Article: SORT AARHUS AW26
SORT AARHUS AW26
The Danish label has taken tailoring, exaggerated proportions and substantial footwear and made them feel incredibly wearable for AW26. There are asymmetric jackets, drop-crotch trousers, velvet co-ords and chunky platform boots.
THE AW26 JACKET EVERYONE IS NOTICING
Let’s start with the piece getting most of the attention. The Asymmetric Tailored Wool Jacket takes the idea of a classic black blazer and completely changes the proportions.
The oversized collar immediately gives it character, while the asymmetric shape stops it feeling anything like ordinary tailoring.
This is the kind of jacket that earns its place in your wardrobe because you don’t need to do very much around it. Put it over black trousers, wear it with denim or add a wide or barrel-leg trouser underneath.
The jacket does the rest.
If you love tailoring but find a conventional blazer a little too polished, this is exactly the sort of piece that changes the conversation.
VELVET MAKES THE TAILORING SOFTER
Then SORT AARHUS takes the same distinctive jacket shape and gives it a completely different feel in stretch cord velvet.
The Asymmetric Stretch Cord Velvet Jacket in Spice works with the Drop Crotch Stretch Cord Velvet Trouser in Spice to create one of those co-ords that looks considered without feeling formal.
We love the colour too. Spice brings warmth into an autumn wardrobe but still works beautifully with black, brown and all those earthy colours we naturally start reaching for at this time of year.
Wear the two pieces together and the shape has real impact, then split them up. The jacket works over something incredibly simple.
The trouser with an oversized knit suddenly becomes a completely different outfit.
THEN THERE'S AMBRA
If Spice feels a little too warm for your wardrobe, the same combination comes in Ambra. The Asymmetric Stretch Cord Velvet Jacket in Ambra and Drop Crotch Stretch Cord Velvet Trouser in Ambra give you all the same proportion and texture in a deeper, darker shade.
This is the sort of co-ord we particularly like because it doesn’t demand that you always wear it as a set.
You buy two pieces. But really, you’re getting several outfits. Together when you want the full look, separately when you don’t.
THE BROWN STRIPE HAS BECOME A HOUSE FAVOURITE
Then there’s the Brown Stripe tailoring.
Val wore the Asymmetric Tailored Wool Jacket in Bouclé Brown Stripe to our opening event, and it’s easy to see why this one has become such a favourite.
The stripe nods towards traditional menswear, but the oversized collar and asymmetric cut take it somewhere completely different.
Pair it with the Drop Crotch Wool Trouser and you get a full striped suit with none of the stiffness we usually associate with one.
The proportions keep it relaxed. The fabric keeps it interesting and a substantial shoe underneath gives the whole look exactly the right balance.
A NEW TROUSER SHAPE TO TRY
If you already love a wider trouser, there’s another shape worth looking at. The Barrel-Leg Wool Trouser brings a slightly more sculpted silhouette into the collection.
A barrel leg can look dramatic on the hanger, but once it’s on, the shape is surprisingly easy to work with. Keep the top half neater if you want the trouser to be the focus. Or put one of the oversized SORT AARHUS jackets above it and lean into the proportions completely.
There doesn’t always need to be a rule that says volume on the bottom means fitted on top. Sometimes more is better.
THE SHOES MATTER
The clothes are only half the SORT AARHUS story. The SORT AARHUS footwear collection is designed for exactly these sorts of silhouettes.
Big trousers and oversized tailoring need a shoe with enough presence underneath them. The Tall Stretch Platform Boot does exactly that.
The height and platform give longer, wider trousers something to sit against rather than disappearing underneath them. Then there’s the Shearling-Lined Mule, which gives the same substantial feel in a much more relaxed shape.
We love that contrast with tailoring. A strong jacket. A wide trouser. Then something slightly unexpected on the foot.
BOOTS WITHOUT BEING BASIC
If you want something more traditional in shape but still unmistakably SORT AARHUS, there’s the Lace Up Leather Boot.
It has enough weight to stand up to the collection’s exaggerated trousers but still works with clothes already sitting in your wardrobe.
And the Lace Up Suede Platform Shoe is another really good example of why the footwear works so well.
The shape is familiar. The platform changes everything.
MODERN CO-ORDINATING WITHOUT LOOKING MATCHY
That’s probably the thing SORT AARHUS does best this season. The collection coordinates beautifully without feeling as though everything needs to match.
Wear the striped jacket with its trouser. Then wear it with black. Put the velvet jacket with the matching drop-crotch trouser. Add a platform boot underneath a barrel trouser.
The individual pieces have enough personality to stand alone, but there’s a common thread running through all of them.
WHY SORT AARHUS IS ON OUR HOT LIST
Because it makes familiar clothes feel new again, a blazer becomes asymmetric, a suit becomes relaxed and velvet becomes everyday.
Pieces that work with what you already own, but make you look at your wardrobe slightly differently.
