Saul Nash SS26

Saul Nash’s SS26 collection, EMBRACE, doesn’t arrive quietly. It moves—literally and emotionally—through the body, continuing the designer’s long-standing dialogue between menswear and motion. Rooted in gesture and physical connection, this season sharpens Nash’s ability to make clothes that feel lived-in, worn close, and charged with intent.

Sportswear remains the foundation, but it’s filtered through tailoring and flashes of military discipline. The result is menswear that looks engineered rather than styled. A stretch Henley shirt clings to the torso, secured with an asymmetric fastening that invites adjustment—and exposure—depending on the wearer’s mood. It’s a subtle provocation, less about shock than control, reinforcing Nash’s interest in how men inhabit their clothes.

That intimacy carries through the compression long-sleeve tops, each marked with a stretched handprint across the chest. It reads like an imprint left behind, a visual suggestion of touch and presence. Elsewhere, a heavyweight ISKO denim twinset pushes the collection into more utilitarian territory. The two-way zipped work jacket and barrel-leg kinetic-cut jeans are laser-engraved with a hazy image of intertwined bodies—graphic enough to register, abstract enough to remain wearable.

Nash’s signature kinetic-cut flight jackets, tracksuits and sport vests return, all designed to move with the body rather than restrict it. Tailoring expands too, with hooded Oxford shirts cut from water-resistant cotton poplin, finished in workwear plaid—a practical counterpoint to the collection’s sensual undercurrent.

The palette stays restrained: greys, pale yellows, soft purples. It reinforces the tension at the heart of EMBRACE—structure versus softness, utility versus expression. Shot in East London on dancers drawn from Nash’s own community, the collection feels grounded rather than performative. Menswear here isn’t about dressing up or down. It’s about how clothing behaves when the body is in motion, and what it reveals when it isn’t.