How We’re Styling RUNDHOLZ, SANCTAMUERTE and DOM GOOR for AW26
Sometimes the best outfits happen when you stop trying to make everything match. For our latest Live, Jade, Liesa and Kirstie were playing with exactly that idea, mixing styles, shapes and colours across the Autumn/Winter ’26 collections and putting pieces together in ways you might not immediately think of.
A tailored jacket with a balloon trouser. Denim against something soft and tactile. A fitted layer underneath an oversized coat. Different designers sitting happily alongside one another.
Because while we love seeing a new collection arrive as the designer intended it, once it reaches House of Valerie, that’s when the fun really starts.
START WITH THE SHAPE
If you’re trying something different this season, trousers are a very good place to start.
The SANCTAMUERTE Stone-Washed Denim Balloon Trousers have that exaggerated, rounded silhouette we’re always drawn to, enough volume to completely change the shape of an outfit, but still incredibly easy to build around.
If you’re wearing volume on the bottom, try something shorter or more fitted above it. A neat jacket immediately brings the proportions back into balance.
Or do the opposite. Add an oversized layer and embrace the volume completely. There really isn’t a right answer, and that’s the point.
DENIM, BUT DIFFERENT
AW26 denim is a long way from a standard pair of jeans.
RUNDHOLZ is playing with denim through shape and finish this season, from the RUNDHOLZ MAINLINE Fitted Stretch Denim Jacket to BLACK LABEL’s Garment-Dyed Denim Jacket and Balloon Trouser.
Worn together, the BLACK LABEL pieces give you a complete denim look without feeling like traditional double denim.
But we’d also split them up. Take the balloon trouser and add something softer on top. Wear the jacket over a wider trouser. Put MAINLINE’s fitted denim jacket underneath one of the season’s oversized coats.
That contrast between something close to the body and something much bigger over the top is where the outfit suddenly becomes more interesting.
THE JACKET CHANGES EVERYTHING
One thing we keep coming back to this season is the jacket. The RUNDHOLZ BLACK LABEL Faux Suede Tailored Jacket is a brilliant example. It has the familiarity of tailoring, but the fabric takes away some of the formality.
You could wear it simply with a trouser and knit. But we’d be tempted to put it with a more exaggerated balloon shape underneath and let the contrast do the work.
That’s also why jackets are such a good way into some of these more directional collections.
You don’t have to recreate an entire runway look. Choose one really good jacket and put it with clothes you already own. Then build from there.
GO BIG ON THE OUTER LAYER
Then there’s the RUNDHOLZ MAINLINE Signature Oversized Coat. This is RUNDHOLZ doing what RUNDHOLZ does best: taking proportion and pushing it just far enough.
An oversized coat can look intimidating on the rail, particularly if you’re used to something more fitted, but once you start layering underneath it, the shape makes sense.
Keep the layer underneath narrower if you want the coat to be the focus. Or wear it with a fuller trouser and substantial footwear if you want to lean completely into the RUNDHOLZ silhouette.
We love both. Sometimes you just need to let the shape be the shape.
ADD TEXTURE
When an outfit feels like it’s missing something, it isn’t always more colour that it needs. Sometimes it’s texture. The DOM GOOR Shearling Gilet is exactly the sort of piece that can transform what’s underneath it. Throw it over denim, tailoring or knitwear and suddenly there’s another dimension to the outfit.
The same goes for the RUNDHOLZ MAINLINE Signature Oversized Raccoon Scarf. These are often the pieces that make an outfit feel finished without making it feel overly styled.
MIX THE COLLECTIONS
Perhaps our favourite thing about having so many designers together at House of Valerie is seeing what happens when you stop keeping them separate.
Different textures. Different proportions. Similar colours used in completely different ways. It makes the wardrobe you already own work harder too.
PLAY WITH IT
Try the trouser shape you normally avoid. Put the big coat on. Add the scarf. Mix the designers. Try the jacket with something you already have at home.
And if it doesn’t work, take it off and try something else. Every so often you’ll put two pieces together that you would never have chosen as an obvious combination and suddenly the whole outfit makes sense.
Those are usually the best ones.
