KENZO BY NIGO SPRING/SUMMER 2026 MEN’S & WOMEN’S COLLECTION
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A place where cultures past, present and future are celebrated, embraced, and come together in new ways. The Kenzo Spring Summer 2026 Collection takes cues from three cultural nexuses: Andy Warhol’s The Factory, Kenzo Takada’s Parisian studio in the 1970s, and Artistic Director NIGO’s own community spanning streetwear, celebrity, and other creative contemporaries. Taking elements from subcultures like punk and graffiti and mixing retro inspiration, quirky juxtapositions, archival Kenzo prints, and adding Italian tailoring into the mix, classics are filtered through a lens of interrogative playfulness — nothing should ever be as serious as it seems. Dressing for a night out at the club calls for making a statement, whether it’s a subversive twist or a maximal shout with an outfit. At Club Kenzo, anything goes and if you’re here, you’re already a VIP.
The Kenzo Spring-Summer 2026 Collection celebrates the spirit of carefree summer love, where casual encounters at a club could blossom into something beautiful. The Kenzo Guy and The Kenzo Girl are serious about getting dressed to go out — but not so serious in the way they wear their clothes. The wardrobe-crossed lovers take style cues from each other as their relationship progresses, at times blurring the lines between, his, hers, and theirs. Playful elements manifest in graphics inspired by dates at the bowling alley, and a cast of cartoon characters reflecting another unlikely love story: What happens when a tiger and a bunny get together? Perhaps a mirror of the streetwise Kenzo Guy and wide-eyed Kenzo Girl, the coupling of different worlds results in something unexpectedly exquisite — bunnies with tiger stripes. The show soundtrack by Hiroshi Fujiwara further pays homage to NIGO’s history, while the venue is none other than Maxim’s, a venue with its own unique history of blending cultures and hosting many legendary nights.
Silhouettes and textures
Italian tailoring is introduced into the house through a louche punk subversion. Hot pink dinner jackets become bold daywear with a new custom monogram lining. Meanwhile, NIGO’s reinterpreted Japanese tailoring becomes a new statement for evenin
gwear rendered in fine satin. Militaria and workwear are injected with a punk-inspired dose of color and elevated with details like mother-of-pearl buttons and bright faux fur on navy-inspired smocks. A rose-adorned chef’s shirt with asymmetrical buttons pays homage to one that founder Kenzo Takada used to wear, with round shapes inspired by archival bottoms ground the collection in signature Kenzo silhouettes.
Patterns and motifs
Florals from the Kenzo archive inspire several key prints for the season. One is a revival of a rose print worn by founder Kenzo Takada, while a mix of florals from the early 1990s gaining a psychedelic character when re
mixed with contrasting shapes like stars, checkerboard, and harlequin prints. The new graphic universe creates a unique ongoing language for the house. Collegiate and ivy style graphics gain a punk appeal when laye
red on top of each other and creating a caco phonous collage. Airbrush and screenprint treatments and stud details further call back to punk and DIY culture, with certain pieces being customized by models themselves using marker. The bunny love story from the Fall-Winter 2025 women’s show continues in the characters of K@li the Bunny, Quique the Tiger, and their tiger-striped bunny children Mimi, Jojo, and Zaza.
Accessories and details
Last season’s mule is reinterpreted into a men’s silhouette, with the idea of making a hotel slipper more street-friendly. The bowling shoe becomes a platform in more ways than one, inspiring several gra
vity-defying silhouettes, including one with a working snow globe in the heel. Belts ins pired by NIGO’s penchant for eye-catching jewelry and era-defining statement pieces bring cheeky phrases to the humorous forefront. Bags are given more attitude in lived-in leather and hardy canvas, further customized with patches, spray paint, and other methods inspired by punk and NIGO’s appreciation for well-worn collectible ob
jects. After being introduced last season, the collaboration with New Era returns with a new capsule of 59FIFTY fitted caps.
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