KSENIASCHNAIDER presents Denim Workshop for AW26 at London Fashion Week

KSENIASCHNAIDER presents Denim Workshop for AW26 at London Fashion Week.  The collection is primarily a study of denim beyond the fabric. representing a  conceptual experiment with denim as the brand’s core material and a fundamental part of KSENIASCHNAIDER’s DNA. The collection pushes the material beyond its expected function through unconventional forms, engineered constructions and unexpected translations, transforming denim into a platform for creative exploration.

This season denim exists in multiple states: knitted, printed, quilted, reconstructed and displaced. Knitted jeans and jackets replicate traditional construction in yarn, preserving the logic of denim while abandoning the fabric itself. Printed outerwear transforms denim into image: puffers, skirts and shorts are crafted from insulated technical fabrics yet finished with hyper-real denim textures.

Continuing their investigation into construction, the designers deconstruct denim’s iconic gold topstitching and redeploy it as ornament and drawing. Gold stitching traces the outline of denim garments in both menswear and womenswear, forming embroidered denim-shaped motifs. The collection further expands into new materials, including BROD-X — an innovative textile developed from recycled denim waste.

Continuing the original KSENIASCHNAIDER Men line by Anton Schnaider, menswear returned with multipocket constructions. Utility modules expand across jeans, shirts and jackets, transforming garments into modular systems of compartments.

The collection marks the brand’s second collaborative work with Lee Cooper and deepens the dialogue between Lee Cooper’s authentic British denim heritage and the brand’s experimental, reconstruction-driven approach, merging archival craft with progressive manipulation.