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The North Face Purple Label FW26 elevates techwear with luxury tailoring
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The North Face Purple Label FW26 elevates techwear with luxury tailoring

Purple Label keeps stripping techwear of its hard edges, swapping expedition grit for soft tailoring and luxe utility. The result looks closer to Lemaire than trail gear.

Sofia Martinez4m read
Karl Mayer opens textile innovation center for techwear development
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Karl Mayer opens textile innovation center for techwear development

Karl Mayer opened a nearly 5,000-square-meter innovation center in Obertshausen to turn warp-knit ideas into faster prototypes for techwear, shoes, and protective gear.

Sofia Martinez2m read
ATON redefines techwear with hand-dyed Japanese craft and polish
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ATON redefines techwear with hand-dyed Japanese craft and polish

ATON takes techwear out of expedition mode and into the city, using Hokuriku-woven nylon and Arimatsu-Narumi dyeing to make utility pants feel sharp, soft, and expensive.

Mia Chen3m read
Song for the Mute channels maritime utility in Paris Fashion Week debut
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Song for the Mute channels maritime utility in Paris Fashion Week debut

Song for the Mute turned its Paris debut into a salt-weathered summer dream, pairing distressed Stan Smiths and a new TRAXION silhouette with maritime workwear codes.

Sofia Martinez2m read
Graphpaper SS27 leans into yohaku with refined techwear layers
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Graphpaper SS27 leans into yohaku with refined techwear layers

Graphpaper turns techwear quiet, using yohaku, Pertex, linen, and leather to make utility look calmer and more grown-up.

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UNNA strips running gear down for lighter, versatile SS27 essentials
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UNNA strips running gear down for lighter, versatile SS27 essentials

UNNA’s SS27 trims running kit into lighter, modular pieces that work before, during and after a run. Econyl, zip-offs and merino do the heavy lifting.

Mia Chen5m read
SAN SAN GEAR and Yumin Ha launch gacha-inspired techwear collaboration
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SAN SAN GEAR and Yumin Ha launch gacha-inspired techwear collaboration

SAN SAN GEAR’s gacha collab with Yumin Ha turned techwear into a collectible system, from KYU’s jacket artwork to figures and a Tokyo pop-up.

Claire Beaumont2m read
Rick Owens and Dior push techwear in Paris menswear shows
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Rick Owens and Dior push techwear in Paris menswear shows

Paris menswear turned techwear into a real business proposition: Rick Owens made cooling hardware visible, while Dior translated engineering into refined surface play.

Claire Beaumont4m read
A-POC ABLE and Tomokazu Matsuyama turn paintings into coats and T-shirts
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A-POC ABLE and Tomokazu Matsuyama turn paintings into coats and T-shirts

A-POC ABLE turned seven Matsuyama paintings into seven coats and seven T-shirts, then extended the project into a fabric-heavy New York installation.

Sofia Martinez2m read
BEAMS and Vans refresh skate icons with GORE-TEX utility upgrades
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BEAMS and Vans refresh skate icons with GORE-TEX utility upgrades

BEAMS and Vans turned the Era95 and Skool Era into weather-ready skate shoes, adding GORE-TEX, Vibram and a sharp BLACK / TRUE WHITE finish.

Mia Chen2m read
NEEDLES refines its track uniform in an LHP-exclusive capsule
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NEEDLES refines its track uniform in an LHP-exclusive capsule

NEEDLES’ latest LHP exclusive swaps flash for fit, reworking its Poly Smooth track set in Triple Black, Silver Gray, Olive Green, and Dark Brown.

Mia Chen2m read
Cotton techwear gets lighter, cooler with hollow-core yarn innovation
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Cotton techwear gets lighter, cooler with hollow-core yarn innovation

Cotton is clawing back performance turf with hollow-core yarns, smarter blends, and a cooler, faster-drying feel that techwear buyers actually want.

Mia Chen4m read
C.P. Company revives the Mille Miglia jacket, debuts acid-melted nylon camo
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C.P. Company revives the Mille Miglia jacket, debuts acid-melted nylon camo

C.P. Company’s Mille Miglia comeback proves the label still does its best work when archive myth meets real fabric invention, not costume nostalgia.

Mia Chen5m read
Nike’s Air Max Dn Roam gets a breathable summer update
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Nike’s Air Max Dn Roam gets a breathable summer update

Nike’s Dn Roam gets a more transparent summer shroud, but keeps its water-repellent shell, Storm Tread grip and Dynamic Air cushioning. It looks like a utility tune-up, not a redesign.

Sofia Martinez2m read
EOE and JIEDA debut exploration-driven capsule with athletic details
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EOE and JIEDA debut exploration-driven capsule with athletic details

The first EOE x JIEDA capsule sharpens exploration branding with athletic cues, folding archival graphics and modern tailoring into limited menswear.

Claire Beaumont2m read
Salomon’s Japan-exclusive trail shoe channels Mount Fuji’s sunrise power
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Salomon’s Japan-exclusive trail shoe channels Mount Fuji’s sunrise power

Salomon turns Mount Fuji into a technical lifestyle signal, pairing a Japan-only X Ultra 360 with trail hardware, recycled materials and a ¥20,900 price tag.

Claire Beaumont4m read
State PFAS bans drive major cuts in techwear textiles
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State PFAS bans drive major cuts in techwear textiles

State PFAS bans pushed 79% of 115 textiles below California’s limit, with raincoats down 97% to 99.99% and the sharpest cuts in techwear staples.

Claire Beaumont2m read
Kolor explores outsider identity with technical precision in Paris
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Kolor explores outsider identity with technical precision in Paris

Taro Horiuchi sent overturned trenches, lug-soled boots and pajama plaids down Kolor’s Paris runway, turning familiar clothes into something unsettling.

Sofia Martinez2m read
Ann Demeulemeester blends Edwardian romance with utilitarian techwear
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Ann Demeulemeester blends Edwardian romance with utilitarian techwear

Gallici is turning Ann Demeulemeester into a sharper, more utilitarian romanticism. The question is whether the workwear signals are real techwear evolution or just beautiful styling.

Mia Chen5m read
Kiko Kostadinov’s SS27 uses hidden structure to sharpen techwear tailoring
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Kiko Kostadinov’s SS27 uses hidden structure to sharpen techwear tailoring

Kiko Kostadinov’s SS27 makes techwear feel architectural, turning hidden boning, zippers, and fastenings into the whole point of the silhouette.

Sofia Martinez4m read
Doublet turns carbon-capture yarns into playful Paris techwear
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Doublet turns carbon-capture yarns into playful Paris techwear

Masayuki Ino sent Doublet’s Paris show into carbon-capture yarn, recycled charcoal and banana fiber, then built it as a morning-to-night wardrobe.

Sofia Martinez2m read
Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton SS27 blends surf tech with dandy tailoring
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Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton SS27 blends surf tech with dandy tailoring

Pharrell Williams turned Louis Vuitton’s SS27 menswear into a surf-soaked dandy study, where real technical wetsuits met theatrical wave-set symbolism.

Claire Beaumont6m read
Chanel acquires Charvet, sharpening its menswear tailoring push
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Chanel acquires Charvet, sharpening its menswear tailoring push

Chanel's Charvet buy turns an 1838 shirtmaker into a sharper menswear asset, just as Matthieu Blazy prepares his July 7 couture debut.

Claire Beaumont2m read
Nike ACG launches Radical AirFlow gear for summer heat waves
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Nike ACG launches Radical AirFlow gear for summer heat waves

Nike ACG's Radical AirFlow turns ventilation into the headline, with mesh channels, elbow cutouts and prices from $65 to $150 built for punishing summer miles.

Sofia Martinez2m read
NEIGHBORHOOD and FOLBOT launch water-ready techwear for summer 2026
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NEIGHBORHOOD and FOLBOT launch water-ready techwear for summer 2026

NEIGHBORHOOD's 10-piece FOLBOT project stretches from a ¥209,000 SUP board to dog sizing, turning techwear into a full water kit.

Mia Chen2m read
Y-3 turns Paris runway into a football stadium, but overworks the playbook
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Y-3 turns Paris runway into a football stadium, but overworks the playbook

Y-3 turned Palais Brongniart into a black-astroturf stadium for SS27, but the football theatrics sometimes swallowed the clothes.

Sofia Martinez2m read
Undercover blends art and utility in Paris menswear lineup
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Undercover blends art and utility in Paris menswear lineup

Jun Takahashi turned Borremans paintings into wearable protection, where reversible linen, knits, and rainproof nylon sharpened Undercover’s emotional charge.

Claire Beaumont5m read
Shinya Kozuka turns blurred Tokyo scenes into dreamlike techwear in Milan
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Shinya Kozuka turns blurred Tokyo scenes into dreamlike techwear in Milan

Blurred Tokyo skylines, paper-thin nylon, and organza overpants made Shinya Kozuka’s Milan debut feel like techwear with its edges softened.

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Sacai splices prep and utility in hybrid menswear at Paris Fashion Week Men’s
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Sacai splices prep and utility in hybrid menswear at Paris Fashion Week Men’s

Sacai turned 1980s prep into a utilitarian mash-up, slicing blazer lapels and shirting while pushing Birkenstock and Brooks Brothers into hybrid territory.

Claire Beaumont4m read