The fashion industry likes to think ahead. Designers are already mulling collections for next year. Buyers are determining shop offerings for the next season. Fashion magazines are shooting winter stories in the summer. This is how it has always been. Yet, when it comes to the future of the industry as a whole, thinking ahead has become more...
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Brands like Ottolinger and David Koma injected new momentum into Berlin Fashion Week for the spring/summer 2026 season. With 36 shows, the programme may be shorter than that of other fashion capitals, yet it offers something unique. Here, designers work closely with the spirit of the times (the famous German Zeitgeist), often addressing...
Jul 8, 2025
Accessible, urban and casual retro jerseys – can table tennis establish itself as the next tastemaker between sport, fashion and lifestyle? For a long time, the serve was reserved for tennis, with its leading brands like Lacoste and Fila, which embodied an elite look with pleated skirts and sleeveless jumpers. This chic sports style naturally...
Jul 3, 2025
Paris Fashion Week Men’s spring/summer 2026, which took place from June 24 to 29, felt optimistic while being “both contemporary and human,” according to Simon Longland, fashion buying director at British luxury department store Harrods. “There was a rare sense of cohesion this season in Paris - designers appeared unusually aligned in their...
Jul 2, 2025
As any fashion designer will tell you, the color palette is the foundation of a seasonal collection. Resort bridges Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer and can be in-store for as long as November through to April. Therefore, it’s not surprising that for that season, color palettes can run the gamut. For Resort 2026, brands have delivered...
During Paris Fashion Week Men’s, FashionUnited met with three commercial agents, Break.Fast, Likewise and Run, each hosting showrooms over the course of the event. Here is an overview of what is trending for the spring/summer 2026 season and which brands to look out for. Alina Zaporozcenko, founder of Break.Fast Break.Fast was founded in 2019,...
While the mood in Milan seemed subdued, designers in the French capital went all out, undeterred by the ongoing consumer slump. A notable trend was the convergence of streetwear and classic menswear. Dreamers One example is the collection by Emeric Tchatchoua, creative director of the streetwear brand 3.Paradis. The collection showcased casual...
Jul 1, 2025
Where a few years ago there were warnings about the casualisation of menswear, now a picture of refinement has come to the fore. Tracksuits were at the height of popularity during the pandemic, but men now also want to present themselves in a slicker light. At the Dutch menswear trade show Shift, it brands were seemingly drawing closer together...
Jun 30, 2025
Resort, a.k.a. Cruise or Pre-Spring, is considered an inter-season collection, usually dropping in-store around November or December, and continuing through to February or March. For this reason, brands must offer a wide variety of styles suitable for a transitional wardrobe. For Resort ‘26, designers favored structured jackets and coats in...
Jun 25, 2025
Milan Men’s Fashion Week spring/summer 2026, which took place from June 20 to 24, was “less about trends and more about lifestyle,” according to Simon Longland, fashion buying director at Harrods. “With several key players absent from the official schedule, this edition of Milan Men’s Fashion Week relied heavily on presentations,” said Longland...
The spring/summer 2026 season traditionally kicked off with Pitti Uomo. But while the Florentine menswear trade fair is dedicated to menswear, Apropos – The Concept Store focuses equally on womenswear and menswear from the very beginning of the season. For over 40 years, the concept store, with locations in Cologne, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin,...
In Milan, gentlemen opted for large-scale patterns, but otherwise kept things classic and understated. The street-style looks for spring/summer 2026 are more pared-back and less dominated by loud streetwear. The SS26 trends from the street are outlined here. It-piece: Striped shirt This direction was evident in the simple horizontally striped...
Jun 24, 2025