Simon Holloway’s AW26 collection navigates the dualities of refinement and daring. Tailoring is measured yet expressive, textures are layered, and each silhouette is defined by material excellence. Super 120s and 150s wool flannels, alpaca car coats, merino barathea, and cashmere silk blends establish a wardrobe at once classical and subtly modern. Accessories, from leather driving gloves to silk ties and cashmere scarves, punctuate the narrative, embodying the House’s heritage craftsmanship. Every piece references a meticulous dunhillian history - from motoring-inspired outerwear to the gleaming palladium hardware that echoes the founder’s insistence: “It must be the best of its kind.”
Lord Snowdon’s discerning sensibility inspires tonal restraint, film-noir sensibility, and an undercurrent of quiet espionage. The collection balances bold textures with understated silhouettes: cashmere and camelhair tweeds, leather-trimmed outerwear, superfine roll necks and tailored flannels converge to create a modernised English elegance. Heritage techniques - hand burnished leather, jacquard weaving, and bespoke tailoring - anchor each look in craft, while contemporary cuts and unexpected details speak to the modern gentleman.
This spirit is distilled within Ethan James Green’s accompanying dunhill catalogue raisonné, which opens with the silver Hobnail-textured Unique Lighter, an emblem of the House’s ingenuity and a quiet assertion of permanence. Shot in London, Green’s black-and-white photographs present Henry Kitcher as a characterful embodiment of heroic dunhill masculinity. Across twenty-two images, the collection is rendered atmospheric and composed, capturing a cinematic Englishness that feels restrained yet charged - quietly thrilling in its precision.