Outerwear That Asks: "Haven't We Puffered Enough?"
If these past menswear fashion weeks in Paris and Milan have taught us anything, it's that laid-back athleisure is becoming a thing of the past. Or taking a backseat at least, whilst more formal, fancy attire reclaims its driver's spot.
This pertains as much to shoes and apparel as it does proper, cold-weather outerwear. Seeing as it'd be the perfect place to explore the many options of double breasted wool coats, architectural trenches, and sharply tailored blazers, we partnered with SSENSE for a quick, product-oriented digest of recent memory's outerwear themes.
All of 2025 was a harbinger of '80s power-dressing's looming, grand return. By 2026, it has well maneuvered its way onto the racks and runways of just about all of your favorite brands, to varying degrees of craziness and creativity.
Office-appropriate? Not necessarily, but these puff-less, suit-inspired outerwear options ain't part of anyone's Casual Fridays set either.
Tailoring Has Infiltrated 2026's Best Outerwear For Men
TONYWACK Double-Breasted Wool Blazer
To ease everyone one, how about we kick this off with a simply, black blazer? Double-breasted for an extra high brow appeal, this evergreen piece hits the bull's eye of the trend without over-burdening its wearer with how to incorporate it into an otherwise more easy-going wardrobe.
Rick Owens Black Trench Coat
Rick Owens' is not known for subtlety, and yet his tailored, elongating trench coat reads as effortlessly cool more so than it does Prince of Darkness.
VETEMENTS Cut-Up Blazer
The label that is VETEMENTS is pretty young to have gone through so many ups and downs. But anyone who's followed it since its early days knows that the one thing it was hard to beat at was Demna's deconstructive tailoring. Something like this oversized, cut-up blazer reminds of those times without feeling stuck in the past.
LEMAIRE Peacoat
In truly timeless fashion, LEMAIRE of course made a boxy, fuzzy peacoat that'd somehow be as appealing to one's grand-kids as it'd be one's grandparents. In this industry, there's barely any higher a compliment.
Dries Van Noten Overdyed Jacket
A mix of trench coat and motorcycle jacket, this Dries model manages to gel together to staples of storied, functional and sturdy menswear, and make it feel light and elegant and un-costume-y.
OUR LEGACY Brown Whale Coat
Leaning back into more traditionalism, the Swedes of Our Legacy made a handsome long-coat in a vintage-recalling plaid wool fabric that is as soft and warm as it is masculine.
ISSEY MIYAKE Pleats Blazer
There is nothing Issey Miyake can't pleat. I repeat: Nothing!
A.P.C. Navy Wool Peacoat
Not sculptural, per se, but beautifully shaped just the same, A.P.C.'s wooly naval peacoat will most definitely fail at going out of style. Ever.
MFPEN Gray Check Coat
If this gorgeous "Client" coat — as the Danish brand refers to it — is what corporate fashion is, why were we ever afraid or longing to get rid of it?
EGONlab Black Raglan Tailoring Blazer
And lastly, on admittedly more avant-garde end of the spectrum, something like this cinched, ballooning blazer awaits. Go on, give Harry Styles' Grammys look a run for its money now.
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