Y-3 Fall/Winter 2026 / FW26 at Paris Men’s Fashion Week
adidas and Yohji Yamamoto. Y-3. The Uniform of the Streets. The ever-unfolding threshold that continues to reshape how we understand the deeply human aspiration of sport, and the poetry of clothing. On Saturday January 24th, 2026, Y-3 descended upon Paris’ iconoclastic Palais d’Iena, to present its Fall/Winter 2026 collection: a memorandum on the latent potential found between the technological and the organic.
A partnership intrinsically connected to pavement, asphalt, and seeking new paths. A brand quite literally born from the self-reflection of Yohji Yamamoto, that, at one point during his profound career, he had drifted too far from t-streets. Since its inception, Y-3 has served as a laboratory for adidas and Yohji Yamamoto to stretch and recontextualize the pursuit of performance innovation and advancement – the tipping point at which sport becomes the driving force of sartorial expression.
For Y-3 FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026, adidas and Yohji Yamamoto embrace this philosophy once more, transitioning from street to asphalt through an abstract expression of motorsport – epitomised by the unveiling of a transformational collaboration with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One team. With bodies ergonomically suspended in kinetic motion through a procession of racetrack abstractions – referencing velocity, tension and precision – the presentation continued the dramaturgical approach that has come to define t label’s oeuvre over seasons. Realized as an immersive performance, the pit crew, in all-black tailored boiler suits, moved purely on instinct, like a wolfpack through a scenography reminiscent of Grand Prix circuits. Ending with a crescendo into a chronophotographical montage of models and movers, the full collection coalesced in a blur of speed and adrenaline of the cockpit.
Through custom prints, the FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026 Y-3 collection unites the label’s past, present, and future in a flurry expression. Artwork from long-standing Yohji Yamamoto and Y-3 collaborator, Chikami Hayashi, is placed in dialogue with that of the transgressive artist Chito, whose sprayed graphics mutate the Three Stripes into unexpected forms. A Beast motif is referenced in shoes and prints, first seen on the Yohji Yamamoto runway.
An aesthetic and spiritual counterweight to motorsport, asphalt tracks turn to streets once more as skate also features as a thematic source of inspiration. Denim pieces return to the label for the first time in over a decade while the Y-3 NISI sneaker made its debut as Y-3’s first ever fully vulcanised shoe on the feet of legendary skateboarder Mark Gonzalez.
Other new footwear models for the season build on iconic adidas silhouettes as the Y-3 TOKYO WARPED reimagines its namesake franchise in a quintessentially subversive form and the Y-3 SUPERSTAR 3G turns the Superstar into a form that juxtaposes a low profile look with an exaggerated soul.
Throughout, apparel silhouettes continue to propose Y-3 as a uniform that bridges style and sport, functionality and expression. Tailored pieces are made adaptive through buttons and interchangeable details that invite personalization by the wearer, while sporting jerseys return as a consistent motif.
As stillness becomes velocity, Y-3 FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026 takes the pioneering label to new thresholds once more.
All images Y-3 FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026 by the brand. Credit to : Creative Direction Matière Noire in collaboration with Rémy Brière, Styling Y-3, Casting Najia Li Saad, Hair Ryan Mitchell, Make Up Crystabel Efemena Riley, Nails Lora de Sousa, Movement Direction Julien Gaillac, Music Solitary Dancer, Production Farago Projects, PR Radical PR Paris.