KENT&CURWEN Autumn/Winter 2026 at London Fashion

KENT&CURWEN Autumn/Winter 2026 / AW26 at London Fashion, 100th anniversary collection 1926-2026 with entitled WHIPPLESNAITH

On Tuesday, 31st March 2026, KENT&CURWEN presents a special off-schedule show for their 100th anniversary, showcasing the AW26 / Autumn/Winter 2026 collection, titled ‘Whipplesnaith’, at Westminster School, by Chief Creative Officer Daniel Kearns. Attendees Include: Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Xin Liu (Brand Ambassador), Stevie Sims, Nabhaan Rizwan, Aidan Cheng, Alastair Stewart, Jack Fox, Stephen Libby, Chloe Lea, Jay Lycurgo, Gustavo, Amalie Gassman, Luke Bracey, Emma Appleton, William Franklyn Miller and more

“We think of those nights spent with one or more friends, nights when we merged with the shadows and could see the world with eyes that were not our own” – Whipplesnaith

Inspired by 1930s secret society the elusive Night Climbers of Cambridge, KENT&CURWEN AW26 / Autumn/Winter 2026 looks to the style of Whipplesnaith – the ‘Butterfly Collector’, author and ringleader of this cult nocturnal sport, and the pen name adopted by Noel H. Symington – and celebrates seeing things from another perspective.

The courageous Night Climbers set their own rules; changemakers, rebels, defiant in the face of a revered establishment which they adopted as their hallowed playground in the shadows. With it emerged a sense of belonging to something, a playful attitude that riffs on the set codes – an approach embodied by KENT&CURWEN since the brand’s inception in 1926 and still today as it marks its centenary.

For Autumn/Winter 2026, KENT&CURWEN explores this viewpoint in codes of British dressing, with a color palette that emerges from midnight blue and black through muted taupes and autumnal browns, uniform greys and soft pastels, punctuated with an array of bolder shades of collegiate reds, bright lilacs and burnt oranges. Unexpected takes on traditional British outerwear and slim silhouetted suiting sit alongside whimsical volumes and deconstructed knits. The classic trench is reimagined in patent finishes, soft shaping and high-collared capes. Playful accessories and delicate corsage detailing intermix with identifiable house embroidered insignias.

Together with the Night Climbers of past and ‘whisper it’ present, KENT&CURWEN invites you to seek inspiration, not restriction, in the shadows, to a richness and imagination beyond society’s confines. To endeavor to find beauty in the unexpected and of joy in belonging. For those in pursuit of adventure and of themselves.

About the brand, KENT&CURWEN aims to capture the subversion and eccentricity of great British style: a spirit of dressing that can be adopted by a global community. The brand first opened its doors in London, in 1926. It began as a maker of club and college ties for Oxford and Cambridge universities, helping to fashion a classic ideal of British collegiate style. Before long, the brand was creating sports kits for rowers at Henley, rugby players at Eton, and cricketers just about everywhere. It made clothing for students and royals, boxing clubs and banks alike.