FW26 Trend Report: Checks
If one print is redrawing this autumn-winter’s wardrobes, it’s checks. From the runways to street style, the check — whether a traditional tartan, a graphic Prince of Wales or a more contemporary windowpane — is back at the top.
For the FW26 season we’ve selected two different — and equally convincing — ways to wear checks: the western-style shirt and the checked blazer.
Checked shirts: the grid goes western
It’s no coincidence that the western check has made a strong comeback in more contemporary labels too: P.A.R.O.S.H. reinterprets it with a vintage feel, contrast buttons and the soft texture of brushed flannel.
For those after a more glamorous take on the trend, Ermanno Scervino turns the grid into a luminous, shaded motif embellished with micro-crystals on a silk base — proof that checks can hold their own in eveningwear too.
Checked blazers: country elegance
Tagliatore offers its take on Prince of Wales in a palette of greys and taupe, with peak lapels and dark buttons: a double-breasted blazer for those who want a tailored piece with real character.
Blaze Milano works checks in a more playful key, true to its signature style: the double-breasted blazer, with curved pockets and tortoiseshell-style buttons, carries the details that have always set apart their extra-oversized jackets — born as off-duty outerwear and turned into a true club uniform.
Saint Laurent: Masculine Attitude
Saint Laurent brings checks into menswear with an oversized double-breasted blazer in camel-based Prince of Wales: wide peak lapels, strong shoulders and a deliberately deconstructed fit that reinterprets English tailoring in a contemporary key, for a piece that lends itself to genderless dressing too.
Discover the FW26 selection in Spinnaker boutiques and online at spinnakerboutique.com.
