Menswear Collections 2026/27: Fashion as a Political Statement

Fashion as a Political Endeavor

• 💡 Designers like Jean Fo are using fashion as a political tool to challenge the status quo and advocate for revolution through love.
• 🎯 Fo's collection features slogans like "it's never too late to fight fascism," directly influenced by current events and the need to protect bodies and identities.
• ✊ The aim is to represent diverse groups, advocate for rights and freedoms, and push back against a world that suppresses individuality and existence.

Diverse Voices and Inspirations

• 🎭 Willy Chavarria presents a musical extravaganza featuring models from minority groups, creating an explosive and deeply political performance.
• 🧘 Yohji Yamamoto's collection, inspired by army outlook and low-class worker outfits, offers a sense of peaceful presence amidst a frenetic world.
• ⛓️ Walter Van Birendonck crafts a collection full of contradictions, inspired by art brut, serving as a protest cry for a better world focused on love, peace, and understanding.

Reinterpreting Icons and Traditions

• 👽 Louis-Gabriel Nouchi draws inspiration from Ridley Scott's 'Alien,' reinterpreting Sigourney Weaver's iconic look with radical materials like latex and 3D printing.
• ✨ Ahmed Hassan merges ancestral codes with contemporary provocation, aiming to revive forgotten traditions like men wearing skirts to showcase cultural richness.
• 🌀 Issey Miyake's 'I AM MEN' collection, named 'formless form,' meditates on the relationship between fabric and skin in a world of perpetual flux.