Exploring Identity Through Fashion: Saul Nash's Autumn/Winter 2026

Introducing Masquerade, Saul Nash’s autumn/winter 2026 collection, an exploration into how clothes can be used as a tool to transcend and shape identity. 

This season, the British-Caribbean designer researched into the art of  masquerade, kickstarted after attending Notting Hill Carnival in summer,  where vibrant costumes find their origins in mimicry ceremonies. This thread  of performance, concealment and self-expression would lead Nash to explore  Venetian masquerade, where masks were worn to both transform and  disguise the wearer. 

Such traditions led Nash to think about the idea of masquerade through the  lens of growing up in London. Here, the designer establishes a new kind of  power dressing: the interplay between the formality of tailoring and the ease  of casual wear, where a garment can be a vehicle to express one’s multiple  selves.  

“I wanted to create a collection that empowers the wearer. These are clothes  that can act as a form of masquerade in your own life; a medium to embody  who you want to be,” says Saul Nash.  

It begins with the tracksuit. Nodding to the brand’s sportswear origins as well  as Nash’s de facto uniform since childhood, here a technical tracksuit is  printed with the silhouette of a suit. A pastiche of smart dressing, the look  relates to Nash feeling too casually dressed to attend various events due to  his sports wardrobe. “This is a way to fit in, but at the same time, staying  true to who you are,” he says. 

Codes lifted from 1980s British and Italian power tailoring are  recontextualised throughout. Suit jackets come with built-in hoods and  detachable sleeves. Shirts are traced with horizontal and vertical lines,  inspired by the costume that appears in Ben Magid Rabinovitch’s photograph  Tamaris in "Dirge" (1931). Crafted from stretch cotton, they evolve Nash’s  kinetic movement philosophy from sportswear into sophisticated territory.  

Wall Street suits lend their shape to an all-in-one pinstriped jumpsuit, crafted  from merino stretch wool, which accelerates the brand’s exploration into  formal wear, as seen in recent seasons. Cut wide and warped on the body, in  motion, they mimic the movement of masquerade costumes. 

This toying of proportion extends into the brand’s most versatile outerwear  offering to date. The collection includes military-inspired drill jackets with  transformable collars that can be worn three different ways, cropped trench  coats crafted using Nash’s kinetic cutting technique and padded jackets with  elongated ribbed knit sleeves and exaggerated hemlines, which are ultra lightweight thanks to their PRIMALOFT® Gold insulation.  

In a palette of greens, navys and earthy browns, the collection is a  symphony of textures – where the silky sheen of utility trousers (cut from  Viscose LENZING™) can be paired with crinkled recycled nylon zip-ups, or  furry mohair blazers and nipple-exposing cardigans that come in a mix of  alpaca and merino wool.  

Reflecting on the “masks” we wear day-to-day, this season allows the wearer  to masquerade as someone entirely different. Compression tops, printed with  a hazy body motif, are equipped with a funnel neck that, when donned,  appears as if you’re wearing the silhouette of another person. A similar  technique is applied to an overdyed, raw denim twinset, which is lasered with  a chiselled physique kissed by waves of fabric. The look nods to ancient  statues of the male form.  

The collection is anchored by Saul Nash’s debut footwear creation, the Julien  Boot. The high-top sports shoe is built with a mesh upper and a leather base,  accented with a velcro fastening and a gum sole that is broken to allow for  ample movement. 

Saul Nash also previews the SLNSH Spring 2026 collection, a multi season collaboration with lululemon, which blends Nash's key design  approach with the global apparel company’s technical innovation to blur  the lines between performance and lifestyle. During the show, Nash  unveils select men’s and women’s looks from the upcoming collection,  which draws inspiration from nature’s return. Key SLNSH Spring 2026  looks include: a reimagining of lululemon’s Define transformable Jacket,  organic cotton barrel trousers, elevated crossbody bags, and a Dual Length transformable seam-taped waterproof jacket. The SLNSH Spring  2026 collection is the fourth in the collaboration between Saul Nash and  lululemon and will be available on lululemon.com and in lululemon  stores across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and China on April  14, 2026.