Arthur Arbesser introduces the Fall Winter 2025.26 collection under a framework that emphasizes independence, experimentation, and creative freedom. The brand now presents collections in season, aligning with a direct-to-consumer model that drives its business. This approach enables the designer to set his own pace and expand the possibilities of his work.
A key step forward came with the move into a new studio, housed in a former garage and car-repair space. The environment provides Arbesser with the flexibility to manage every aspect of the label in one place, from showroom and clothing production to fabric painting and exhibition planning. Surrounded by collaborators and ideas, the studio offers an expansive base for creativity. The relocation also brought a rediscovery of the brand’s history. While unpacking years of archived pieces, fabrics, and materials, Arbesser uncovered forgotten resources that now serve as inspiration.
Sustainability remains central to the Fall Winter 2025.26 collection. The offering is smaller, more precise, and includes fabrics from previous seasons. A tobacco and black stripe material from Austrian fabric mill Backhausen, first used in Fall 2018, returns in the form of fluid trousers and a cropped waistcoat. Archival findings also informed the prints of the season. One motif assembles scanned images of buttons and curious objects against a black and yellow ground. Another enlarges and blurs a vintage button, transforming it into a graphic pattern. Even the colored tapes used to seal moving boxes sparked ideas, resulting in a multicolored stripe design.
Fabric plays an important role in shaping silhouettes. Dresses cut from large contrast-colored wool stripes carry clean lines, while their irregular and pointed hems introduce theatricality. Trousers come in skinny flares or unisex straight legs, reinforcing versatility. Shirts remain a core part of the label’s vocabulary, presented in oversized, printed, and airy versions. Arbesser continues to favor a mix of ease and expression in his approach to tailoring.
The collection connects with an exclusive capsule created with traditional underwear brand HANRO. This fifteen-piece collaboration incorporates checkerboard and vichy patterns in autumnal colors. Arbesser emphasizes the harmony between the capsule and his Fall 2025 collection, describing it as a privilege to be the first designer to work with HANRO. The capsule aligns with the eclectic tone of the season, underlining Arbesser’s interest in partnerships that expand the reach of his ideas.
Arbesser extends his work beyond clothing into product design. This season, he introduces the HUF lamp, created in collaboration with Milan-based lighting studio Servomuto. Inspired by the shape of a horse’s hoof, the lamp comes in two sizes and features vibrant shades and prints derived from the collection itself. The project reflects the label’s ongoing exploration of color and form in disciplines beyond fashion.
Photography for the lookbook was divided between two perspectives. Henrik Blomqvist captured Maria di Benedetto in vivid, artful images, while Giulia Fassina photographed a group of Arbesser’s Milanese friends in more reflective moments inside the studio. Together, the visuals underline Arbesser’s vision of community and creative exchange.
