Designer Dana Bandi shares the fashion investments she relies on most—from a versatile burgundy dress from her own label to timeless staples by Bottega Veneta, Anine Bing, Dior, and James Perse—highlighting a wardrobe philosophy built on craftsmanship, versatility, and long-term value.

Brooks Brothers reimagines its heritage through the Make It Yours campaign, inviting a cross-generational cast—including Leslie Bibb and Nick Wooster—to reinterpret classic American tailoring through their own personal style.

ThriftCon Atlanta attracted over 12,000 attendees, blending vintage shopping, live performances, and creator panels to cement its evolution into a national culture and fashion convention.

At Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2026, Global Fashion Collective spotlighted Japan’s TETTE and China’s JUMPER ZHANG in a Milan showcase that fused sustainability, symbolism, and cross-cultural craftsmanship under one historic roof.

Bezel’s 2025 report reveals a tightening secondary market with rejection rates climbing to 38%, signaling a return to fundamentals—and spotlighting seven heritage-driven, technically credible watches poised to outperform in 2026.

Ferrari’s Officina FW26 collection, under Rocco Iannone, reframes luxury as a second skin—exploring identity, sensuality, and plurality through sculpted silhouettes, tactile materials, and a meditation on the body as both surface and statement.

Loro Piana unveiled its Fall/Winter 2026–2027 collection, Nomadic Reverie, at its Milan headquarters, transforming the Cortile della Seta into an immersive, train-inspired journey centered on the House’s historic paisley motif—blending poetry, archival craftsmanship and advanced textile techniques to reaffirm its commitment to understated luxury and enduring Italian excellence.

After Gucci’s AI-generated campaign sparked online criticism, new research suggests the advertising industry may be dangerously misreading how consumers—especially Gen Z—actually feel about synthetic creative.

Through a full migration from Salesforce Commerce Cloud to Shopify and a nationwide Shopify POS rollout led by RunDTC, Dooney & Bourke has modernized its entire retail ecosystem to create a unified, scalable commerce foundation across digital and physical channels.

Copenhagen-based designer Nicklas Skovgaard blends intimacy, performance, and democratic staging to create runway shows that feel personal, playful, and distinctly his own.

Chuks Collins’ FW26/27 Ancestral Futures collection reframed heritage as a living technology, merging ancestral craftsmanship with modular design and regenerative materials to prove that modern luxury is most powerful when it carries memory forward.

A February 2026 study by Arka ranks Papatui by Dwayne Johnson as the most sustainable celebrity business, revealing that seven of the ten cleanest brands are cruelty-free certified and that operational efficiency — not just scale — now defines responsible growth.

At Fashion Forward Week, Nicole Miller transformed her decades-long legacy into a living runway retrospective enhanced by Perfect Corp’s AI-powered virtual try-on technology, signaling how heritage, inclusivity, and intelligent personalization are converging to redefine fashion’s future.

Paris College of Art has launched the world’s first MA in Critical Fashion Practices, a research-led program designed to “de-sign” the fashion system by challenging its structural failures and reimagining its cultural, environmental, and economic foundations.

One year into his role as Creative Director at Ray-Ban, A$AP Rocky debuts his New Metal Collection—an evolution of the brand’s heritage silhouettes that blends ’90s nostalgia, radical minimalism, and future-facing design into a bold cultural statement.

As fashion faces mounting regulatory demands and data overload, the 25-year-old bluesign system is emerging as the industry’s foundational infrastructure by providing the verified, process-level data that today’s traceability platforms and digital product passports depend on.

At NBA All-Star 2026, Converse and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander elevated athlete-led design with the premium SHAI 001 LUX: Truffle and an immersive West Hollywood activation that reframed performance basketball as intentional luxury.

For Fall/Winter 2026, the Portuguese Footwear Association (APICCAPS) strengthens Portugal’s global fashion influence by partnering its leading manufacturers with designers including Willy Chavarria, Kallmeyer, CAMPILLO, and Libertine to deliver runway-ready footwear rooted in innovation, craftsmanship, and commercial scalability.

At The Standard, High Line, Patricio Campillo’s Fall/Winter 2026 collection reframed tailoring as a structural tool for reshaping identity—merging Mexican craft, Portuguese footwear innovation through APICCAPS, and cultural partnership with Tequila Don Julio into a disciplined meditation on how clothing transforms both body and self.

At the Dojo de Paris, Willy Chavarria transformed his Autumn/Winter 2026 runway into a cinematic meditation on love, queer intimacy, accessibility, and red-carpet precision—bridging BIG WILLY workwear, formal Italian tailoring, and collaborations with adidas, Grindr, and Rainbow Railroad into a unified statement on human dignity.

During New York Fashion Week, Gavin Pennington transformed The Illest Club’s hazmat-themed “Virus Response Unit” into a moving testament to how scarcity, spectacle and genuine community-building can elevate a streetwear brand from product drops to cultural movement.

Sixteen years after its runway debut in the city, Holzweiler returns to Copenhagen Fashion Week with Autumn/Winter 2026—a reflective, materially innovative collection that frames preservation as both an emotional ethos and a design discipline.

At the Metropolitan Opera House, Michael Kors Collection celebrated its 45th anniversary with a Fall/Winter 2026 runway that reimagined New York’s grit and glamour through dramatically simple tailoring, fluid eveningwear and resilient, city-ready sophistication.

At New York Fashion Week, Hillary Taymour’s Collina Strada unveiled a gothic-tinged, sustainability-driven Fall/Winter 2026 collection—complete with a debut collaboration with Stand Oil—that reframed retreat and responsibility as modern luxury.

Terrence Zhou of Bad Binch TongTong has been named the 2026 CFDA | Genesis House AAPI Design + Innovation Grant recipient, earning $100,000 and recognition for a collection that reimagines cultural heritage as a catalyst for contemporary innovation.

UGG’s Spring 2026 campaign, fronted by Central Cee and Su Yiming, repositions the brand’s iconic Tasman lineage through new dual-gender silhouettes and elevated craftsmanship, signaling a strategic evolution of men’s comfort footwear into a globally resonant cultural statement.

Jane Wade’s The Summit transforms her signature corporate uniform into a modular, high-performance expedition toolkit through strategic collaborations with Sorel, Red Bull, HydroJug, and Gotham, redefining ambition for a generation that moves beyond the office.

Launching March 19, 2026, Louis Vuitton’s Spring 2026 menswear collection blends tailoring, sport, and heritage codes into a versatile, color-rich wardrobe that reflects Pharrell Williams’ vision of modern luxury built for a season—and a world—in motion.

Eddie Bauer’s Chapter 11 filing marks a pivotal moment for the 106-year-old outdoor brand, as its North American brick-and-mortar business buckles under debt and shifting consumer habits while the brand itself lives on through licensing, e-commerce, and international operations.

MaisonMargiela/folders redefines fashion transparency by opening the Maison’s internal archives to the public and activating its four foundational codes through a Fall–Winter 2026 runway show in Shanghai and a series of free, immersive exhibitions across China.