Sometimes things just feel made to go together. Cheese and wine. Champagne and oysters. Leather and lace. And that ethos extends to design. Collaboration has always been principla to a designer’s process – but it’s still a complete joy to see two design Houses reach simpatico on a collection.
Whether that’s over fashion, homewares, fragrance or lifestyle objects, we’ve picked out the cream of the crop; the very best designer collaborations 2026 has fostered so far.
Brazilian footwear brand Havaianas have joined forces with French designer Isabel Marant to release a collection of fabulous flip-flops just in time for Euro summer. The collection introduces two designs, with the first featuring a traditional Havaianas silhouette in playful tie-dye prints, and the second introducing the new Havaianas Puffed. This new style features a wide set strap adorned with small metallic baubles. The collection is available to purchase from 22 May 2026.
The cult Danish fashion designer has teamed up with Japanese fashion retailer UNIQLO to release its first collaborative Spring Summer 2026 womenswear collection. Bahnsen, who founded her label in Copenhagen in 2015, has long had a history of sell-out collabs with brands like Salomon, and we expect this one to do no less when it launches globally on 22 May 2026.
Nordic retailer ARKET has paired up with New York-based artist and cooking enthusiast Laila Gohar to drop a collaborative clothing line in time for this year’s Milan Design Week. The duo teamed up to present a co-created public installation to ceelbrate, reimagining a fairground carousel as a sculptural set of oversized fruits and vegetables. The SS26 collection with Gohar is already available to shop on the ARKET website, and marks Gohar’s first ready-to-wear collection.
Later this year we’ll be getting our first taste of a multi-season partnership between the British fashion designer and Gap. It will be a 38-piece collection injected with her chic and tailored aesthetics. And the usual Gap logo hoodies and T-shirts have been reimagined with the addition of a Victoria Beckham logo.
Luxury luggage brand RIMOWA have also unveiled a new collaborative line at Milan Design Week 2026. The brand has teamed up with Swiss furniture manufacturer Lehni (who also notably produced Donald Judd’s furniture collection). They’ve unveiled two designs dedicated to storing and protecting your RIMOWA suitcases.
Marking their fourth collaboration, sacai and Carhartt WIP return with a 13-piece capsule collection, reimagining workwear staples through Chitose Abe’s signature deconstructed lens and bringing together men’s and unisex styles, in browns and pinks, contrasted with metallic and snakeskin accents.
Anderson’s penchant for slow living has seen her team up with LA-based lifestyle brand Olive Ateliers to create a furniture and decor collection. The line, called The Sentimentalist, will be launching 8 April 2026, and comprises more than 40 pieces of indoor-outdoor rattan furniture, a teak dining table, and wicker baskets inspired by Anderson’s life across Canada and British Columbia, as well as pieces her Grandparents lovingly restored.
BOSS and French design icon Ligne Roset unveiled their reimagining of the iconic Togo chair at this year’s Milan Design Week – a fireside chair and footstool that is the first Togo edition to ever to feature a material mix of high-quality leather, refined textile seating surface and contrast stitching.
Twenty years after Stella McCartney originally teamed up with H&M, the British fashion designer and fashion retailer are collaborating again. McCartney has reimagined archival styles and pieces (like the brand’s studded “Rock Royalty” tee and Falabella chains), while remaining true to her sustainable roots: featuring organic cotton, recycled crystals, and RWS Standard-certified wool. The capsule collection will be available in selected stores and online at H&M’s website from 7 May at 10am.
A limited-edition swimwear capsule has just dropped from British heritage fashion house Burberry and cult swimsuit label Hunza G. The capsule collaboration sees signature Hunza G silhouettes in the brands Original Crinkle fabric bordered in Burberry’s iconic Heritage Check and colour palette. The collection is available now via the Hunza G website.
To coincide with the Italian sportswear brand’s relaunch of its Equipe sneaker, Diadora has teamed up with JW Anderson, taking inspiration straight from the 1970s for a colour-blocked design and logo-emblazoned layered laces. The JW Anderson x Diadora collaboration is available to purchase now on the JW Anderson and Diadora websites and select retailers.
12. Crocs x Andersson Bell
First debuting on the Andersson Bell Spring Summer 2026 runway, these two reimagined Crocs silhouettes take on chunky, all-black, punk sensibilities. The updated Bae Clog gets a higher platform, and is dressed in tarnished silver charms and studs, along with a belt-like ankle strap bearing the Andersson Bell branding. The Classic Clog is reimagined in leather, with lace-up details, metal studs, spikes and safety-pin Jibbitz. The Crocs x Andersson Bell collaboration will be available to purchase starting on 19 May via the Crocs and Andersson Bell websites.
A new chapter in the ongoing relationship between New Balance and Miu Miu, this time including a collaboration with American tennis player Coco Gauff, who is currently ranked No. 2 in the world in women’s singles. The collection features an array of pieces, including shoes, shirts, jackets, hats, and more. At its core, the collection brings together the dynamism of tennis with refined style and craftsmanship. It’s available from 23 June 2026 for a limited time, in select Miu Miu stores and online.
