# New York Fashion Week Spring 2026 Menswear Trends (SS26)

Source: https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york
Data refreshed: October 2, 2026

Biggest risers at New York Fashion Week SS26 menswear: wide leg pants (30.6% → 38.7% of looks), floor length pants (12.1% → 19.4%) and straight hem jeans (6.6% → 12.0%). Most common: twill (54.2%), long sleeve jacket (46.1%) and set in sleeve jacket (45.3%).

Measured across 382 looks from 27 designers.

## In the press

We read 45 articles on New York menswear, SS26 from WWD, Vogue, W Magazine and 21 more. The trends they named most: tailored pants, loose pants, black, white and casual shirts. Black drew coverage, but its share fell from 51.6% to 25.1% of looks. White drew coverage, but its share fell from 29.0% to 24.3% of looks.

- WWD, 2025-09-17: [Julian Louie Offers a Walking Art Gallery for His Debut Aubero Show](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/aubero/review/). Julian Louie made his New York Fashion Week debut with Aubero, presenting repurposed antique textile coats and jackets and long skirt-like wraps that referenced surfer towels, set to a drum circle.
- WWD, 2025-09-16: [Luar’s Darkly Joyful Message for Spring 2026](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/luar/review/). Raul Lopez showed a Carnival-inspired collection with craftspeople from the Dominican Republic, moving from sharp black tailoring to beading, plastic-strip plumage, bold color and signature handbags.
- Vogue, 2025-09-13: [Todd Snyder Spring 2026 Menswear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2026-menswear/todd-snyder). Todd Snyder drew on Havana and 1980s Miami for a resort-minded lineup of camp-collar shirts, higher waists, roomier trousers and closer-cut tailoring, with playful accessories and a vacation mood.
- Vogue, 2025-06-25: [Aubero Spring 2026 Menswear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2026-menswear/aubero). Julian Louie shaped Aubero around personal memories of his California childhood, using hand-crinkled voiles, raw-edged washed cottons and preserved antique textile scraps, with a versatile overcoat and trouser.
- W Magazine, 2025-09-18: [16 Things We Saw & Loved at New York Fashion Week Spring 2026](https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/new-york-fashion-week-spring-2026-runway-roundup-best-moments-looks). W's editors list small details they enjoyed across the week, from model Rubuen Bilan-Carroll on many runways to Campillo's craft-led denim, Anna Sui's styling, Area's ribbon dress and Diotima's debut.
- CNN, 2025-09-17: [Shadow selves and tinsel gowns: What we saw at New York Fashion Week spring-summer 2026](https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/style/new-york-fashion-week-ss2026-highlights). CNN's week recap covers big-name shows, debuts at Area and Diotima, Alexander Wang's return, and brands building on signature styles in a cautious market, with a few co-ed collections in the mix.
- GQ, 2025-09-12: [At NYFW, Everyone Wants to Be a Preppie](https://www.gq.com/story/nyfw-ss26-preppy-menswear-show-notes). GQ's fashion correspondent calls this New York Fashion Week the most preppy in recent memory, with Ralph Lauren, J. Press and J. Crew leading, and ties it to a broader return to classic American clothing.
- InStyle, 2025-09-12: [The Best Designer Looks From New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026](https://www.aol.com/best-designer-looks-york-fashion-201535357.html). InStyle's editors pick favorite looks from about three dozen New York shows, including menswear from Todd Snyder and Campillo, and co-ed collections from Coach, Off-White, Theophilio and others.
- Wallpaper*, 2025-09-11: [The standout shows of New York Fashion Week S/S 2026 – as they happened](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/fashion-beauty-events/standout-shows-and-highlights-of-new-york-fashion-week-nyfw-ss-26). Wallpaper's rolling round-up finds new energy in New York, crediting Calvin Klein's return and debuts at Area and Diotima, and reports on shows including Coach and Eckhaus Latta, which dressed both men and women.
- Wonderland, 2025-09-29: [Tanner Fletcher Make The Runway Their Home](https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2025/09/29/tanner-fletcher/). Wonderland describes Tanner Fletcher's presentation as a home being set up for visiting parents, with 47 models carrying vintage and handmade decor from an Etsy collaboration, and talks to the designers about the collection.
- V Magazine, 2025-09-18: [Todd Snyder Lives "La Buena Vida" in his Spring/Summer 2026 Collection](https://vman.com/article/todd-snyder-lives-la-buena-vida-in-his-spring-summer-2026-collection/). V Magazine describes Todd Snyder's tropical collection La Buena Vida as vacation ease with Italian-minded tailoring, from linen jackets and high-waisted trousers to lounge shirts, plus new Timex watches.
- Esquire, 2025-09-16: [Todd Snyder Is Living La Buena Vida](https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a66127123/todd-snyder-spring-2026-interview/). Esquire speaks with Todd Snyder after the show about relaxed tailoring, nudging men toward small style changes and Armani's influence, with Brendan Fraser praising the Havana-meets-Miami collection.
- 10 Magazine, 2025-09-16: [Coach Spring 2026: Stuart Vevers Looked to Youthful Flourishes](https://usa.10magazine.com/coach-spring-2026-review/). Stuart Vevers found beauty in New York's wear and tear, offering a love letter to younger shoppers with denim dusters, city-print dresses, tulle finale looks and signature bags.
- AnOther, 2025-09-16: [Veronica Leoni's Astute Vision for Calvin Klein](https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/16617/veronica-leoni-calvin-klein-spring-summer-2026-ss26-show-review). Fury sees Leoni refusing to be weighed down by Calvin Klein's heavy imagery, drawing on 1990s archives and a gentler idea of sensuality, with underwear codes moved to the outside.
- W Magazine, 2025-09-16: [For Spring 2026, Luar Designer Raúl López References Himself](https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/luar-spring-2026-new-york-fashion-week-runway-photos). Raúl López built the Fantasía collection around Dominican Carnival, using color in earnest for the first time, with plumage, a few prints and a remix of his own past silhouettes.
- Hypebeast, 2025-09-16: [5000 Spring/Summer 2026 Focuses on "Good Design"](https://hypebeast.com/2025/9/5000-spring-summer-2026-ss26-collection-nyfw-release-info). Taylor Thompson presented 5000 in a High Line showroom, combining practical ease with refined menswear influences.
- 10 Magazine, 2025-09-15: [Eckhaus Latta Spring 2026 Review: Sensual Clothes That Thrill](https://usa.10magazine.com/eckhaus-latta-spring-2026/). The reviewer finds Eckhaus Latta grown up, with everyday pieces that carry a quiet sensuality, from slouched suiting and carpenter jeans to cut-out tees, mesh and crochet.
- Hypebeast, 2025-09-14: [Todd Snyder Spring 2026 Channels Cuba in the 1950s](https://hypebeast.com/2025/9/todd-snyder-spring-summer-2026-ss26-nyfw-runway-collection). At his New York headquarters, Todd Snyder showed 44 looks built on a Havana vacation wardrobe, from sueded linen jackets and high-waisted pants to patterned lounge shirts and new Timex watches.
- Highsnobiety, 2025-09-14: [Eckhaus Latta SS26 Is for "God's Waitresses"](https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/eckhaus-latta-ss25/). Highsnobiety finds Eckhaus Latta's spring collection free and daring for men, with roomy fits, see-through fabrics, cutouts and faded washes, plus studded punk-leaning accessories.
- USA TODAY, 2025-09-18: [We went to more than 50 New York Fashion Week shows and events. Recapping NYFW 2025](https://www.aol.com/articles/went-more-50-york-fashion-231935681.html). A USA TODAY team lists short impressions of nearly 60 shows and events, from Ralph Lauren, Coach and Tory Burch to newer brands, noting the star-filled front rows and several print-media themes.
- IRK Magazine, 2025-09-13: [Peak Lapel & Oxblood Zebra](https://www.irkmagazine.com/post/peak-lapel-oxblood-zebra/). Peak Lapel revisited sporting prep, while Oxblood Zebra developed expressive tailoring for the NYMD presentations.
- VRAI Magazine, 2025-09-12: [Menswear and Genderless Designers Shine at the 24th Edition of NYMD at NYFW](https://www.vraimagazine.com/nymd-at-nyfw-september-2025/). The report covers eight menswear and genderless labels presenting in two sessions at NYMD.
- FAULT Magazine, 2025-09-30: [New York Fashion Week 2025: Christian Siriano SS26 – Glamour for Everyone](https://fault-magazine.com/2025/09/christian-siriano-ss26-review/). FAULT calls Siriano's 62-look show glamorous and size-inclusive, with sequined polka dots, fringe minis and giant gowns, and singles out more than ten inventive menswear pieces.
- Metal Magazine, 2025-09-16: [Campillo S/S 2026](https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/campillo-ss-2026). A Mexican writer calls Repeticion a standout of the season, noting charro-inspired tailoring that blurs gender codes, earth tones, basket-woven leather bombers and a perforated coat that recalls papel picado.
- Style Cartel, 2025-09-16: [L'Enchanteur NYFW SS26: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea](https://stylecartel.com/lenchanteur-nyfw-ss26-under-the-sea/). L'enchanteur's first ready-to-wear runway show took an ocean theme from Jules Verne, with fish prints, octopus bibs, fin details and new footwear made in Lagos.
- Guild Magazine, 2025-09-15: [Who Decides War - NYFW Spring/Summer 2026](https://www.guildmagazine.com/fashion/who-decides-war-nyfw-spring-summer-2026/). A short review of Read the Room, which turns peeling wallpaper, tarnished leather and cracked damask patterns into clothes, layering distressed denim and suiting with burnished leather.
- Galore, 2025-09-14: [WHO DECIDES WAR SS26 JUST TORE THE HOUSE DOWN](https://galoremag.com/who-decides-war-ss26-reading-the-room-wrecking-the-house/). Galore calls the Who Decides War show haunted and hot, turning damask wallpaper into denim, with striped shirting, gray suits, leather racing jackets and ghostly finale gowns, set to a live Leon Thomas performance.
- Design Scene, 2025-09-14: [Campillo Spring Summer 2026: “Repetición” Collection Review](https://www.designscene.net/2025/09/campillo-spring-summer-2026.html). Design Scene reports on Campillo's Repeticion show at 180 Maiden Lane, which reworks charro tailoring with woven knits, artisan collaborations and agave-fiber pieces made with Don Julio.
- Flaunt: [Volkswagen x Theophilio | Spring/Summer 2026](https://www.flaunt.com/post/volkswagen-x-theophilio-spring-summer-2026). Flaunt reports on Theophilio's Riddim show, which began from a wrapped yellow Volkswagen bus and drew on Jamaican heritage, road-trip memories, bold patterns and Caribbean diaspora references.
- WWD, 2025-09-16: [Jane Wade Spring 2026: Amping Up Utility](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/jane-wade/review/). Jane Wade staged a warehouse show centered on the labor force, doubling down on utility and workwear with worn-looking denim, exposed bindings and industrial hardware, while adding a little femininity.
- WWD, 2025-09-16: [Tanner Fletcher Spring 2026: ‘Redecorating’ Runway Theatre](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/tanner-fletcher/review/). Tanner Fletcher staged a theatrical living-room show about redecorating, with models unloading props from a van and a range from casual knits and camp shirts to evening suits and dresses.
- WWD, 2025-09-15: [TWP Spring 2026: A Sunny Garden Party](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/twp/review/). Trish Wescoat Pound showed a garden-inspired collection with rainwear, roomy trenches, open-work knits, perforated leather, Japanese denim and broken-up suits, shown on a rooftop above Rockefeller Plaza.
- WWD, 2025-09-15: [Coach Lightens the Mood With Upbeat Collection Filled With ‘Optimism’](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/coach-3/review/). Stuart Vevers aimed for optimism, taking young customers from 1970s New York to 1990s Seattle with distressed denim and leather, upcycled pieces, wide pants, fitted tops and many genderless styles.
- WWD, 2025-09-14: [Eckhaus Latta Spring 2026: Dressed-up Downtown Cool](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/eckhaus-latta/review/). After a menswear award nomination, Eckhaus Latta opened with dressy all-black looks, then moved to skin-baring ideas, layered transparency, saturated color and mixed textures including knits, cotton, denim and mesh.
- WWD, 2025-09-14: [Aknvas Spring 2026: Back to Boarding School](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/aknvas/review/). Christian Juul Nielsen offered a boarding-school mix of preppy, punk and princess styles, with ruffled bloomers, corset-laced jeans, boxy trench coats and pleated chinos that worked on women and men.
- WWD, 2025-09-14: [Who Decides War Spring 2026: A Duality of Decay and Opulence](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/who-decides-war/review/). The Who Decides War duo explored decay versus reconstruction using damask and wallpaper ideas, wheat-pasted poster effects, distressed fabric and ornate beaded and tulle statement dresses.
- WWD, 2025-09-14: [Tibi Spring 2026: Leading Lady](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/tibi/review/). Amy Smilovic combined practical building blocks with sculptural, rounded dresses and skirts, citing Bauhaus and Brutalist references, with sharp pencil skirts and dropped-shoulder blazers.
- WWD, 2025-09-13: [Todd Snyder Spring 2026: Trip to Havana, Circa 1950](https://wwd.com/runway/mens-spring-2026/new-york/todd-snyder/review/). Todd Snyder offered a sunny escape inspired by 1950s Havana and 1980s Miami, with guayabera shirts, higher-waisted pleated pants, loose tailoring, a bold color range and relaxed footwear.
- WWD, 2025-09-13: [Off-White Spring 2026: Bringing Cool to School](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/off-white/review/). Off-White returned to New York with a rooftop school show called Pop Romance, mixing color, maximalism and individuality, with boxy tailoring, athletic jackets, crystallized denim and new sneakers for men.
- WWD, 2025-09-13: [Christian Siriano Spring 2026: Bringing Movie Magic to Macy’s](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/christian-siriano/review/). Christian Siriano staged a salon-style Old Hollywood show inside Macy's, with clashing stripes and dots, sculpted gowns, a corseted men's tuxedo jacket, and a closing burst of color after a long black-and-white run.
- WWD, 2025-09-13: [Campillo Spring 2026 Channels Artisanal Mexican Craftsmanship](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/campillo/review/). Patricio Campillo built the collection around repetition and craft, using basketry and weaving techniques, hand-stitched architectural panels and woven leather jackets and shorts in brown and rust tones.
- WWD, 2025-09-12: [Calvin Klein Spring 2026: A Cinematic Expression of Urban Reality](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/calvin-klein-collection/review/). Veronica Leoni's second Calvin Klein show was a standout, capturing raw New York intimacy with minimalist silk dresses, leather trenches, draped gowns and a new focus on the brand underwear heritage.
- WWD, 2025-09-12: [Collina Strada Brings Light Out of the Dark for Spring 2026](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/collina-strada/review/). Hillary Taymour showed a helipad collection of dualities, pairing each model with an all-black shadow twin, and offered lace-patched slipdresses, oversize cargo pants with peplums and, newly, denim.
- WWD, 2025-09-12: [Fforme Spring 2026: A Modern Take on the Beach](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2026/new-york/fforme/review/). Frances Howie drew on New Zealand black sand beaches with molded rubberized pieces, a bias-cut satin dress, towel-like dresses and meticulously finished tailoring, including linen trousers with a matching blazer.
- 10 Magazine, 2025-09-13: [Off-White Spring 2026: Ib Kamara's Pop Romance](https://usa.10magazine.com/off-white-spring-2026-review/). Ib Kamara staged Pop Romance on a school rooftop in the Lower East Side, pushing formal wear toward streetwear with slinky sheers, structure and graphic nods to New York.

Summaries are written by T-Fashion. Read each article at the source.

## Rising

1. [Wide Leg Pants](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/wide-leg-pants): 30.6% → 38.7%
2. [Floor Length Pants](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/floor-length-pants): 12.1% → 19.4%
3. [Straight Hem Jeans](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/straight-hem-type-jeans): 6.6% → 12.0%

## Fading

1. [Black](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/black): 51.6% → 25.1%
2. [Jersey](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/jersey): 22.1% → 11.3%
3. [Chino](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/chino): 25.6% → 18.1%

## Most common of 38 trends

| Trend | Type | Share of looks | SS25 | Change | Looks | Designers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Twill](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/twill) | Key fabrics | 54.2% | 53.3% | +0.9 pts | 207 | 34 |
| [Long Sleeve Jacket](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/long-sleeve-length-jacket) | Key items | 46.1% | 42.9% | +3.2 pts | 176 | 27 |
| [Set In Sleeve Jacket](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/set-in-sleeve-type-jacket) | Key items | 45.3% | 42.0% | +3.3 pts | 173 | 26 |

### Key items

1. [Long Sleeve Jacket](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/long-sleeve-length-jacket): 46.1% of looks
2. [Set In Sleeve Jacket](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/set-in-sleeve-type-jacket): 45.3% of looks
3. [Wide Leg Pants](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/wide-leg-pants): 38.7% of looks

19 more key items: https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/key-items

### Colors

1. [Black](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/black): 25.1% of looks
2. [White](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/white): 24.3% of looks
3. [Smoke](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/smoke): 15.4% of looks
4. [Steel](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/steel): 12.8% of looks
5. [Chocolate](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/chocolate): 12.3% of looks
6. [Beige Twins](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/beige-twins): 12.0% of looks
7. [Charcoal](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/charcoal): 9.9% of looks
8. [Sand](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/sand): 9.9% of looks
9. [Lavender](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/lavender): 7.9% of looks

### Patterns

1. [Striped](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/striped): 12.8% of looks
2. [Abstract](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/abstract): 9.4% of looks

### Fabrics

1. [Twill](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/twill): 54.2% of looks
2. [Poplin](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/poplin): 19.1% of looks
3. [Chino](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/menswear/new-york/chino): 18.1% of looks

2 more fabrics

## Other seasons

- [SS27 menswear New York](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/menswear/new-york): 43 trends
- [FW26 menswear New York](https://tfashion.ai/runway/fw26/menswear/new-york): 44 trends

## Garment categories

- Jacket: 47.4% of looks
- Sweatshirt: 2.9% of looks
- Sweater: 8.6% of looks

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