Inside Lanvin Autumn Winter 2026 Men’s collection
100. A century of Lanvin Homme, established by Jeanne Lanvin in 1926 as an expansion of her universe — the first couture house to ever propose menswear. A shared name, a dual identity— Lanvin’s ideal of le chic ultime bears no gender, with motifs and propositions moving between hers and his. It is a family of elegance.
For Autumn Winter 2026, Lanvin Artistic Director Peter Copping allows the twenty-first century Lanvin man to stand alone. He is a man of the world, travelling literally and figuratively, each voyage leaving traces on his character and wardrobe. A journey undertaken by Jeanne Lanvin to Venice in the 1920s is mirrored in the garde-robe of her metaphorical male counterpart today.
Venice as a place of luxury, of contrasting texture and rich diversity. Here, it is not a home but a destination, part of an essential and ongoing exchange with Paris. Gray flannel, an emblematic fabric of Lanvin’s menswear since the 1920s, is expertly tailored, laid alongside jewel tones of amethyst and absinthe.
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A dialogue between then and now, between history and tomorrow, echoes of the grandeur of the past brought to contemporaneous relevance. Cocoon coats nod to the silhouettes of the 1920s, embroideries drawn from couture gowns become decoration on evening shirts in poplin. Knitwear reflects the angular lines and graphic contrasts of art deco, in a new idiom.
Souvenirs. Within the presentation space near Parc Monceau, archival décor and objects from Jeanne Lanvin’s office set the scene — from Armand-Albert Rateau furniture to fabric-bound books of inspiration. These personal traces offer an intimate framework for the collection.
Ensembles layer reference, recollections and styles into new compositions. Figured Venetian fabrics, found in the personal textile collection of Jeanne Lanvin are reproduced by Bevilacqua, their original suppliers, cut to modern jeans and slender worker jackets and contradicted with pure cotton poplin. Fortuny Plissé are cut into eased tuxedo trousers, laid with a side stripe of grosgrain. Animalier print, an unexpected presence within the Lanvin archives, translates to eased sportswear shapes or imprints across shearling and faux fur.
Venetian Murano glass surrenders abstracted prints, while modern nylons and denims juxtapose with rich textures of velvet and silk. A notion of formality, gestures of elegance in accessories. Gloves coordinate with knits, expressive of a sense of refinement and care. Slippers are capped in patent, in rich fabrics and leather, crocodile patterns mark sleek brogues.
A hooded sweater, in Lanvin blue, pretends to be antique — bearing playful iterations of Lanvin labels, logos and identities, implied traces of the passage of time. It too is a souvenir of the history and meaning of the maison — a celebration, a recalibration, an assertion of a century of Lanvin Homme.
