Collections - Winter 2026

For Fall Winter 2026, Christian Wijnants draws inspiration from the quiet discipline of Japanese Zen gardens, known as karesansui. The minimalist language of these dry landscape gardens, their raked linear patterns, curved compositions, muted tonalities, and surrounding forests, is translated through Wijnants’ lens into sculptural silhouettes and a restrained, contemplative palette. The profound sense of stillness and serenity experienced within a Zen garden subtly informs the mood, styling, and color story of the collection.

As an ode to the monks who design and maintain these gardens, key outerwear pieces are conceived without collars or lapels, creating robe-like silhouettes that echo monastic dress. Accentuated waists are paired with oversized, cocooning shoulders and sleeves, as seen in the “Cumba” coat in moss green, balancing protection and femininity.Forest green faux fur from the renowned German teddy bear manufacturer Steiff, celebrated for its heritage plush fabrics, is used in the outerwear to enhance the collection’s cocooning silhouettes. The “Jirono” jacket, with its elongated front tails and cropped back, introduces a subtle trompe l’oeil effect; when tied at the waist, the tails form a sculptural knot, a gesture that reappears throughout knitted tops and accessories.

Knitwear remains central to the collection as a study of line, inspired by the raked linear patterns of Zen gardens. Plied-up knits in superfine wool feature enlarged ribbing that echoes these graphic formations.

This season places heightened emphasis on construction and silhouette. Cropped shirting and blazers can be found throughout the collection, informing layered approach, while attached capes over dresses, tops, and trousers introduce architectural dimension. Shirting panels and detachable bibs function as seamless, effortless layers, reinforcing the collection’s interplay between structure and softness.

The prints were developed in collaboration with French photographer Quentin Chamard-Bois, whose atmospheric imagery is reinterpreted into abstract landscapes. Derived from his photographs of discarded landscape artworks, the motifs were reworked to evoke wind-swept forests and flurries of leaves, recalling the natural surroundings of a Zen garden in Kyoto visited by Wijnants.

The color palette moves through sand, pale seafoam, light laurel, moss, chestnut, rust, dust blue, and Klein blue, tones that balance earthiness and sky with moments of quiet intensity.