Fashion Week 2026 / THOM BROWNE
THOM BROWNE
THOM BROWNE SS26 — INTERSTELLAR TAILORING
Paris Fashion Week, October 6, 2025
On a street painted white in the heart of Paris, Thom Browne sent his visitors from another world. The Spring/Summer 2026 collection unfolded like an extraterrestrial encounter — a collision between precision and imagination, between classic tailoring and cosmic distortion.
Set within the haunting grandeur of an old Parisian hotel, the show rewrote reality itself. Time stretched from 1706 to 3000, as the ghosts of tradition met the futures of form. Suits twisted forward at the shoulder, skirts sank low, and pleats moved like gravity in reverse. Knitwear cropped to alien proportion; silhouettes sharpened into surreal motion. It was tailoring not of this planet — disciplined yet displaced.
In a palette of post-it brights and spectral neutrals, textures shimmered with coded light — tweeds tangled with seersucker, silver rings traced seams like orbital paths. Each garment became a study in transformation: jeans behaved like tailored trousers, while tailoring rebelled as denim. Real and unreal merged seamlessly.
Footwear and accessories blurred boundaries — pastel heels disguised as boots, shell-handled bags like artifacts from another galaxy. Through every detail, Browne’s vision whispered the same message: We come in peace.
Thom Browne’s SS26 is not a revival but a transmission — a message from another dimension of elegance. It reminds us that the familiar can be reinvented, that the suit can still surprise, and that fashion’s future, when stripped of gravity, still wears impeccable form.
THOM BROWNE
WOMENSWEAR & MENSWEAR COLLECTION
… Hello, people of this planet …
SPRING/SUMMER 2026
In an ancient hotel—one that has lived through centuries and carried many names—the reflections of the past give way to a vision of the future. From the year 1706 to 3000, an extraordinary encounter begins…
For Spring 2026, Thom Browne explores the boundary between the ordinary and the unknown. Subtle shifts in lines and seams transform classic ideas into new, unexplored forms. Traditional tailoring is magnified, deconstructed, and reassembled into supernatural proportions—rooted in the present, yet transcending time itself.
Earth’s inhabitants watch as “visitors from space” arrive and take residence.
We come in peace.
We come in peace.
We come in peace.
Sports-inspired tailoring pushes past convention with sharply reimagined silhouettes: shoulders twist forward in a gesture reminiscent of raglan sleeves, paying homage to collegiate and American athletic traditions. The structured shoulders assert strength, the waist is pulled inward, and flared hems articulate Browne’s renewed expression of precision tailoring.
Skirts drop to a low waist, cinched with belts, their pleats falling softly at the knee. The iconic cricket knit—one of Browne’s enduring signatures—is cropped and refined into new proportions.
A bright collegiate palette heightens contrast. Ribbed twills and woven embroideries intersect, layering twenty years of Thom Browne’s craftsmanship into new extremities. Tweed meets seersucker, interlaced with silver rings and edged in sequined tulle that shimmers like spectral light signals.
An unidentified object lands slowly—floating, gliding—as extraterrestrial figures emerge, reshaped into human-like forms. Between evolution and fusion, a new harmony is born: some wear four-legged trousers, others, bifurcated garments. Each look stands alone yet speaks in unison.
Footwear creates optical illusions through colour-blocked contrasts, blurring the line between the real and the surreal. Strappy pastel heels appear to be soft, closed boots; thick-soled pumps and colour-block lace-up boots parade through the hotel’s grand halls.
The new Teviot bag, crafted in seasonal fabrics with shell-shaped handles, joins the house’s signature Bolton bag in a prelude to an interstellar rendezvous.
At the heart of the collection lies tailoring—executed with minimalist precision, framing the scene like the architecture of another world.
This is a universal proposal: uniforms for all life forms, earthly or otherwise.
A dialogue unfolds—between classic and cosmic, familiar and extraordinary—building a connection that transcends time and space.
About Thom Browne
Thom Browne is widely recognized for redefining the modern suit. By challenging traditional proportions, his designs express an American sensibility rooted in impeccable craftsmanship and tailoring.
Founded in 2001 in New York’s West Village with five grey suits, the brand has since expanded into full menswear and womenswear collections (2003 and 2011 respectively) and is known for its conceptually staged fashion shows, celebrated for their theatrical, thought-provoking narratives.
Browne has received numerous accolades, including three CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year Awards (2006, 2013, 2016), GQ Designer of the Year (2008), FIT Couture Council Award (2017), and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award (2012). His work is represented in the collections of major museums worldwide, including The Met, MoMA, V&A, the Fashion Museum Bath, and MoMu Antwerp.
Today, Thom Browne is available in over 300 premier retail locations across 40 countries and in flagship stores in New York, London, Milan, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Seoul. Since 2018, the brand has been part of the Zegna Group, which holds a 92% ownership stake.
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