As the weather continues to heat up in the southern hemisphere, so too does the fashion industry. Between new collaborations, collection launches, and the return of creative director shakeups (spoiler: Anthony Vaccarello has departed Saint Laurent!!), there’s a lot happening in the fashion world this month. Of course, we’re here to keep you across it, with this month’s edition of On Thread.
Herewith, all the fashion news you need to know in October 2026.
October 2026 fashion news
Fred expands its Chance Infinie line
Fred has added a series of new styles to its Chance Infinie collection. Distinguished by its interlocked lemniscate (infinity) symbol which forms a figure 8 with no beginning or end, the Chance Infinie collection nods to the birth of Fred Samuel in the eighth month of 1908. Today, the signature loop is expressed as a knot with untied ends. Here, the French luxury jewellery house adds four new creations in rose and white gold; a bracelet, earrings, ring, and necklace.
Explore Chance Infinie via Fred.
Hunter celebrates its 170th anniversary with Kate Moss
Hunter marks its 170th anniversary with a campaign starring supermodel Kate Moss. The British footwear brand was founded in 1856 and has been a household name for generations thanks to its functional and understatedly stylish outdoor boots. Key to Hunter’s success is the signature Original Tall Wellington Boot — a style Kate Moss embraced over two decades ago, regularly traipsing through Glastonbury in the rain boots (paired with microshorts, of course).
Naturally, the fellow Brit was Hunter’s first choice to ring in almost two centuries of outdoor style, releasing the ‘Iconic by Nature’ campaign fronted by Moss. The campaign nods to both Hunter’s cultural and practical clout, referencing the landscape and countryside culture that have shaped the brand.
Explore Iconic By Nature via Hunter.
Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran bring airy minimalism to Uniqlo U for summer
Uniqlo U Spring/Summer 2026 has launched in stores. Designed by Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran, the collection puts forward utilitarian staples inspired by vintage workwear and lightweight genderless capsule staples in an airy neutral palette of tinted whites, cool greys, and washed blues.
Explore Uniqlo U Spring/Summer 2026 via Uniqlo.
The North Face proves inside out can be outside in
Outdoor brand The North Face continues to lean into the streetwear market with the launch of the Reversible Pertex Nuptse, which features the style’s signature oversized padded baffles on one side and a sleek matte finish on the other. Not to shirk their high-performance technical wear origins, the brand has also released the Summit Nuptse, an ultra-warm and durable jacket built for demanding mountain environments; equipped with abrasion resistance and filled with 800-fill Prodown.
Explore Nuptse via The North Face.
Canada Goose settles its feathers in Chatswood Chase
Canada Goose has opened a new store in Chatswood Chase, with the brand’s physical store envisioned as a space to slow down and discover the brand through art and architecture. The store features walls designed in collaboration with Norwegian multidisciplinary firm Snøhetta which feature cartographic charts that trace the brand’s story of exploration, as well as artworks by Inuit artists. These include Owls 7856Q, a serpentine stone sculpture by Joanasie Manning, and Your Story, a painting by Ningiukulu Teevee. In addition to carrying the full Canada Goose ready-to-wear collections across menswear, womenswear, and kidswear, the Chatswood Chase store features The Vault, a private styling space for VIP customers.
The new store is located at Shop 1-009, Chatswood Chase Shopping Centre, 345 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia.
Cole Bennett gives Birkenstock’s Boston a shaggy wool makeover
As part of its 1774 collection, Birkenstock has collaborated with Cole Bennett. The Chicagoan filmmaker and director puts his own spin on the German footwear brand’s Boston design, outfitting the clog silhouette in off-white wool with a microfiber lining and finishing it off with a crescent Moon Buckle in antique dark copper.
Explore Birkenstock 1774 x Cole Bennett via Birkenstock.
Icons only. Loro Piana celebrates its timeless staples
Certain garments are designed to transcend time. Loro Piana knows this. The luxury Italian fashion house spotlighted pieces like the Spagna jacket, which draws from the design of Spanish officers’ uniforms; the lightweight Traveller field jacket; and the Roadster driving jacket in a campaign shot by Robin Galiegue at Ellen Dahl’s summerhouse in Denmark’s Mols Bjerge. The campaign stars models Raquel Zimmermann and Leon Dame, with the duo donning old favourites alongside Loro Piana’s new Icons, including the Rovasenda, Lou Tassel Walk, and Maremma.
Aman branches into designer ready-to-wear with Kim Jones
Luxury hospitality brand Aman has launched a ready-to-wear capsule collection. The Aman Essentials capsule collection was designed by Kim Jones, with the collaboration uniting the designer’s distinctive design language with Aman’s quiet approach to contemporary luxury. Spanning relaxed knitwear and daywear to swimwear and activewear, through to silk evening separates, the capsule collection is rendered in fluid materials and takes on a colour palette inspired by the natural landscapes surrounding Aman destinations around the world.
Explore Aman Essentials x Kim Jones via Aman.
Words by Arabella Johnson and Esmé Duggan.
