Great style is eternal, but the fashion industry? Well, that thrives on ephemerality. To help you stay across what’s new and noteworthy, we’ve put together all the fashion news to new in July 2026 in this month’s edition of On Thread.
- July 2026 fashion news
- he Met Gala select John Galliano as its next theme
- Radical Yes unveils Everything Is Energy
- Birkenstock goes balletcore with Repetto
- Alemais releases romantic fall collection
- Cotton On launches Edition 91 denim range
- Kowtow blows out the candles on 20 years with an anniversary collection
- Daisy Duck and Minnie Mouse hit Paris in the final chapter of Ganni x Disney
- Pandora partners with Harry Lambert to for the inaugural Pandora Wonders collection
- HOKA opens flagship store in Sydney
- Orlebar Brown gears up for Euro summer with COYA
- Graff takes its signature collection in a contemporary direction
July 2026 fashion news
Welcome back to the July 2026 edition of On Thread. Here, you’ll find all the fashion news, new releases, and collabs worth knowing about in July 2026. To ensure you stay across what has the proclivity to be a rapidly changing industry, we’ll be updating On Thread in reverse chronological order, meaning you’ll always find the newest news on top.
he Met Gala select John Galliano as its next theme
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that its spring Costume Institute exhibition will be dedicated to John Galliano. The British designer is the fourth designer to receive a solo retrospective at the museum, following Yves Saint Laurent (1983), Rei Kawakubo (2017), and Karl Lagerfeld (2023). Curated by Andrew Bolton, the exhibition will be titled John Galliano: Horizons and is set to explore the way Galliano constructs and conceives fashion through history, storytelling, and emotion. While the exact dress code for the 2027 Met Gala is yet to be announced, it will draw upon Galliano’s world.
Radical Yes unveils Everything Is Energy
Melbourne footwear label Radical Yes has released its latest collection, titled ‘Everything Is Energy’. A celebration of “the beautiful contradictions that make personal style so compelling,” the collection embraces contrast through unexpected combinations and expressive details. The collection draws inspiration from street style photograph Scott Schuman’s The Sartorialist: India, channelling the vibrant colours and rich textures found throughout Indian culture.
Everything Is Energy is set to launch on the 4th of August, 2026.
Explore Everything is Energy via Radical Yes.
Birkenstock goes balletcore with Repetto
Birkenstock has teamed up with Repetto to create a collection that’s en pointe with the zeitgeist. The collaboration sees the German brand’s signature silhouettes interpreted through the Parisian label’s elegant dance-inspired lens, with The Arizona, The Scala, and The Opéra arriving in Repetto shades with design details like oversized buckles and fluid laces.
Explore Birkenstock 1774 x Repetto via Birkenstock.
Alemais releases romantic fall collection
Australian label Alemais has unveiled the campaign for its forthcoming fall 2026 collection, shot by Esther Theaker and styled by Emilie Kareh in the British countryside.
Explore the collection via Alemais.
Cotton On launches Edition 91 denim range
Australian retail brand Cotton On has launched its Edition 91 denim range, which comprises low- and mid-rise styles across wide, straight, and bootleg cuts, with standard, curvy, and petite options available in women’s and baggy and straight options in two lengths in men’s. Notably, the men’s collection has selvedge finishes on some of the cuts, as well as an indigo wash created in Japan’s famous Kaihara mill.
Explore Edition 91 denim via Cotton On.
Kowtow blows out the candles on 20 years with an anniversary collection
Kowtow marks a milestone this year, with the sustainable New Zealand brand celebrating its 20th birthday. To commemorate the occasion, Kowtow has released a dedicated birthday capsule collection, featuring a limited-edition print created by multi-disciplinary French artist and Kowtow’s first Art Director, Yoan Jolly. The print sees two decades of Kowtow archives mashed up into a collage that honours the visual identity and novel approach of the brand.
“It was quite humbling because you realise how much work that was,” said Yoan Jolly of revisiting the Kowtow archives. “There was so much, and there were little ones that I’d completely forgotten about. It’s like years’ worth of our lives.”
Explore the 20th birthday collection via Kowtow.
Daisy Duck and Minnie Mouse hit Paris in the final chapter of Ganni x Disney
Ganni and Disney have released the third and final chapter of their ongoing collaboration, with the capsule seeing Daisy Duck and Minnie Mouse embark on a girls’ trip to Paris. The 12-piece capsule collection comprises graphic t-shirts, tank tops, tote bags, and accessories.
Explore Ganni x Disney via Ganni.
Pandora partners with Harry Lambert to for the inaugural Pandora Wonders collection
Pandora has teamed up with celebrity stylist Harry Lambert to launch the first edition of Pandora Wonders, a new creative platform that will see the Danish jewellery brand collaborate with international roster of tastemakers. The first chapter sees Lambert co-create an 11-piece collection that sees freshwater pearls take centre stage in a series of baroque charms. With a playful, whimsical spirit running through the collection, the capsule combines pearls with gold-plated details to create peas in a pod, pufferfish, mushrooms, and icecream, and squid, impeccably styled into dangle charms that are designed to be mixed and matched.
Explore Pandora Wonders via Pandora.
HOKA opens flagship store in Sydney
Runners rejoice. HOKA has opened a new flagship store on Sydney’s Pitt Street. In addition to being able to see the brand’s full collections in person, the flagship store is home to The Running Room, a concept that unites performance running gear with specialist running care, with physio appointments and other recovery related services on site.
The new HOKA flagship is located at 197 Pitt St, Mid City Centre Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Orlebar Brown gears up for Euro summer with COYA
Orlebar Brown has teamed up with COYA to translate the warmth of the Andean palette into a two-piece capsule. The British luxury swimwear brand and the beach club have released the former’s signature Bulldog swim short and a beach bag dressed in a curvilinear striped print with hues of terracotta, ocean blue, and bone white; reimagining the colours of Latin America drenched in European sunlight.
Explore Orlebar Brown x COYA via Orlebar Brown.
Graff takes its signature collection in a contemporary direction
Heritage jeweller Graff has unveiled a series of new additions to its Laurence Graff Signature collection, featuring diamonds set in yellow, white, or rose gold designs with an angular, architectural bent. The new additions are introduced through a campaign shot by Steven Klein, against the backdrop of the Sheats–Goldstein Residence in Los Angeles.
Explore Laurence Graff Signature collection via Graff.
Words by Arabella Johnson and Esmé Duggan
