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Here’s what you need to know this October

Christian Kimber heads into wine region

Christian Kimber often finds the starting point for a collection in the landscape around him, beginning with Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula. Lately he has been taking those clothes on the road. Earlier this year he showed at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art during Australian Fashion Week, the harbour as his backdrop, and this month Adelaide, a city ringed by some of the country’s best-known wine regions, became the newest point on the map when he shared the Adelaide Fashion Week runway with fellow Melbourne label Viktoria & Woods.

It’s a good run for a label that began in 2016 as an independent sneaker and accessories brand, and a well-earned one.

For the British-born, Melbourne-based designer, one of Esquire Australia’s Better Men for 2026, Adelaide meant a new audience, and Adelaide Town Hall was full, with the overflow standing. His Spring collection built on the elevated casualwear Kimber has made his own: vintage-washed cable knits, patchwork quarter zips in garment-dyed denim tones, and Western-leaning shirting and accessories. At its centre were his Teba jacket suits, the relaxed tailoring that has become a house signature.

Longtime friend Lindy Klim walked in a navy pinstripe Teba suit with a navy dinner shirt and paisley tie. Adelaide native Chris Kontos, who directed Kimber’s MCA show, returned as creative director, and the finale brought models in from opposite sides of the hall to meet on the shared runway.

Kimber calls presenting in Adelaide “a really special moment”, and he is quick to credit the people around him.

“Having Chris as Creative Director and seeing Lindy walk in looks… was a beautiful celebration of the friendships and creative relationships we’ve built over many years,” he says.

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The latest collab collection from Giorgio Armani and Kith is here

GIORGIO ARMANI and Kith have now reached the third chapter of their menswear collaboration, a partnership built on bringing the house’s deconstructed tailoring and precise handling of volume into Kith’s approach to the men’s wardrobe. Dreams of the Dune extends that exchange across ready-to-wear, accessories and footwear, and was shown at sunset on 9 October in the Agafay Desert, south of Marrakech. Ronnie Fieg, Kith’s founder, CEO and creative director, built the collection around the colours and textures of the desert. He worked through Armani’s design codes to identify silhouettes suited to the setting before revisiting their construction, proportions and fabrics.

The palette moves from black and deep blue through dark brown and burnt earth tones to sand, greige and icy white. Key pieces include a belted shearling jacket, a two-tone lamb leather utility jacket and a lambskin suede blouson. The tailoring keeps Armani’s softened shoulders, relaxed volumes and distinctive neck closures, worn with wide trousers or cargos in virgin wool, cashmere and hemp natté. Prints based on wind-shaped dunes run across cotton twill shirts and technical jersey.

The collection is available from Friday 16 October at select Giorgio Armani stores and all Kith stores, and online at 11am in New York, London, Paris and Tokyo. The campaign, photographed by Casper Kofi in Marrakech, is released on 13 October. The Sydney flagship will also be one of the lucky destinations.

Three longstanding Kith collaborators, each working with Armani for the first time, supply the footwear and headwear. ASICS contributes the GEL-MAI 0.1, sold only through Kith, in two suede colourways, Quarry and Safari. Diemme contributes five boot styles on Vibram soles, among them the Ampezzo in tobacco suede. Fieg’s partnership with ‘47 accounts for nine caps, each carrying a New York Yankees logo on the front, Giorgio Armani embroidery on the right panel and an embossed leather patch across the back.

Ralph Lauren continues their partnership with McGrath Foundation

FOR MORE than 30 years, Ralph Lauren has been one of the biggest campaigners in raising research funding and better awareness of cancer. The 2026 Pink Pony campaign, The Power of Us, marks a third year of partnership with the McGrath Foundation and centres on community and early detection through the stories of cancer survivors, a current patient and a leading cancer prevention expert. Victoria Lee and Thomas Cocquerel front the Australian edition.

The initiative was inspired by the late fashion editor Nina Hyde, a close friend of Lauren’s, and its work to reduce disparities in cancer care runs from screening and early diagnosis through to treatment and patient navigation.

The collection comes in black and pink. The full purchase price of the Pink Pony Twill Ball Cap, Oxford Shirt and Relaxed Fit Cable-Knit Sweater is donated, along with at least 25 per cent of every other piece, with local proceeds going to the McGrath Foundation.

It’s available in select Ralph Lauren stores, online and through wholesale partners. On Saturday 17 October, 5 per cent of all purchases from Ralph Lauren’s first Global Day of Shopping will be donated. The full price of each Pink Pony Twill Ball Cap, Pink Pony Oxford Shirt and Pink Pony Relaxed Fit Cable-Knit Sweater is also donated, along with at least 25 per cent of the purchase price of all other pieces in the collection. 

In Australia, proceeds benefit the McGrath Foundation, which ensures that no one goes through cancer without the care of a McGrath Cancer Care Nurse. 

For more information on Ralph Lauren’s commitment to cancer care and to join the fight against cancer, please visit www.ralphlauren.com.au. 

Your new denim is right here courtesy the new Levi’s and sacai collab

In the need of some new season denim, you’re in luck. Sacai founder Chitose Abe’s third collaboration with Levi’s has dropped in stores and online. The Japanese designer has spent the partnership taking the label’s denim staples apart and rebuilding them, and this edition runs to 12 pieces for men and women across four styles, each offered in rigid and washed indigo.

The finished result is one that looks hybrid and handcrafted, the working of the fabric visible in each garment.

Key pieces include the sherpa jacket, which is lined with faux sherpa and features leather pocket details. The men’s version gains side seam pockets. A blouson jacket carries sacai’s signature sleeve pocket, with elasticated cuffs and hem that pull it into a sculpted shape. A pair of belted wide pants sits mid-rise in selvedge indigo with sacai buttons at the belt loops, and the Belted Flare Pants have stack welt pockets above the standard back pockets, making seven.

Each jacket shares a wash with its matching trousers, for anyone tempted by a full denim suit.

Uniqlo U is here

New month and a brand new Uniqlo collaboration has arrived. And this one’s a goodie.

Introducing Uniqlo U. Designed by co-artistic directors Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran with their team in Paris, the range is built around what they call neo-core: the essentials, reworked and refined for the way we live now. The palette is tinted white and washed blue, the kind of colours that look right on a Sunday morning walk to the bakery.

For him, the Boxy Shirt in 100 per cent cotton has a relaxed fit made for warm afternoons. For her, there’s a water-repellent sheer parka with UV protection, plus Easy Gathered Pants with a lovely, airy drape. The Cotton Blend Short Blouson has a neat body and loose sleeves and suits anyone. Wide Cargo Pants have a gentle curve, and the vintage-wash jeans look sharp with a tape belt finished in metal eyelets.

These arrive right at the right time for the Australian market as we head into a warm (very warm) spring and summer. If it breathes, we’re wearing it.

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