THE ART OF THE CO-ORD AW26
There’s something very satisfying about a really good co-ord. The thinking has already been done for you. Jacket and trouser, matching fabric, matching colour. Put them together and the outfit works.
The reason we’re particularly drawn to the co-ords in Autumn/Winter ’26 is that none of them feel like traditional suits.
Across ANNETTE GÖRTZ, LA VACA LOCA, PAS DE CALAIS, SORT AARHUS and RUNDHOLZ BLACK LABEL, tailoring has become softer, wider, more relaxed and a lot more interesting.
While these pieces look brilliant worn together, we think some of the best outfits happen when you start pulling them apart.
TWO WAYS TO DO TAILORING
ANNETTE GÖRTZ gives us more than one take on the suit this season. The Relaxed Velvet-Effect Jacket and Flocked Barrel-Leg Trouser bring texture into the equation.
The softly structured jacket sits against the fuller shape of the trouser, and that contrast is exactly why the combination works. The proportions aren’t trying to match perfectly. The jacket feels easy, the trouser brings the volume and together they create something much more interesting than conventional tailoring.
Then there’s the Cocoa set. The Tailored Cotton Wool Jacket and Wide-Leg Cotton Wool Trouser feel cleaner and more understated, but still have that unmistakable ANNETTE GÖRTZ approach to shape and proportion.
We’d happily wear either as a full look.
But that Cocoa jacket over denim, or the barrel trouser with a simple knit, gives you an entirely different outfit, that’s the point.
STRIPES THREE WAYS
LA VACA LOCA takes the idea even further. The Blue Patina striped cotton set gives you three pieces to play with rather than two.
There’s the Boxy Striped Cotton Jacket, the Straight Leg Striped Cotton Trouser and the Straight Cut Striped Cotton Waistcoat.
Worn together, the stripe becomes the statement. But we also really like what happens when you interrupt it.
Wear the jacket with a plain dark trouser. Put the waistcoat over something loose and oversized underneath. Or take the striped trouser and add a chunky knit. You still get the benefit of coordinated dressing without looking overly coordinated.
THE RELAXED VERSION
If you want a softer take on the idea, look at PAS DE CALAIS. The Linen-Cotton Utility Jacket and Brushed Cotton-Linen Balloon Trouser have none of the formality we usually associate with a suit.
That’s exactly why they work. The Natural colour, relaxed fabrics and balloon shape make the set feel more like effortless everyday dressing than traditional tailoring.
We love it worn together with a substantial shoe underneath, but both pieces are the sort you’ll reach for separately too.
The jacket becomes an easy extra layer over almost anything. The balloon trouser gives a simple knit or shirt much more shape.
This is probably the co-ord for anyone who likes the idea of matching pieces but doesn’t particularly want to look as though they’re wearing a suit.
SUITING WITHOUT THE RULES
SORT AARHUS brings a Scandinavian edge to the story. The Bouclé Brown Stripe set pairs the Oversized-Collar Wool Blazer with the Drop Crotch Wool Trouser.
The stripe gives it the familiarity of tailoring, but the shape takes away the formality. This is one of those sets where the fabric does a lot of the work.
Wear the two pieces together and you get the impact of the stripe running through the whole outfit. Break them apart and suddenly the blazer becomes a brilliant layer over black, denim or a simple knit.
We particularly like this kind of tailoring with a substantial platform shoe or boot underneath. It stops the whole thing ever feeling too polished.
CHECK BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Then there’s RUNDHOLZ BLACK LABEL. The Heritage Check Tailored Jacket and Heritage Check Balloon Trouser might begin with one of the most traditional menswear references of all, the check but the proportions take it somewhere completely different.
A shaped jacket against a fuller balloon trouser gives the set that slightly offbeat balance RUNDHOLZ does so well. Wear the full check if you want the impact. Or separate it.
The jacket works beautifully over black, while the balloon trouser can become the statement piece in an otherwise simple outfit.
It’s traditional tailoring loosened up and made much more interesting.
BETTER TOGETHER BUT NOT ONLY TOGETHER
That’s really why we love this season’s co-ords. Buying the matching pieces gives you the finished look, but it also gives you much more than one outfit.
Because the best co-ords shouldn’t only work as a set, they should make the rest of your wardrobe more interesting too.
