Own it live it be it: Diesel for every moment and every situation. Disrupted pieces have next-day energy after the best party ever, never any regrets. Twisting and wrapping is intentionally wrong, impossible to put right; denim is baked with permanent creases; fabric treatments make pieces look like they’ve been picked off the floor. The result is switched-on separates from a subversive wardrobe that tells its own stories.
“This collection is about waking up in a place, with no idea what happened last night, and you are the most glorious person ever. When you sneak away from the hotel room of the person who you don’t even know, you are truly at your best. These are super-wearable pieces for successful living, the essence of Diesel,” says Glenn Martens, creative director of Diesel.
The Diesel Fall Winter 2026 Runway Show opens the brand’s vault in a vivid celebration of the Diesel universe — past, present and future. Around 50,000 pieces of archival Diesel Memorabilia are presented as a living record of the brand’s evolution since 1978. The set becomes an immersive installation, with an abundance of repurposed objects and props from around 6000 different categories. The memorabilia are forensically displayed under bright lights, like conclusive evidence of nearly fifty years of partying at Diesel. Through reuse and transformation, the installation expresses Diesel’s commitment to upcycling in creative expression, a commitment that is reflected in the collection featuring a diverse range of responsibly sourced and recycled materials across denim, ready to wear and bags — an ongoing story of Successful Living.
Double-layer jersey tops seem rucked up as if thrown on: they’re actually held perfectly in place. Wrinkled knits have been purposefully boiled down from supersized. Denim is treated with resin to make permanent creases, like the jeans have been worn all night and all day, over and over. Some jeans are extra-long, with hidden vertical slits near the ankle, perfect for slipping through a stiletto heel. These are fastened by hook-and-eye closures for extra kink, Pantaboots have flat, pointed soles, for dressing in seconds. Stretch denim hotpants look wrapped in an instant.
Fluffed-up alpaca and wool mix coats and jackets are unlined and unstructured. Felted tailoring is made from production scraps and industrial leftovers, all intended to be discarded. Intarsia knits have cut-out florals at the neck or hem, like the wool has been nibbled away. Pants often have new functionality, with pockets added at the hem, sitting over the shoe.
Velvet denim skirts have pumped-up volume, like nighttime that turns into day. Torn long-sleeve Diesel tour T’s and destroyed denim jeans are encrusted with crystals, then overlayed with a ripped-hem tulle top and skirt. Trompe l’oeil jumpsuits look like rucked-up T-shirts and skirts; rucked-up skirts have little leggings inside, easy in their drama.
Textures and colours are wild: denim is flocked; monster coats are a patchworked clash of vivids; fluffy-lined coats have rough-cut fronts; leather blousons, shirts and pants are painted in sweet elemental shades. Meanwhile, draped velvet tops, pants and dresses are a total riot of colour.
Diesel stands for experimentation. Printed pieces are foiled, the plasticization with its own pattern. The foil is then partially cracked open, to reveal the pattern beneath. Sometimes it’s a simple jersey top, or a wrapped dress. Other times, it’s a monster wrapped coat. Always, it’s as if our inner beings are caught in the moment of revelation.
The new D-One bag makes its debut, with handles that turn into multiple-buckled straps down the body. The D-One comes in leather, crystal-encrusted denim or the floral prints from the collection. There’s also a soft take on the Dome bag, and the 1DR in fresh prints. Footwear has a strong, sculptural profile, with pointed toes raised by a lateral wall around the foot: it’s a look found on pumps and boots for women, as well as derbies and ankle boots of men. Meanwhile, sweet mule sandals have a buckle across the foot.
In eyewear, the new D-mentional family have curved frames, with logo temples. Meanwhile, the minimalist Sculpt-D family have a cut-out oval D on the stems, which can cast a “D” shadow on the skin. Jewels are redolent with angels and faux pearls. In watches, Diesel is proud to present Closer, the first unisex style, merging functionality with jewellery detailing. The style is innovative, with a hidden buckle design, shown on the catwalk in both silver and pale gold, as well as a full pavé design
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