There is something cinematic about getting dressed. The right coat can change your mood; a striped knit can make an ordinary Tuesday feel like a coming-of-age montage. For Autumn/Winter 2026, Damson Madder leans fully into that fantasy with Press Play, a campaign that turns the regular everyday into an indie movie.
The cult London label’s latest collection is a love letter to the noughties and 2010s — to the era of scrappy arthouse films, cult television, bedroom soundtracks and main characters who made a virtue of being slightly outside the frame. Rather than simply referencing that world, Damson Madder places its signature “Damson Girl” directly inside it, casting her as the protagonist of an imaginary film.
At its centre is writer, artist and performer Mackenzie Thomas , known for her sold-out New York one-woman show ‘I Said What I Said’, stepping into the role of the season’s leading lady. Throughout the film, familiar indie-cinema tropes and Easter eggs invite a second look, while everyday situations are elevated into moments of melodrama, humour and possibility.
It is a world where nothing is quite as mundane as it seems, just as long as you approach it with enough imagination.
Imagination has always been central to Damson Madder. Founded by Emma Hill in 2020, the brand has built its following around a distinctive collision of femininity and masculinity, pretty details and utility dressing, playful prints and practical silhouettes. For AW26, that visual language expands into a wardrobe designed for every version of the “Damson Girl” — whether she is disappearing into a library, heading outdoors, stepping onto a stage or simply making an entrance.
Naturally, outerwear is at the center: the reversible Jerry cropped trench from last year returns in two elongated iterations — one in caramel check crafted from 100% organic cotton, the other in a grey-and-toffee wool blend. Both can be worn two ways, continuing Damson Madder’s focus on versatility and extending the life of its pieces.
Elsewhere, the brand’s recognisable raincoat offering grows with new colour-blocked styles, including a tonal burgundy update of the Liu cinched-waist raincoat and the Athena.
It is a wardrobe that feels deliberately referential without becoming nostalgic; less about recreating a particular decade than capturing its attitude. The AW26 Damson Girl is playful, curious and slightly theatrical.
She knows the reference, but she is not trapped by it. And that idea comes into sharper focus in New York, where ‘Press Play’ leaves the screen and enters the stage.
On 9 September, during New York Fashion Week, Damson Madder will take over the iconic SoHo Playhouse for ‘Press Play Live!’, a one-night-only presentation combining the AW26 collection with live performances from emerging NYC talent. Lauren Fern, Angela Trimbur and Marie Faustin will contribute bespoke performances, with Mackenzie Thomas hosting the evening.
It is a fitting extension of a campaign built around performance: fashion becomes costume, the street becomes a set, and the wearer becomes the lead. Damson Madder is not asking its audience to wait for the perfect cinematic moment. Instead, ‘Press Play’ offers a simpler proposition: craft your own.
The Autumn/Winter 2026 collection and campaign launch globally on 7 September, with the collection available through Damson Madder and selected retailers.
There is a very good chance your next pair of Havaianas will have something to do with soccer, even if you have absolutely no intention of touching a football. For its latest collaboration with KidSuper , the Brazilian footwear icon heads to the streets of São Paulo with Brooklyn-based creative studio KidSuper, bringing Colm Dillane’s colourful take on ‘futebol arte’ to a four-piece collection.
The standout, as expected, is a pair of flip-flops that looks suspiciously like a soccer pitch.
The Havaianas x KidSuper partnership follows an earlier chapter in Brazil, this time with the two brands restoring a public football court in São Paulo using original artwork by Dillane. The same court became the backdrop for the campaign, giving the collection a nice circular journey from street, to artwork, to sandal and back to the street.
A lifelong football fan and former player, Dillane previously lived in the country and spent time at Esporte Clube Vitória in Bahia, making the collaboration feel considerably more personal. “Havaianas is such a Brazilian icon, and for me that made it a really exciting canvas to play with,” he says.
“We took this shared love of football and brought it into the KidSuper world through colour, art and a little bit of the unexpected.”
That unexpected bit is the ‘Top Turf Pitch’, a design first shown during KidSuper’s Autumn/Winter 2026 presentation in Paris. The entire Havaianas silhouette is covered in green velvet, transforming the normally beach-bound sandal into something that resembles a miniature soccer field for your feet. It is an absurd idea, in the best possible way, and somehow one that makes immediate sense coming from KidSuper’s mind.
The other three designs bring Dillane’s artwork directly onto the sandals, with bright colours, expressive characters and graphics centred on movement. All four pairs feature co-branded details, while the packaging gets its own collectible treatment with a card carrying four metallic pins that can be used to personalise the sandals, plus a KidSuper gym sack.
The collaboration also represents a neat snapshot of how Dillane has been approaching KidSuper itself. Fashion sits alongside painting, music, film, theatre, and now, even soccer pitches, with sport becoming another medium for the Brooklyn studio’s colourful universe. “When you are little, you believe you can do anything and that everything is possible – you’re young and you’re free,” he says.
The Havaianas x KidSuper collection is now available online and at Havaianas and KidSuper stores. Discover more here .
photography. courtesy of Havaianas , KidSuper words. Gennaro Costanzo
Daniel Lee has sent Burberry down to the rain-slicked banks of the River Thames, finding a distinct sort of nocturnal poetry along the London waterfront. For its Winter 2026 campaign , the British heritage label chose to capture a dusky, cinematic city landscape.
Lensed by photographer Glen Luchford , the visual campaign mirrors the nocturnal pulse of the brand’s runway presentation at Old Billingsgate Market , which featured resin puddles and scaffolding underfoot to mimic the city’s tarmac at night.
Local icons Romeo Beckham and avant-pop musician FKA twigs frame the imagery against the illuminated structures of Tower Bridge, translating the soundtrack she voiced for the live showcase into a deep, atmospheric exploration of the capital after dark.
The wardrobe reimagines classic outerwear items as sophisticated evening attire. The legendary raincoat archetype is reinterpreted through the Hoxton trench coat, crafted in fluid silk or failure-defying ruffled faille.
Lambskin leather dominates the collection’s structure, appearing as smooth plungé material on relaxed jumpsuits, jogging pants and traditional kilts, or shimmering with the iridescence of petrol on wet city roads. Heavy aviator styles with massive shearling collars accompany a quilted biker jacket, while classic elements are repurposed as belts and cuffs on the Linley shearling coat or configured as a protective throat latch on the wool-nylon Rockley pea coat.
Rainwear receives a technical update, using garment-printed motifs and coated jacquard weaves to withstand the elements.
Layered separates provide a lighter contrast to the heavy coats, using fluid silk scarf dresses and check jacquard shirts to anchor the inner styling. Tailoring uses pinstriped grain de poudre wool with peaked leather lapels that reference the outerwear lines.
Footwear introduces two sturdy city staples, showcasing the knee-high Pillar boot for women and the biker-style Kent boot for men. The look finishes with the equestrian-minded Bridle saddle bag, a supple calf leather piece offered in solid shades or intricately woven with the iconic House Check.
London night buses and Hackney carriages flank the cast, presenting a fashion landscape where heritage and youth spark a fresh conversation under the streetlamps.
The Burberry Autumn/Winter 2026 collection is available to discover across global flagship boutiques and online. Find out more here .
photography. courtesy of Glen Luchford for Burberry words. Gennaro Costanzo
Alpha Industries has taken its flight jackets somewhere a little higher for Autumn/Winter 2026 . Launching its highly anticipated ‘ Ultra Violet’ capsule collection , the military heritage supplier heads straight into high-altitude territory to capture a seasonal narrative governed by space, light and perspective. The collection keeps the brand’s military background intact, but gives its familiar outerwear a more refined treatment through richer materials, darker colours and a few unexpected takes on camouflage.
Originally founded in 1959 in Knoxville, Tennessee, before becoming a subcultural uniform for global street and music systems, Alpha Industries continues to prove that utilitarian clothing works best when it balances history with present-day function.
The CWU-45/P takes the lead this season, expanding the flight-jacket family beyond the MA-1 that has defined the Ultra Violet line in recent seasons. Historically solidified as a culture icon by Tom Cruise in the 1986 film ‘Top Gun’, the CWU format expands its language via high-end, weather-resistant flight nylon and branches out into several highly expressive variations.
For instance, the Camo Embroidery version hides its camouflage pattern within tonal embroidery, meaning the design only really appears as the light catches it; while the CWU-45/P Base Camo debuts a fresh, winter-adapted Snowdrift Woodland pattern.
Leather gets plenty of attention too, particularly with the CWU-36/P Leather, which takes the same compact flight silhouette and renders it in smooth black leather, while the B-15 Leather brings a natural shearling collar to one of Alpha’s earliest aviation-inspired jackets. Both give the collection a heavier, more luxurious character without losing the proportions that made the originals recognisable.
Alpha’s official Ultra Violet line-up also includes a B-15 Reversible II and the N-2B Base, extending the outerwear offering beyond the CWU family.
The N-2B Base Camo is one of the more interesting pieces in the collection, bringing the new Snowdrift Woodland Camo to another classic Alpha shape. The jacket comes in heavy flight nylon with 3M Thinsulate padding, a relaxed fit and a detachable faux-fur collar, making it considerably more winter-ready than your average bomber.
Elsewhere, the CWU-9/P Quilted Jacket offers a lighter option in black, silver blue and vintage green, while the MA-1 Base Flight Jacket returns in its familiar flight nylon. Vests, hoodies, T-shirts, cargo trousers and bags fill out the rest of the wardrobe, keeping the collection firmly in Alpha territory without making every piece compete for attention.
The Alpha Industries Ultra Violet collection is available to discover now across select European boutiques and online. Discover more here .
photography. courtesy of Alpha Industries words. Gennaro Costanzo