DRIES VAN NOTEN - 2026 AW

Why are you here? is now featuring the Dries Van Noten 2026AW collection at our Midosuji store.

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― From youth to adulthood. A men's & women's collection standing on the borderline of change

The 2026–27 Autumn/Winter collection traverses both men's and women's fashion, illustrating the universal themes of "growth," "change," and "self-expression." Not dramatic, not romantic, but a quiet sign of a new life beginning. The innocence and sincerity that arise when you leave your comfort zone and face yourself for the first time. The "beauty of the individual" that the brand has explored for many years is focused this season on that ambiguous, rich time between youth and maturity.

MEN - 2026AW Collection Overview
In this, our second season of the men's collection, we wanted to explore the concept of growing up and becoming an adult. Not as something dramatic or romantic, but as a celebration of the joy of a new beginning. That moment when possibilities expand—the innocence and sincerity of leaving one's comfort zone to face oneself for the first time.
It has been six months since we presented our first men's collection in June. Since that day when the graduates toasted on the beach at dawn, they have left home. To university, to new adventures—a journey of exploration and learning.
We thought about an attachment to specific clothes and the natural ways they are worn. Clothes with warmth and familiarity gathered from the various places they carry with them: comfort and reassurance, memories, roots: a father's coat, a mother's floral print, a brother's scarf, a cherished sweater, and a school jacket that no longer fits because they've grown. A prized hoodie, a familiar knit.
Packing their bags and boarding a train to the big city—"when the night breaks."

WOMEN - 2026AW Collection Overview
When we visited the Lycée Carnot at the end of summer, we were all pulled back to the feelings we had when we were high school students.
The feeling of being unfinished and constantly changing.
How universal this feeling is, and how it transcends culture.
Fragility and confidence, confusion and clarity. Customized school uniforms, frayed sweaters.
Clothes that shape the person, clothes that are comfortable. The embrace of a drape, the protection of a padded jacket, the confidence brought by a favorite pair of jeans.
Shortly after, we encountered two 1680s Flemish still-life paintings: "Two Peaches and a Butterfly on a Stone Plinth" and "Flowers and Insects."
Simple elements sublimated into images symbolizing beauty and the transience of life—motifs that are simultaneously detailed and symbolic. These became the starting point for our prints.
This 2026 Autumn/Winter collection begins at this junction, the shifting moment from youth to adulthood.
It is a time when identity is formed and what one wears defines how one is perceived by others and one's own self-perception. This delicate era of change, before identity becomes fixed, passes in an instant.
Like a pixelated photograph, the further we move away from that time filled with endless questions,
the more vivid those memories become.