Trend alert! Here are the SS26 menswear looks catching fire

Hot off the spring/summer 2026 runways, these bold new looks are sure to inspire you shake up your fashion status quo.

​THE MICRO-SHORT

If you were getting all hot and bothered about the “baggy shorts” trend of this summer, well, fear not, because the mini micro-short is here to give those stems of yours a breather. This runway season, Prada set the tone with its first look (among many), displaying thigh-revealing utilitarian khaki shorts that began below the navel and ended just inches away at the inner, inner thigh — almost resembling bloomers. On the Paris runway, Saint Laurent followed up the trend with a more formal, pleated version of short-shorts. Designers such as Dries Van Noten, Feng Chen Wang, and Wooyoungmi followed suit with “barely there” options for the even hotter summers to come.

SARONG-A-THON

Speaking of Dries Van Noten, if you haven’t heard about the fashion brand’s new creative director, Julian Klausner, and the stylistic chokehold he currently holds over the fashion set, then you have been living under quite an unfashionable rock. Having already ushered in a new “it” sneaker, Klausner’s mastery of styling and mixing fabrics (like his predecessor) has taken menswear to new heights. Remember that famous street style photo of David and Victoria Beckham on vacation — and David is wearing a sarong? Well, that must have been on this season’s moodboard because there were several suit looks that were paired with tropical print sarongs at Dries Van Noten’s SS26 show. There were also sarong-adjacent accessories at Junya Watanabe (with denim) and Louis Gabriel Nouchi (again, paired with suiting). Even Prada showcased shawl-like accessories covering up the tiny bits of its micro shorts!

NURSE RATCHED GREEN

Another spring season, another fantastical shade of green that’s sprouting. This time, though, it’s getting a little medical! This shade of hyper-mint green found its way onto the runways of several buzzworthy designers, including one of our favorites, Willy Chavarria. The Mexican-American designer sent down a replica of his outfit for the Met Gala as the opening number: a green zoot suit with a pink tie and purple shirt. A risky color palette, but it paid off! Jonathan Anderson’s new Dior line also showcased the blush version of this color in suiting. Acne Studios used the tone in outerwear and shirts, whereas Doublet showed off another suiting option in the shade. Last but not least, Saint Laurent sent a medic-green, sheer, collarless blouse down the runway, and the model looked like the chicest 1960s surgeon I have ever laid eyes upon.

​SUPERSIZE IT

Extra-large hats are back on the rise — and they’re only getting bigger. This season, Comme des Garçons sent down a plethora of oversized hats — trucker caps, newsboy caps, berets! The oversized newsboy cap has been making quite a resurgence on the celebrity and social influencer route. Vivienne Westwood, famous for extra-large hats by Prudence Millinery (obsessively worn by Pharrell in the early 2000s), debuted a new straw fedora in the designer’s SS26 show, and I’m obsessed with it! Willy Chavarria capped his models with ultra-wide-brim black fedoras tilted ever so seductively, while Prada gave a Devo-like nod with conical-shaped oversized straw and cotton sunhats.

SNEAKER OF THE SEASON

This flat, ballet slipper-like sneaker from Dries Van Noten made its debut last season with a splash and was sold out almost immediately in all the basic colors. Luckily, the kind folks there have decided to not only continue this line of sneakers; they’ve extended it into other playful universes. Hot pink satins and dark exotic snake-like leathers, as low tops or as high-tops — these shoes have cool (and comfort, maybe?) written all over them.