CREDITS: 

 

CREATIVE DIRECTION: SAUL NASH

STUDIO & DESIGN TEAM: TOM BURR, KATE MACMAHON, ROBERTS ZUJANS, RIANA RAHMAN, HOLLY SHAWYER  

WORDS: PAUL TONER

SHOW PRODUCTION: AW+C STUDIO

 COMMUNICATIONS: PURPLE 

STYLING: REUBEN ESSER 

 

BRAND CONSULTANT: ELGAR JOHNSON

CASTING: TROY FEARN 

HAIR: NAT BURY, ROSIE GRACE SMITH & BEAUTICK P TEAM

MAKE-UP: MICHELLE WEBB FOR AOFMPRO USING DERMALOGICA

 

AOFM: REBECA VAN DE MOOR

 

FOH PHOTOGRAPHY: IK ADAMA

BTS LOOKBOOK: FRANCESCO LAFIGALIOLA

BTS PHOTOGRAPHY: FILIPPO DI MARTINO

BTS VIDEOGRAPHY: ROBERTS ZUJANS & FX GOBY

LIVE STREAM: ROBERTS ZUJANS 

MUSIC: GAIKA TAVARES @ PRETTY HANDS

JEWELLERY: SLJ (SWEET LIME JUICE)

SHOES: BIRKENSTOCK

GLASSES: CUBITTS

SAUL NASH 

'EMBRACE'

SPRING/SUMMER 2026

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Saul Nash presents EMBRACE, a collection that explores gesture, intimacy, and the power of physical connection. Returning to Milan, the London-based designer continues to broaden his movement-based ethos, fusing elements of sportswear, tailoring and military wear with a spiritual and hedonistic tint.

“This season looks at movement but through the interaction of two people, playing with hard and soft fabrics in a way that echoes the subtle language of touch. It’s a study of sensuality through movement,” says Saul Nash.

Spaces where intimacy is present and where men interact help guide this season’s designs. Garments respond to the body in motion – fluid, tactile, and sensorial – blurring the boundaries between structure and softness, utility and expression. Military-inspired flight jackets featuring Nash’s signature kinetic cutting are paired with trousers equipped with an adjustable waist closure that can be unbuttoned to widen the leg.

In contrast, BembergTM boxy cupro shirts with asymmetric neck fastenings glide elegantly across the form of the wearer, while hooded sports jerseys come with a draped tricot mesh body made of recycled polyester, softening a traditionally masculine silhouette. A sensitive palette of greys, gentle purples and pale yellows reiterate the duality of harder and softer moments present throughout the collection.

The title EMBRACE encompasses a spectrum of meanings. The act of embracing another person, for instance, is echoed in compression long-sleeve tops with a hand print stretched across the chest, as if the wearer is being held. An interaction is also gestured to with a heavyweight ISKO denim twinset consisting of a two-way zipped work jacket and barrel leg, kinetic-cut jeans, both laser engraved with a hazy motif of two bodies intertwined.

 

As the Saul Nash man continues to step into more formal territory within his wardrobe, the brand expands on its tailoring. Hooded Oxford shirts, made of water-resistant cotton Poplin, sit beside a Punta di Milano Marl half-lined suit, its material nodding to the tracksuits of which Nash made his name while the cut reflects the next stage in the brand’s evolution. A similar suit, this time in a light pinstripe crafted from tropical wool, is built with a hood and detachable sleeves.

Throughout, pieces like transparent boxer shorts in workwear plaids and a matching cape – styled in the show with jockstraps – encourages the wearer to embrace a more sensual side to their everyday look. The same could be said for a stretch bamboo jersey Henley shirt, suctioned tight to the body, that has an asymmetric fastening that can be unbuttoned to expose the nipple. Recycled nylon ripstop trousers can be completely unzipped down the contours of the leg to expose a ventilated mesh lining, allowing the wearer to choose how much they wish to reveal of themselves. 
Completing the look is a sling bag made of recycled nylon that blooms into a crinkle finish after wear – a similar treatment can be seen across gilets and utility short shorts – and Birkenstock footwear, including Reykjavik, Boston Nova and London styles, which are worn throughout. Eyewear is courtesy of Cubits. 

The show focuses on the space between bodies – the quiet tension of proximity and the emotional resonance of moving together. Inside a red curtained room, an eclectic cast of men join in a waltz, each in pairs, the nature of their relationships are not defined. 

The ambiguity of shared movement is seen here as an act of liberation.