Egonlab presents its Fall Winter 2026 collection, Lazarus, as a manifesto shaped by resistance, renewal, and refusal. The show opens with a spoken text delivered by Jameela Jamil, setting a tone that frames darkness as a place of refuge rather than fear. Her words speak of broken dreams, creative risk, and a world that trades imagination for efficiency. The voice positions creativity as a demanding act that leaves marks, insisting that danger does not hide in shadows but moves openly through systems built on profit and silence.
Lazarus responds directly to a contemporary climate that values productivity over expression. Within this context, the collection questions what space remains for dissent, sensitivity, and creative vulnerability. Egonlab frames the season as an awakening rather than a rupture. Rebirth appears as continuity, grounded in return rather than rejection. The brand revisits its foundations to assert a clearer and more forceful identity, carrying forward its habits while stripping away compromise.
Black remains central, explored through renewed surface and depth. The palette introduces textures and reliefs that shift perception, including prints that recall crushed or wrinkled material. Dense wools and fluid jerseys operate within a restrained range of dark tones, producing a rhythm that feels controlled.
Trompe l’oeil effects and asymmetrical constructions suggest states of becoming. Cuts remain sharp, while prints and edges interrupt precision with intentional imbalance. The garments appear caught mid-change, holding form while resisting closure. Volumes expand, shoulders widen, and tailoring stretches proportions beyond convention. In some looks, the brand doubles elements such as skirts and jackets, creating echoes that destabilize familiarity.
Denim introduces another dimension. Oversized buttonholes and exaggerated collars turn the fabric into a visual puzzle, while Jacron pockets signal a new recurring marker within the brand’s vocabulary. Select looks incorporate feathers, producing hybrid forms that sit between couture technique and urban codes. Material patchwork pushes surfaces into dialogue, allowing contrast to exist within a single garment.
The collection operates as a working space for identity and artistic inquiry. Rooted in Egonlab’s core language, it presses against boundaries that separate creativity from commerce. Lazarus addresses a society that treats deviation as instability, questioning why adaptation and sensitivity provoke suspicion.
Collaboration extends this inquiry. Egonlab partners with Tinder on a capsule titled Love Will Not Tear Us Apart. The project includes hybrid T-shirts with grunge references, deconstructed hoodies, a heart-shaped ring designed as a wedding band, and a couture tartan feather piece produced in the Maison Février workshops. Thirty percent of profits support Safe Place, a feminist association active since 2018.
The season also introduces a collaboration with Converse. Egonlab presents a customised Chuck Taylor, reworked through full hand-weaving that extends across the shoe, reshaping the familiar silhouette through tactile craft.
