Gramicci and nonnative turn Loro Piana wool into utility pants

Gramicci and nonnative have taken one of luxury menswear’s softest names and pushed it into the language of utility. The new WALKER ST EASY PANTS and WALKER EASY SHORTS turn Loro Piana’s “365” Merino Wool into easy, commuter-minded shapes with articulated knee darts, drawcord hems and a key loop at the waist, giving the collaboration a tailored hand without losing the looseness that makes Gramicci’s easy-pant DNA so convincing.

Set to release on Saturday, June 20, 2026, the two-piece lineup arrives in nonnative’s Spring/Summer 2026 Special Delivery collection in heathered BROWN and solid BLACK. The pants are cut as wide straight legs, while the shorts keep the same practical vocabulary in a shorter, cleaner proportion. Pricing lands at ¥53,800 before tax for the pants and ¥42,800 before tax for the shorts, a luxury position that feels apt for the fabric story being told here.

That fabric is the point. Loro Piana’s “365” Merino Wool is built from ultra-fine 17-micron Super 130’s merino wool and finished with a clear-cut treatment that strips away surface fuzz, leaving a silk-like sheen and a smoother hand. For SS26, the weight has been increased from 250g/m to 260g/m, a subtle but meaningful shift that should sharpen the drape and give the trousers a richer, more substantial look while still keeping them comfortable enough for summer wear. This is where the collaboration gets interesting: it is not trying to make wool look precious, but to prove that premium natural fiber can survive a workwear brief.

nonnative has also positioned the partnership as its most luxurious with Gramicci to date, and the house’s framing of Loro Piana adds historical weight. Founded in 1924, the Italian mill became a major wool and cashmere supplier after World War II, and its reputation still hangs on the kind of refined material intelligence that turns an ordinary trouser into something far more exacting. Here, that heritage is filtered through nonnative’s 3D construction and Gramicci’s climbing-pant pragmatism, a combination that makes the pants feel built for movement rather than simply styled for it.

The collection will be sold through the nonnative shop in Tokyo and Osaka, COVERCHORD Online, COVERCHORD Fukuoka, and Gramicci stores and online channels including Gramicci Harajuku, Gramicci Umeda and Gramicci Online Shop. In a market crowded with “luxury” workwear that often stops at the surface, this collaboration makes a stronger case: fine wool can be hardwearing, and utility can still look quietly expensive.