Lanvin Fall/Winter 2026 Menswear: Peter Copping’s Quiet Study In Heritage And Ease
Paris — For Fall/Winter 2026, Peter Copping presented Lanvin’s men’s collection not on a runway, but within the house’s own headquarters—an intimate setting befitting a designer still acquainting himself with menswear. Until his appointment at the heritage maison, Copping’s career had been firmly rooted in womenswear. Yet the timing feels symbolic: Jeanne Lanvin introduced her first men’s offerings exactly a century ago, in 1926, after establishing herself as both milliner and dressmaker in the early 20th century.
Since his arrival, Copping has made Jeanne Lanvin herself his primary point of departure, delving deeply into the maison’s meticulously preserved archives. On display during the presentation were her original scrapbooks, encased in glass vitrines—bound in richly woven textiles sourced during her travels to Venice and beyond. “It’s quite amazing to have all these pieces to pull from,” Copping noted. “She was really an open-minded woman; this was the 1920s, and travel was quite complicated then.”
Those historic textiles found new life in the collection. A richly textured fabric originally sourced from Venice’s storied Bevilacqua—where weaving has continued for over 500 years—was reimagined by the same workshop in a modern monochrome palette, appearing on a denim jacket and matching jeans. Elsewhere, Copping leaned into tactile drama: leopard-spotted flocked velvet trousers dyed in a striking absinthe green, tuxedo pants crafted from Fortuny-pleated fabric, and evening shirts whose bib fronts were adorned with graphic paillettes and beadwork.
What ultimately distinguished this offering was its sense of ease. These were not clothes for the everyman, but they carried an everyday sensibility that feels newly unlocked for Lanvin under Copping’s direction. The designer’s mastery of formalwear is well established; here, however, the collection suggested a quieter confidence—an I could wear sneakers with this attitude that hasn’t yet fully surfaced on the women’s runway.
That crossover potential was subtly teased in the lookbook itself, where a woman modeled two standout coats: one rendered in a plush, teddy-like alpaca, the other in an ultra-light, wet-look nylon. Both felt like a preview of what may come when Copping brings this relaxed, modern cool to his womenswear vision in March.
Photos credit: Courtesy of Lanvin
