Effortlessly Look.
After last season’s approach to clean and “perfect” goals in the chaps’ wardrobes, this year Acne Studios presents a fresh vision by unveiling their Spring/Summer 2026 lookbook, delving into a continuous study of masculinity in all its forms. The collection favours eclecticism over perfection, proposing an intuitive, spontaneous, and unbothered way of dressing, with a “geeky, quietly confident attitude that beats perfection by far.”
Key elements include sharp sportswear gesturesmeeting nostalgic and academic influences, as if garments have been handed down through generations. The mood is casual and unstudied, with the tenets of a vintage wardrobe running throughout, emphasising an eclectic impulse and sportswear worn in unexpected ways. Silhouettes play between stretched and shrunken, elongated and oversized, with trousers cut like jogging bottoms, abbreviated shorts, and narrower boot-cut trousers. The 1970s are a strong influence, seen in elongated collars, silk flourishes, and new ‘1979’ slim-cut jeans, while ‘2010’ straight-leg jeans appear in a new ‘mended’ iteration. Leather sets exude luxury and precision, mirrored in clean-cut, stretch latex-coated denim. Archetypal bomber and biker jackets are sharp and unadorned, or amplified in volume with an amalgam of prints from Japanese motifs to trompe l’oeil. Tonal shifts are evident in materials, where heritage fabrics meet sportier textures—checked wools, lightweight silk knits, and plaids contrast with sleek leather and latex-coated denim, emphasising a feeling of stretch and nostalgic denim treatments. Colours range from sun-bleached to bold electric blue, yellow, and pink, alongside traditional browns and beiges. Accessories, an ode to self-expression, include 1970s aviator sunglasses, DIY logo caps, the returning cowboy boot, slip-on loafers, buckled sandals, and reimagined Camero bags. If you’re wondering what’s in the basics of Acne Studios for the season, take notes.
PHOTO CREDIT: Acne Studios
