A Closer Look at RUNDHOLZ BLACK LABEL AW26
There’s something about RUNDHOLZ BLACK LABEL that makes getting dressed feel a little less predictable.
The shapes are interesting without being difficult. Colours are made to layer together. Familiar pieces like coats, denim and knitwear suddenly feel completely different once proportion, texture and print come into play.
For AW26, BLACK LABEL brings all of that together through rich Forest tones, oversized checks, washed denim and tactile winter knits. It’s bold, but still incredibly wearable.
THE CHECK COAT
If there’s one thing BLACK LABEL does particularly well this season, it’s outerwear. The Hooded Check Wool Coat takes a classic winter check and gives it the RUNDHOLZ treatment.
The hood makes it feel relaxed rather than overly tailored, while the Lava Check brings warmth and colour into an autumn wardrobe without needing anything complicated underneath.
It's exactly the sort of coat we’d throw over black, denim or a simple knit and let it do the rest. Then there’s the Heritage Check Puffer Coat.
A puffer is usually about warmth. This one gives you that, but with a much more interesting silhouette and a multicoloured heritage check that makes it feel like part of the outfit rather than something you simply put on top of it.
FOREST IS ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE AW26 COLOURS
We love black, obviously. But one of the colours making BLACK LABEL feel particularly good this season is Forest.
The Textured Check Wool Blend Jacket gives you a neater, more fitted shape than some of the collection’s oversized pieces, which makes it brilliant for balancing a fuller trouser underneath.
And this is where the Garment-Dyed Denim Wide Leg Trouser comes in. Forest Cloud gives denim a completely different feel.
It still has all the ease of your favourite jeans, but the colour and wide-leg shape make it much more interesting. Wear the two together if you want to build a tonal Forest look, or use the trouser with black, cream or one of the season’s mélange knits.
KNITWEAR WITH MORE TEXTURE
AW26 BLACK LABEL knitwear is less about a neat jumper and more about what texture can add to an outfit.
The Brushed Mélange Knitted Pullover in Forest Mélange is the sort of piece that immediately makes simple trousers or denim feel more considered.
The cropped shape also works particularly well with the fuller trousers running throughout the collection.
That combination, shorter on top, volume underneath, is an easy way to wear RUNDHOLZ proportions without feeling overwhelmed by them. The colour is mélange rather than completely solid, it works beautifully with the washed Forest denim without everything feeling too matched.
DON’T FORGET THE SCARF
Accessories matter even more when the rest of an outfit is simple. The Brushed Mélange Knitted Scarf is an easy way to bring the AW26 palette into something you already own.
Wear it against black and the Forest tones stand out immediately. Or layer it into a tonal outfit with the matching knit and washed denim. For something more graphic, the Landscape Forest Print Scarf adds print without committing to a full patterned piece.
Sometimes that’s all an outfit needs.
HOW WE’D WEAR BLACK LABEL AW26
The thing about RUNDHOLZ BLACK LABEL is that you really don’t need to wear it head to toe.
Start with one piece. A check coat over the black clothes already in your wardrobe. A Forest denim trouser with a simple knit. A textured jacket with your favourite boots. Then start layering from there.
BLACK LABEL works especially well when you mix proportions and textures rather than trying to make every piece match perfectly.
For all its unusual shapes and strong colours, BLACK LABEL is ultimately very easy to live in. It gives you something different without asking you to completely change the way you dress.
