Ralph Lauren Fall 2026 Unveils Romantic Adventure Looks with Metallic Tailoring

Ralph Lauren presented a Fall/Winter 2026 womenswear collection that married countryside tailoring with metallic accents, opening with Gigi Hadid in a wool corseted top and maxi skirt accented by a silver waist chain. Call it romantic or pragmatic; the real takeaway for workwear is concrete: a corset blazer or tailored tweed set feels instantly modern when finished with silver chain hardware or a brooch.

Reports placed the show amid two very different settings. The Associated Press and ABC described the stage as set in the beaux arts Clock Tower building in Manhattan, complete with opulent rugs and antique-style chairs, while W Magazine and WhoWhatWear reported a downtown takeover of the Jack Shainman Gallery in Tribeca with floor-to-ceiling, hand-painted murals of dreamlike forests. Both accounts agree on mismatched antique seating and layered rugs, creating a lived-in, palazzo-like atmosphere that framed velvet evening gowns, wool cloaks, and riding-boot-ready tweeds.

Ralph Lauren’s show notes framed the collection as a tribute to motion and self-expression. “I love the adventure of fashion,” he wrote, and the season “is inspired by that kind of renegade spirit and the confidence of the woman who will wear it in her own personal way — to tell her own story.” Those words played out in a lineup that pushed Victorian blouses, scarf-print dresses, and rich jacquard florals into a contemporary wardrobe through structure and metal detailing.

Key garments translated directly into usable looks. Tailored tweed sets and corset blazers arrived alongside velvet evening pieces and beaded going-out tops layered beneath oversize dusters. Lauren pinned metallic glimmering brooches to lush wool cloaks and sent models down the aisle with silver belt chains and leather gloves paired with off-the-shoulder knit dresses, a styling vocabulary ABC and AP highlighted as the collection’s modern punctuation.

Celebrities reinforced the aesthetic in the front row and on the floor. Gigi Hadid opened the show, Anne Hathaway and Lili Reinhart were in attendance, and W Magazine noted Lana Del Rey arrived hand-in-hand with her husband Jeremy Dufrene in a leather blazer layered over a frilly poet’s blouse and cowboy boots, a look the magazine said embodied “medieval metallics with Manhattan polish.” David Lauren, Ariana Dubose, Morgan Spector, and Rebecca Hall also appeared in the front row captured in AP’s shot list.

Voices from the audience underscored the collection’s duality. Diana Silvers told AP video crews, “He just really knows how to design for women. I mean, it's what Lili was saying, we all are just like, he really appreciates a woman's body. Yeah, designs for it ” Emilia Jones added, “Yeah, and everything was just so elegant and classy, but also really cool, like the mixture of a sparkly dress or skirt with a jumper, I just think is amazing.”

Contextually, the show fits a wider runway return to romance observed by WhoWhatWear and others, and W Magazine pointed to recent Ralph Lauren activity including a return to the Milan Men’s Fashion Week calendar and outfitting Team USA for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. For workwear, the collection’s message is decisive: translate Lauren’s heritage fabrics and corsetry into day-appropriate silhouettes by adding restrained metallic hardware - a silver waist chain, a brooch on a wool cloak, or a slim chain belt - and the suit becomes both more personal and more of an outfit you will keep reaching for.