Carhartt WIP has presented its F/W26 women’s collection, Hold The Line, a season built around outerwear and layering for the colder end of the year. The Carhartt WIP F/W26 women’s campaign was shot in Berlin by photographer Marina Mónaco and follows twelve women standing in line at dusk, waiting for a door to open. The brand has not announced prices or a specific release date.
Carhartt Work In Progress was established in 1994 by Edwin Faeh and develops its own collections based on original Carhartt workwear, adapting American work garments while engaging with the subcultures that adopted them. The label opened its first store in London in 1997 and, according to the brand, now runs more than 80 stores worldwide, alongside a skate team, a music department and a series of in-house publications. Since 2010 it has worked with collaborators including A.P.C., Converse, Fragment Design, Junya Watanabe, Nike, Underground Resistance and Motown.
For F/W26, the label says the women’s collection is made “for days that start later and evenings that stretch on”, with pieces meant to be layered up outside and peeled back once indoors.
What’s in the Carhartt WIP F/W26 women’s collection
Outerwear
Jackets are the core of the season. Midweight transitional pieces include the padded W’ Stanwood Jacket, which has a smooth outer shell, and the W’ Atoka Detroit Jacket, made with a wool-blend outer and a diamond-quilted lining. The Atoka Detroit adds a concealed front fastening, a velvet collar and a black Square Label. The heavier W’ Raymond Jacket uses a quilted Dearborn Canvas shell finished with a corduroy collar and side zippers. The warmest piece in the line-up, according to the brand, is the W’ Haydon Jacket, which combines a water-repellent shell, heavy artificial down padding and a removable hood.
Layers and knitwear
Underneath, the collection relies on breathable t-shirts, Casey sweats in brushed cotton jersey and garment-dyed Nelson pieces in deep autumn colours. Brighter knits, including the W’ Curtis Sweater, sit alongside them.
The camo feather tree motif
A new camo feather tree motif runs through the season. It appears on Carhartt WIP Icons such as the W’ Detroit Jacket and the W’ Brandon Single Knee Pant, as well as on a jacquard fleece liner and a slim-fit t-shirt. The W’ Arizona Jacket and Pant take a sleeker direction, made in a leather-finish look with pared-back tonal detailing.
Who is Marina Mónaco
Marina Mónaco is a photographer and director from Buenos Aires who has lived in Berlin since 2020. Her work looks at youth and subculture through a dialogue between past and present, and she often shoots on analogue film with a raw, documentary feel. She has held solo exhibitions in Berlin and New York and has published two photo books.
For Carhartt WIP, Mónaco set the editorial over a late evening in Berlin, in the thin blue light of dusk, with the twelve women layered against the cold. The shoot was styled by Fiona Lee, cast by Damiano Baccile and produced by Vanessa Harrison at Take Creative, with hair and make-up by Susanna Jonas, cinematography by Moritz Matlik and video edit and sound by Agostina Raffa.
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