolonged conflict with the company's majority shareholder and distributor, the London-based Tomorrow Ltd.
According to the reporting, Tomorrow Ltd. had halted payments owed to the brand. The dispute came to a head in February 2026, when Coperni chose not to show at Paris Fashion Week, a decision the label linked to the disagreement. Fashion week is a central commercial moment for a house of this kind, and missing it signalled how far relations had deteriorated.
The situation shifted further in March, when Tomorrow Ltd. was sold to Progetto 11, the parent company of The Level Group. The sale price has not been disclosed. The designers reportedly made bids to regain control of the brand, but those proposals were rejected by the group, leaving the founders without a route back to ownership of their own label.
In June, a Paris court granted Coperni court protection, a form of receivership that allows a business to restructure under judicial supervision. The outcome of that process remains unknown, and it is not yet clear what will happen to the company's assets or obligations. Tomorrow Ltd. is also the majority owner of the menswear label Martine Rose, and reporting indicates the link between the two brands has also caused disruption. Martine Rose cancelled production of its latest collection, though Tomorrow Ltd. later said it would produce the label's Fall 2026 collection.
Coperni was founded in 2013 by Meyer and Vaillant, who met while studying at Mod'Art International. The pair became creative directors at Courrèges in 2015 before relaunching their own label in 2018. The brand gained global recognition with a spray-on dress worn by Bella Hadid for Spring 2023, one of the most discussed pieces of that season. Its other products included the Air Swipe Bag, made from silica aerogel derived from NASA technology, and the C+ "carewear" line of garments containing probiotic and prebiotic finishes.
It is not yet clear whether Meyer and Vaillant will return to the fashion industry. The terms of the Progetto 11 sale remain undisclosed, and the eventual outcome of the court-protected process is still unknown. For a brand that built its reputation on experimental design and a distinctive commercial identity, the closure marks the end of one of the more closely watched independent labels in Paris.