Tory Burch Debuts Bunny Mellon-Inspired Fall 2026 Collection Featuring Bunny Knot

Tory Burch presented a carefully personal Fall/Winter 2026–2027 that wore Bunny Mellon like a ledger of lived taste: a new motif called the Bunny Knot, quilted and knotted, threaded through bags, belts and tailoring to anchor a collection that aimed for polish without fuss. “The collection introduces the Bunny Knot, a detail inspired by a quilted cushion I found in her Antigua home. The simple knot is a reminder of connection, strength and unity,” Tory Burch wrote in show notes, and that provenance carried through the clothes.

Burch staged the show at Sotheby’s new Breuer Building headquarters during New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2026; Pamela Anderson, Tessa Thompson, Amanda Seyfried and Mary Beth Barone were among the guests in the audience. The setting—an auction house reborn as a runway—felt fitting for a collection that repeatedly referenced objects and memory, from Mellon's Antigua cushions to hand-embroidered pieces sourced from India.

Tailoring and wardrobe staples were quietly reinvented: trench coats, cardigans and pencil skirts returned with sharpened cuts and loosened attitudes, suits finished with angular shoulders and knits that were deliberately washed to read less formal. Numero’s notes that dresses were “twisted” appeared literally in the run of garments, where skirt hems and bodices folded into unexpected spirals, and the overall effect matched Burch’s maxim: “The mix reflects how women dress now: by instinct, not rules.”

Accessories did the heavy lifting for the collection’s narrative. The Bunny Knot appeared as a quilted bag detail and was “tucked in throughout the accessories,” while raffia bags and nubby raffia woven into a chunky navy sweater referenced Mellon’s Antigua and an island ease—Thezoereport observed pieces looked “thrown on as if the wearer has just returned from Turks and Caicos.” Braided leather belts, shell buckles and leather-wrapped painted shell earrings amplified that seaside thread alongside quilted leathers.

Ornament got delightfully specific. Wmagazine’s observation of a season-long “trinket-fication of fashion” was literal here: vintage-y sardine pins, metal fish necklaces, sculptural wood earrings wrapped in leather and geometric belts punctuated suiting and knitwear. Shoes carried a beaded effect and what WWD described as “exploded hardware,” a flourish that Burch said reminded her of pilgrim shoes she had “always wanted to do.” The house’s appetite for playful, “funky shoes” continued to prevail.

There was craft and provenance in the seams: hand-embroidered details were made in India, quilted motifs tied directly to Burch’s reported restoration of Bunny Mellon’s Antigua home a decade ago, and many looks balanced the sort of society-woman polish long associated with the brand against a younger, gym-to-office-to-cocktail cadence the runway made apparent.

Framed by show notes calling the season “a meditation on what endures, especially in times of chaos and despair,” the collection stakes a claim for quietly sentimental detailing as a practical wardrobe code. Expect the Bunny Knot to outlast a season: it is part talisman, part fastener, and precisely the sort of small, wearable symbol that will travel from Sotheby’s to weekend travel trunks and neighborhood clubs alike.