Yuhan Wang Fall/Winter 2026 / FW26 at London Fashion Week

After the Field unfolds from this ambiguity, approaching the field as both a physical terrain and a bodily metaphor. Removed from clear structures of shelter or performance, it becomes a moment that belongs to her, where a female presence takes shape without being defined by protection, spectacle, or permission. Within this landscape, a girl moves through cold air and uneven ground, forming fleeting relationships with what surrounds her. She rests against lambs for warmth, runs alongside horses, and drifts between moments of playfulness, alertness and stillness. Nature remains romantic here, but never reassuring. Its beauty is wintered, suspended between tenderness and unease, responding to touch, movement and temperature without explanation.

Yuhan Wang FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026 collection, “After the Field,” draws from garments historically rooted in pastoral labour and equestrian tradition, reinterpreted through a contemporary female lens. Victorian-era men’s riding britches and Mexican zahones worn by vaqueros are transformed into sculptural, flared silhouettes, shifting functional workwear into expressive forms. gathered bodices and pronounced puff sleeves recall historical silhouettes that balanced utility with presence, garments designed for movement, endurance and visibility. What once served protection and utility becomes fluid, deliberate and emotionally charged.

Details of Yuhan Wang FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026, These structured silhouettes are set against delicate lace, rose-printed fabrics and plush textures. Traditional elements are preserved yet softened, layered with modern femininity to create a language that feels playful but fragile, controlled yet quietly unruly. The lamb motif draws from the visual language of historical copperplate engravings, reminiscent of agricultural manuals and pastoral illustrations，accompanied by the phrase NOT WILD. Gentle and composed at first glance, the lamb resists a fixed reading. It reflects a femininity often mistaken for obedience, calm on the surface, yet driven by instinct, impulse and contradiction beneath.

Elsewhere, horses run freely across the field. Its movement is expansive and uncontained, expressing a different register of female will, one shaped by motion, momentum and desire. In contrast to stillness, the running horse captures the freedom of intention: the ability to occupy space, to act without permission, to move forward without explanation. cats appear with quiet insistence. Marked with phrases such as OFF DUTY and FRAGILE, they embody another register of femininity, alert yet withdrawn, soft yet self-contained. Neither ornamental nor symbolic, these animal figures mirror female attitudes toward presence and retreat, control and release. Through them, vulnerability becomes a stance rather than a weakness, and withdrawal a form of authorship.

Elements of sport, uniform and childhood coexist throughout the collection. Athletic cuts suggest endurance and readiness, while softness insists on vulnerability. The female body is never isolated from its surroundings; it is actively entangled within them, negotiating space through movement, warmth and proximity. In After the Field, the field exists as more than a setting. It becomes a semi-open space, and a bodily metaphor, where a woman articulates who she is. Not through declaration, but through instinct, contradiction and presence. After the Field does not describe a single event, nor does it offer resolution. It considers what remains after exposure, when the surface appears still, and something inside continues to move.

All images Yuhan Wang FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026 by the brand. Credits: Casting Director Nicola Kast, Photographer Carlos Duro Yagüe, Hair Kota Suizu @LGA, Make-up Amelia Russell, Yuhanwang.co.uk @yuhanwangyuhan