For Fall 2026, Alice Temperley was inspired by 1930s and 40s Hollywood: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich. “It’s embracing my all-time icons,” she said in a preview. Temperley has always been known for opulence, thanks to her signature embellished evening gowns, but this season the designer took it a step further by embracing statement outerwear, including a tailored faux fur coat and leopard print trench.
Temperley also made a point of amping up the daywear, with embroidered cropped leather jackets nodding to her brand’s knotty boho roots. Instead of feeling the need to deliver on wardrobe staples, as many do these days, the designer is leaning into his label’s DNA. “What we’re finding is that people are coming to us for special things,” she said, noting the decorative beading on blouses, delicate floral embroidery on midi dresses and gold-studded separates.
While clothing will always be the brand’s bread and butter, this season there was more tailoring, as seen by a new iteration of the three-piece velvet suit that proved a hit with customers (Temperley, being her own best advertisement, was modeling a burgundy version with a fedora hat at her Sloane Square store). With this season’s lookbook shot in the brand’s Somerset studio on Arizona muse and the designer’s stepdaughter India, the label continues to reflect Temperley and its inner circle.
