Mithridate Fall/Winter 2026 at London Fashion Week

Mithridate Fall/Winter 2026 / FW26 at London Fashion Week

Along the River Thames, a figure wanders. Searching, finding, sourcing. The river bed blooms with wild flowers, and possibilities transform into opportunities for a new home. The journey continues, meeting characters along the way, shaping a wardrobe for a new life.

The Mithridate FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026 collection, from creative director Daniel Fletcher, traces the idea of a figure arriving in a new place. It’s a notion that both Fletcher and Mithridate have undergone of late, as the team moves between its Guangzhou birthplace and a new London home. The relationship between Guangzhou and London is long and winding. The first ever wisteria plant to arrive in Europe was brought from the Chinese city by John Reeves in the 1800s. It still grows along the Thames in Chiswick today, and a replica of this plant, sharing the history, is seen in the centre of the Tate Britain showspace.

‘That journey of the Chinese wisteria planting long-lasting roots in England feels emblematic of my own journey with Mithridate,’ says Fletcher. ‘The roots of the brand have now firmly established itself in its new London home. The textiles are richer, more established, and the brogues I designed for the first collection have been broken in, so to speak. I’ve found confidence in what we are doing and a rhythm between China and London that feels right.’

Britishisms offer an essential contribution, with the countryside idyll of tweed making up broad-shouldered coats that sit over tailoring, while another is its take on the naval favourite pea coat. Sporting layers arrive through knitted detachable collars, and vibrant jolts of collegiate colours contribute further. Numbers, now a Mithridate motif, might often signal competition, but they are here refined, rendered as diamante brooches and jewellery.

Knitwear techniques speak to the idea of a journey, too, with Aran sweaters and Fair Isle jumpers that have origins in Scotland and Ireland as key components. They’re now called upon to be paired, in contrast, with appliqué and printed skirts for a juxtaposition Fletcher has asserted as his Mithridiate signature.

For Fletcher, the collection specifically celebrates the arrival of Mithridate in its new London home, Borough. The studio is found a stone’s throw from the famed market and London Bridge, with its rich history, can be seen inspiring new motifs throughout Mithridate FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026 collection. There are green glass bottle prints, florals inspired by wild blooms, that bring a rare pop of colour to the urban environment, while labels, like those seen on a merchant’s trade, are sometimes blown up and placed abstractly to be a central point of intrigue. Looking back, to look forward.

Clothing designed for black-tie moments brings sex-appeal. Broken apart, eased into. Two-piece mini dress compositions offer a fresh take on evening wear and are worn with duffle coats that allude to maritime pursuits.

The work of Mithridate’s atelier is brought into focus across a hand-beaded overcoat to create the effect of moire, whilst a dusting of snow lands over boxy cashmere tailoring. As though a nod to items found along a journey, looks are finished with metal details from icon belts (layered in and under clothing) to watch strap-inspired bracelets and necklaces that speak to a favourite of city workers.

Mithridate FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026, the third runway collection from Fletcher at Mithridate plays on the whim of a journey, which ends at a new home, as the brand has found on the banks of the River Thames in Borough. The collection pulls together British sartorial tradition, executed by the brand’s Chinese atelier, to find a new effect that calls upon far-reaching influences that seamlessly blend for a new sort of contemporary uniform. Like the wisteria before it, the roots are now planted. It’s time to bloom.