AW26 Pinstripe Edit from RUNDHOLZ, HANNOH WESSEL and MAMA B
Pinstripe never really leaves us! But this season it feels very different from the neat, traditional tailoring we tend to associate with it.
Across RUNDHOLZ MAINLINE, RUNDHOLZ DIP, HANNOH WESSEL and MAMA B, the stripe has been stretched, softened, oversized and worked into everything from drop-crotch trousers and fluid silk to relaxed shirts and longline coats.
Some pieces still nod to classic suiting. Others barely feel like tailoring at all. That’s what makes AW26 pinstripe so easy to wear.
RUNDHOLZ TRADITIONAL TAILORING
The Pinstripe Wool Tailored Jacket has all the elements you’d expect from classic tailoring, but worn with the Drop-Crotch Pinstripe Wool Trouser, the whole silhouette changes.
The trouser sits fuller and lower, taking away any sense of corporate suiting and giving the jacket a much more directional feel.
We love the two together, but they’re possibly even more useful apart. Wear the jacket over a simple black trouser or denim, or take the pinstripe trouser and add one of the season’s softer RUNDHOLZ knits.
It’s a really easy way to bring pinstripe into your wardrobe without feeling like you’re wearing a suit.
PINSTRIPE BECOMES FLUID
RUNDHOLZ takes the same idea somewhere completely different. The Oversized Pinstripe Draped Coat and Fluid Pinstripe Palazzo Trouser use a viscose-silk fabric that gives the stripe movement rather than structure.
This is probably our favourite version of pinstripe for anyone who normally thinks it feels too formal.
The coat falls softly rather than holding a rigid shape, while the palazzo trouser gives you width and movement through the leg.
Together, they make a statement. Separately, they’re incredibly wearable. We’d put the palazzo trouser with a simple knit and substantial boot, or use the coat as the final layer over an otherwise tonal outfit.
HANNOH WESSEL KEEPS IT SOFT
HANNOH WESSEL has a completely different feel again. The Ginette Pinstripe Waistcoat is an easy way into the look, especially if you don’t want head-to-toe stripe.
Layer it over a shirt, knit or fitted jersey and let just enough of the pinstripe show. The Viola Jacket and Paulette Trouser give you the option of a fuller tailored look in navy, but the shapes still feel relaxed rather than overly sharp.
Or the Mary Coat. A long pinstripe coat is one of those pieces that does most of the styling for you. Put it over something simple underneath and suddenly the whole outfit feels considered.
MAMA B MAKES PINSTRIPE EVERYDAY
Not every pinstripe needs tailoring.
MAMA B proves that perfectly with the Amy and Amelia L shirts. Both take the familiar stripe and put it into the kind of relaxed shapes MAMA B does so well.
The Amy Shirt is easy, loose and uncomplicated, exactly the sort of piece you can wear with a balloon trouser, denim or underneath a jacket.
The Amelia L gives you a little more length and volume. These are probably the easiest pieces in the edit to introduce into an existing wardrobe because you don’t need to change the way you dress around them.
RUNDHOLZ DIP CHANGES THE FINISH
RUNDHOLZ DIP takes the stripe somewhere else again with its garment-dyed viscose-silk pieces.
The Garment-Dyed Silk Stripe Jacket and Trouser in Clay Cloud Stripe have that washed, slightly imperfect finish that makes DIP instantly recognisable.
Nothing feels too crisp or precise. And that’s exactly why the set works. Wear the two pieces together and you get the impact of a full striped look, but without the formality of traditional tailoring.
Split them up and let the texture do the work against something simpler. The same pieces in Henna Cloud Stripe bring a warmer, earthier feel to the collection and work beautifully alongside the other brown and tobacco tones running through AW26.
PINSTRIPE WITHOUT THE RULES
That’s really what we like about the AW26 pinstripe story. There isn’t one way to wear it. Change the proportions around it. Add something oversized. Mix in a different texture or print.
The stripe might be a classic. How you wear it doesn’t have to be.
