Sense Of Skin. Hed Mayner SS26

June 30, 2025 | Design & Culture by Ed

For spring-summer 2026, Hed Mayner sheds structured, voluminous layers – and opens up to a “sense of skin“. “I wanted to have something that is suspended from the body,” he said, “that when you move, it fills you with air.” The designer delivered on the promise: his signature, cocooning silhouettes never looked that refreshingly breezy and sumptuously light. A standout were his handkerchief-hem bottoms; they billowed as they walked and represented the joy Mayner has found in this new exploration. He also brought cool, buoyant languidness to his jackets, now with draped capelets that do intriguing, draped magic around the arms. The designer recently moved to Italy: it shows in the collection’s sweet nonchalance.

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Gesture. Hed Mayner AW25

February 1, 2025 | Design & Culture by Ed

“The gesture allows the clothes to exist,” said Hed Mayner backstage at his autumn-winter 2025 fashion show a week ago. How true this sentence is. You can have the most finely made garment in the universe, but if it just hangs in the closet, does it even matter? Clothes need a person’s gesture to be alive. But some clothes work harder, and once they are given life, they in return transform the wearer’s body language.

Of all contemporary menswear designers, Mayner balances utility with beauty of clothes in the most supreme way. And his new season perfecto jackets, leather pants and fringed shawls not only make you want to wear them, but also gesticulate in them – a lot. The fit of his over-sized wool-felt coat is so graphic and bold it creates a real silhouette. Same can be said of the sharp, yet round-edged plaid tailoring and meaty-velvet culottes. I can totally confirm what I’m saying, as I had the utmost pleasure of trying some of these garments in the label’s showroom. They truly transform your stature, give confidence, but at the same time seamlessly convey this “don’t bother me” attitude, just like Yohji Yamamoto’s designs.

ED’s SELECTION:

Hed Mayner Oversized Hooded Bomber Jacket

Hed Mayner Oversized Terry Sweatpants

Hed Mayner Inverted-Lapel Oversized Sport Coat

Hed Mayner Large Inverted Pleat Pants

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What’s Hot (1.11.24)

November 1, 2024October 26, 2024 | Design & Culture by Ed

Hed Mayner Terry Foldover Split-Neck Sweater

Hed Mayner Inverted-Lapel Oversized Sport Coat

Frame Velvet Lace Midi Skirt

Trudon Ii Eau De Parfum

What’s Hot (29.8.24)

August 29, 2024August 24, 2024 | Design & Culture by Ed

Loewe Oversized Double-breasted Wool Coat

Hed Mayner Pinstripe Poplin Oversized Sport Shirt

JW Anderson Bucket Layered Distressed Low-rise Boyfriend Jeans

Loro Piana Fobello Ribbed Cashmere And Silk-blend Hat

Tod’s Gommino Loafers

Shape-Shifting. Hed Mayner SS25

June 24, 2024 | Design & Culture by Ed

Hed Mayner keeps on delivering some of the most intriguing, form-defeating menswear in Paris. “There is this idea of attacking the proportion, from an angle that is more related to textile and from that textile creating the shape,” he explained. Collarless bomber jackets were puffed to perfection but crafted in lightweight linens for the summertime. Leather button-downs exaggerated the human form with striking, cocooning outlines, while buttoned vests revealed chiseled torsos beneath. Leather motorcycle vests were upgraded with tripled belts, followed by broad-shouldered pinstriped suiting and voluminous trench coats rolled at the cuffs to reveal checkered lining. Crinkled fabrics enclose the sense of pre-loved garments on multi-faceted outerwear, accompanied by the designer’s oversized version of Canadian tuxedos. You want to dance, jump, live in Mayner’s tactile and evocative garments.