UNDERCOVER x Dickies SS26 But Beautiful 4.5 five-piece capsule reimagines Eisenhower jacket

UNDERCOVER’s Jun Takahashi teamed with Dickies on a five-piece Spring/Summer 2026 mainline capsule titled "but beautiful 4.5… but beautiful for the rebel man," available now through the official UNDERCOVER online store and select UNDERCOVER brick-and-mortar locations. Hypebeast frames this as the first time the two brands have collaborated on the mainline, and the drop lands as a surgical rework of Dickies’ utility vocabulary rather than a straight co‑brand exercise.

The hero is a modified Eisenhower jacket, built from Dickies’ boxy-fitting zip-up silhouette with World War II military roots, but warped by UNDERCOVER’s interventions. Highsnobiety notes curved, distorted paneling and a curved zipper; unevenly placed pockets and twisted triple-stitched construction push the jacket into a deliberately misshapen space. The result reads like workwear you could wear every day but that looks wrong in a very purposeful way: squiggly topstitching, visible seam-work, and panels that tilt off-axis create a tactile, almost sculptural silhouette.

The rest of the five-piece lineup follows suit: matching work pants, knee-length Dickies shorts, a long-sleeve work shirt, and a short-sleeve work shirt. Hypebeast reports garments are constructed from Dickies’ signature TC twill fabric and arrive in traditional Dickies colorways, so the capsule keeps the brand’s hardwearing DNA while layering in experimental tailoring. Highsnobiety highlights details across the shirts and trousers, including squiggly stitching and inside tags placed on the outside, signaling TAKAHASHI’s insistence on making construction a visible part of the aesthetic.

Visually, the capsule was presented inside the broader UNDERCOVER SS26 sequence; Hypebeast credits actor Taiga Nakano as the face of the campaign, "showcasing the refined workwear collection in motion." Highsnobiety situates the capsule within a 51-look menswear offering where "everything is a little misshapen and distorted," and points out concurrent collaborations on foot, including reconstructed and floral-printed Vans sneakers, plus mismatched Champion sweats elsewhere in the show.

This entry also continues UNDERCOVER’s long-running But Beautiful line: Highsnobiety traces the series from FW04, through SS05’s "But Beautiful 2," to a FW25 womenswear "But Beautiful 4," positioning SS26 as "But Beautiful 4.5" and, by its lights, "a less eccentric affair" that leans on wearable deformation rather than theatrical accoutrement.

Commercial specifics remain thin: outlets report the capsule is available now through UNDERCOVER channels, but no pricing, SKU numbers, or full stockist lists were published with the launch. What’s clear is the strategy: use Dickies’ TC twill and workwear archetypes as a durable backbone and let Takahashi’s warped tailoring do the radical work, producing five pieces that sit between everyday utility and collectible UNDERCOVER deformation.