This is Spring/Summer 2026: Superga, Chan Luu, Patagonia
In every issue of the magazine, we include a list of things to team are looking forward to wearing and buying in the season ahead. Here's the one from this issue, as a little taster. We always include a guest contributor as well, and this time it was the French creator and stylist Cléa Carlier (above).
Manish Puri, Deputy Editor
Top of the wishlist:
I’m travelling to Japan for the first time this spring and one of the things I’m most excited about (that doesn’t involve food) is visiting shoemaker Seiji McCarthy to hopefully commission a pair of MTM shoes.
Looking forward to wearing:
New York tailor Ralph Fitzgerald has gone from strength to strength since we first met in 2024. My first suit from him, a DB in a vintage navy wool seersucker (above), is nearly ready and will be worn at every occasion this summer.
Favourite spring/summer outfit:
A guayabera from Katab in Mérida, some espadrilles from La Manual Alpargatera in Barcelona and an ice cold beer brewed in whichever country I’m lucky enough to be on holiday in.
Elliot Hammer, Creative Director
Top of the wishlist:
A ticket to Spain for a week or two. I’m looking forward to good food and beautiful countryside. I’ll be taking my trusty Patagonia Black Hole Duffel (40L is ample, above). All I need now is a pair of sandals…
Looking forward to wearing:
The Real McCoy’s Cotton Pile Skipper entered my wardrobe in the last days of summer. Roll on the terry cloth days.
Favourite spring/summer outfit:
Living in New York I’ve reached a point in my life, both in terms of age and geography, where dressing like a Soprano’s character makes sense. Step forward the vintage short-sleeved shirt, tailored trousers, one-inch belt and a pair of loafers. Bada bing, bada boom.
Cléa Carlier, creator and stylist @classic_nonchalance
Top of the wishlist:
Alessandro Gasparini ‘Mocasso’ loafers in chocolate brown suede. The white stitching on top definitely reminds us of the Native American origins of the shoes and they are, of course, very low-cut because I’ll always find more excuses to show off my socks. To be worn with loose jeans, a nice pink shetland jumper and a film camera filled with pictures of landscapes, blurry.
Looking forward to wearing:
A linen double-breasted suit in lovely tobacco, courtesy of Fratelli Mocchia di Coggiola. With a roped shoulder however, because I want to be able to dress it up, and an adventurously large leg-opening (27cm) because quite frankly, I just like it. It’s currently being made, but you can see some inspiration for the cut above.
Favourite summer outfit:
Springs are quite cool in the morning and evenings, but warm in the afternoon, in my part of France. So I’d love to get my hands on a woollen knit long-sleeved polo from William Crabtree or John Smedley that I could wear, collar up (yeah, we’re criminals around here) with a silk neckerchief, and a good old navy blazer and grey trousers combo (although the grey trousers can easily be replaced by light-wash jeans). Very comfortable, very simple, perfectly adapted for strolling in the sunlit park with a guitar and a wife after work, without throwing a fit because you don’t want to ruin your super 130’s trousers by sitting in the grass.
Lucas Nicholson, Publisher
Top of the wishlist:
A light harrington jacket, currently eyeing up a sand-coloured ‘smerigliato’ model from Stone Island. Recycled nylon tera, and garment dyed, as you’d expect from Stone Island. Also potentially a made-to-order one from the Korean brand Jack Fort.
Looking forward to wearing:
In the summer I often add more jewellery to my outfits – I got a red beaded necklace from Chan Luu last summer which I really enjoy using to add some additional colour.
Favourite spring/summer outfit:
People often associate Ivy style with Autumn/Winter, but I think the summer looks are underrated. A pair of wide leg, pleated chino shorts, a boxy oxford shirt with a big pocket, on the feet either white canvas trainers, leather fisherman sandals or deck shoes, and all topped off with a pair of sunnies: one of my favourite summer looks, clean and smart enough to deal with the city and what it throws at you.
Simon Crompton, Editor
Top of the wishlist:
A cropped Hermes jacket in wool gabardine. I saw this recently come in for Spring/Summer ‘26, and it is the most perfect summer blouson, in this pale mushroom colour. Expensive of course, but this is called a wishlist for a reason right?
Looking forward to wearing:
Superga 1925 canvas trainers (above). At completely the opposite end of the price spectrum, but this special edition Superga did last year was a beautifully simple trainer in raw canvas, and only £125. Fingers crossed they bring it back for everyone else.
Favourite spring/summer outfit:
Relaxed linen trousers, tailored but fairly wide, with a tee and a PS Linen Overshirt. Chic and simple and cool (as in fresh – I’m English, I’d never presume to say that I looked cool).
The Hermes was a bit of a surprise pick, but I’m into it! Live your best life
All things permitting, I hope to be in London in May, and I’ve booked a bespoke session with Emma Willis Shirtmaker. This is overall my second full bespoke commission; my last was with Steed Tailoring.
This commission will be a white shirt with double (French) cuffs in a nice shirt fabric, (advice here) a light blue shirt possibly in Thomas Mason Royal Twill; a very light pink in the same and a good Summer Linen one. All long sleeve. Options are another white in a button cuff , a chambray or denim one.
I may also visit Locks, for a fedora or a racing trilby in grey / charcoal or brown to be worn with a grey or blue/ navy jacket and coat and as always, as an avid wet shaver to Truefitt & Hill barbers for their Highgrove shaving products… the scent is astounding as are the quality of their products.
Any thoughts or advice on the foregoing…. Please???
Sounds nice Lindsay. Cloth wise for the white, I’d go for a poplin, not too fine – 120 something like that
Other than that, sounds like a nice range. I wouldn’t necessarily have a dress shirt made in one of the mills’ denims, but a chambray linen like the one I featured recently could be nice
Of course I forgot to add that I’m going to either Edward Green or Crockett and Jones as I need a very dark Brown or black shoe in an Oxford or a Derby, L find that a Derby is more comfortable . I also need a loafer. What about a dark brown suede in that? BTW , I do NOT have a black shoe!!….
I have the rolling versions of the Patagonia duffle, in all three sizes. All three have been used hard. Incredibly well designed and bulletproof stuff.
Lucas, if I may suggest another beige Harrington kind of jacket to you… have a look at the RMC All Weather Swing Jacket! Lovely color as far as I can tell. Should be available through Clutch Cafe!
That’s a nice looking jacket – here:
https://therealmccoys.com/products/all-weather-swing-jacket_041-beige
Cléa’s Instagram account is fantastic and great for inspiration on tailored clothing.
I’m really liking the North Face Purple Label harrington jackets I have.
Hi Simon! Would you be able to share the link or the exact name of the Hermès blouson you’re referring to?
Hey
Unfortunately Hermes does very small runs of things and they’re often not on their website. To be honest it’s one of the reasons I quite like popping in – everything feels like a little secret, especially as most people are in there just to buy a handbag or a pair of trainers.
There’s no product name on the jacket and it’s not online… sorry
Ciao Manish an Simon,
I think Steve McQueen in The Great Escape is a good non-serious look for Spring Summer.
The SuperGa’s add that “feel ” to the look.
Just needs a strong dose of easy attitude without being precious, add a belt , Mohawk vintage bracelet, smile.
I will explore adding RM’s Junk Force shirt as an evening over -shirt to sip aperitifs as the sun waves bye bye until the morning.
https://therealmccoys.com/products/junk-force-black-pajama-shirt_black.
What do you think, gentlemen?
Grazie, JR.
Inspired ! Question no.1 for any self respecting Flaneur should be : ‘Would McQueen wear this ?’ – if the answer is no. Do not pass go !
Grazie David,
You know we men, we sometimes complicate things, make them bourgeois and then wonder why we feel a particular way, a little awkwardness like a parrot who is never content but always curious.
Women can see past plastic elegance yet some men rejoice in it but both have an alien attraction to each other.
In McQueen’s case, one can sense his reliability and robust simplicity.
I think those two alone are fine Barometers of a man.
For summer, good sunglasses, No. 88 cologne, fine manners and refined boldness are statements.
What do you think, David ?
Grazie, JR.
Hi Simon, I noticed that you are wearing a different tank in this article. Do you mind telling us the reference number? Looks great with your outfit!
Thank you. I have featured it before, it’s a simple Tank Must, I just loved the gold colour and in particular with the green strap
Great to see Cléa featured here, one of the nicest and best dressed people I’ve met at pitti 🙏
Hey Simon, could you tell me more about the kinds of linen trousers you like to wear in the summer? Pleats? Belt loops or side tabs? What colors or patterns? I’m trying to figure out my summer pants situation.
Hey Jacob,
My favourites are:
– flat front
– belt loops
– natural/beige colour
– plain
– cuff or no cuff, not a big deal
I like that because it goes with both casual and formal things I like to wear. Beyond that I would add:
– Other colours like dark brown and olive (see article here)
– Something smarter with a pleat, maybe side adjustors
I’d love to have some Neopolitan linen suits, maybe a thin Teba jacket to shrug into this summer. Alas, I’ll just fall back on my usual of chino-esque dad shorts, and Birkenstocks, albeit with my best Frank Foster linen shirts.
The Superga looks really nice, but seems very difficult to find. They have an ecru herringbone version this year, but slightly different style, and I am not quite sold on it. I noticed Common Projects have a canvas version of their Achilles. CP styling and construction with the presumably better aging from a canvas. Best of both worlds? But the price is quite premium for a canvas shoe!
Yes, kind of expensive and the shape is a bit less classic too
They’ve been mentioned a lot on PS before but I highly recommend Doek canvas plimsolls. If you order them direct from Japan the delivery is swift and surprisingly economical (to the UK anyway), certainly compared with buying here.
Everything is wonderful but the fact that a pair of Superga sneakers cost 125 pounds when 5 years ago they used to cost 50€ baffles me beyond conception.
Most of them are £65, Diego. This is a made in Italy special which is always going to be more expensive
hi Simon, it looks like the Made in Italy Superga’s are available on the Italian website.
Ah really? Thanks Andrew
I saw them on the website though it seems large sizes have mostly sold out now. Interestingly Sebago (same owner as Superga – also owner of Petersham nursery for London-based readers) has introduced a made in USA version of the Dockside boat shoe. I saw them today in the Milan shop and they look really nice: same design as the other dockside’s but with much better leather. This was always an annoyance for me with the non made in USA versions.
Just wanted to add an inspirational source of summer looks: “Leoni sotto il sole” is a 1961 film by Vittorio Caprioli. Not a deep or particularly profound theme – young Italian men courting the tourist girls on an Italian coastal town in the summer. But the clothes! I was taken by how insanely cool they seemed to be, like for today I mean. If you’re a clothes fiend, it’s eye candy.
Not how to view it outside of Italy but definitely worth a gander just for the looks throughout the movie.
Just found a YouTube vid of the movie…in original Italian if interested. And it was filmed in Positano… def summer inspired clothes
https://youtu.be/OrcqcVffwoA?is=WlrkP8AhhbaV_Txk
Hi Simon – what happened to the linen overshirts in the shop? There’s no page for them. Very keen to buy one this year.
They’ll be relaunching this week, we’re just getting the page ready with the new stock and colour
I got my Superga for like £30 some years ago. I’ve already killed a couple, having lovely walks under the sunshine.
Dear Simon,
the Superga Artifact Works low cut might work as alternative to the 1925.
Thanks Christopher, that looks nicer on you than online – looks a little stubby there.
I actually just bought a second pair through the Italian Superga website on Andrew’s tip FYI, but yours are great too
Have you tried the new Rubato pilot chinos? Thinking picking up a pair in the cloud colorway and was looking to hear your impressions.
I saw them this week and they’re nice – I’d say focus on the fabric, as it’s that military sateen that is nice but maybe not what you’d be expecting. Personally the officer’s ones or the slacks are where I’d go
Hi Simon, could you elaborate please? They describe it as a lightweight compact moleskin, so I imagined a warm-weather version of the officer’s chino. Does the fabric have a sheen to it like military cotton/nylon sateen?
No it doesn’t have a sheen, but I wouldn’t say it’s a lighter weight version either. A little smarter give it has a regular trouser waistband
Hi, how do you find the italian website? Superga.it really wants me to go back to the regular internationall site. Thanks!
I find if you manually change the web address to have .it at the end, it will keep you there.
How would you compare the Superga 1925 to the ecru Doek Court? Would you say that owning both would be a bit redundant – or is there enough difference in style and color?
I wouldn’t say there’s enough difference really
Thanks for the reply. What size did you take in the superga sneakers?
44, sized up (I often find I want to in canvas things – looser is definitely better than tighter)