The Guardian - Fashion • Jan. 19, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

Looking for something gentle and kind for a sensitive nose? The new gen Z brands have you covered For someone who makes no secret of her obsession with fragrance, I’m always surprised by how frequently people ask me to recommend one for someone who hates the stuff.

Sometimes wearing more potent fragrances is impossible for those prone to allergies or migraines, but mostly it’s an instinctive aversion to being held captive all day by scent too pervasive for one’s liking. And in these instances, I invariably suggest the layering of two more subtly scented products with compatible aromas, to add depth and interest without the same strength as a power perfume.

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The Guardian - Fashion • Jan. 19, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

Activate fresh-start mode with our fashion editor’s favourites for 2026 – including an unlikely new obsession Are we ready for 2026? Ready as we’ll ever be, right?

We’ve got this, team. Time to turn the page and kick things forward, with the help of a few key pieces to nudge mind, body and soul into the onwards and upwards.

Making your wardrobe a little more 2026 is a surprisingly effective strategy for activating fresh-start mode. Read on for your new-year primer: the cosiest moon boots, the sleekest hair pins, and where to get a quarter-zip – high fashion’s latest obsession – on a post-Christmas budget.

The Guardian - Fashion • Jan. 19, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

Just more than a year after the new luxury behemoth was formed, it announced it had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy Every year, the stores down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue dress up their windows at Christmastime. Tourists from all over the world come to gawk at all the glitter, lace, ruffles and bows.

Saks’s Fifth Avenue location, so iconic that it’s embedded in the brand’s name, is usually dressed top to bottom during the holidays. In 2023, the store partnered with Christian Dior to display a giant zodiac calendar.

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The Guardian - Fashion • Jan. 19, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

From vintage suede to discount designer heels, these wardrobe staples are often better preloved • From beeswax to baby wipes: how to make your leather last a lifetime What’s not to love about secondhand shopping? You get one-off pieces while making an environmentally conscious fashion choice.

From party dresses to jeans, some pieces are even better – and much more affordable – vintage. A well-made, brand-new leather jacket could set you back anywhere between £150 and £700, but you could pick up a secondhand one for £50 or less.

But it can be daunting when you first start. Knowing what you’re looking for and where you can find it is key.

The Guardian - Fashion • Jan. 19, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

The Gardanas, a pair of mucus-coloured hemp shoes, are a somewhat paradoxical current must-have. But their appeal goes deeper than the topsoil • Don’t get Fashion Statement delivered to your inbox?

Sign up here There is every chance that 2026 will be the year you see your first pair of Gardana gardening clogs in the wild. In fact, if you spend much time on TikTok, or live in Brooklyn, you’ve probably already been seeing them for months, if not years.

I saw my first pair a few weeks ago. I watched a dad dropping his kids off at school in head-to-toe Carhartt, a pair of Gardanas peeping out from below his trousers like a shy frog.

The Guardian - Fashion • Jan. 19, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

Bring your ostracised wardrobe items in from the cold by forgetting about whether they go with each other. Instead, let them shine in all their glory Fashion is a dance between rules and rebellion.

Great style requires a bit of both. The rules are essential, because one of the key emotional benefits that a great wardrobe can deliver is a sense of control in a chaotic world.

The rules are there to simplify and clarify, lighting our route to a well put-together outfit. That well put-together outfit has the power to help you feel calmer, simply because you look in the mirror and see a competent person and therefore feel like a competent person.

The Guardian - Fashion • Jan. 19, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

Trend of mini-me dressing – wearing same clothes as one’s children – has extended to four-legged friends Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian are some of the many who have long indulged in mini-me dressing – wearing the same clothes as their children – but now the trend is being extended to people’s four-legged companions, too. The dog clothing market is soaring and this winter it is coats that are topping the most in-demand list.

Bestsellers at Pawelier , a London-based luxury pet accessories shop include a £135 four-leg puffer coat complete with a fuzzy hood and toggle detailing, and a £110 reversible down-filled jumpsuit in cornflower blue and cappuccino brown that wouldn’t look out of place on a designer catwalk. The Italian greyhounds and whippets pictured bundled up in them appear to be prepped for an Alpine adventure rather than a lap around the park.

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The Guardian - Fashion • Jan. 19, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

From Greenland’s prime minister to Timothée Chalamet, the anorak signals a shift from aspiration to realism Power dressing usually comes in the form of a suit or a wide-shouldered wool coat. But right now, things look a little different.

This week, Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, appeared at a joint press conference with Denmark’s leader to say that he had no intention of acquiescing to Donald Trump’s stated desire to “own” Greenland – all while wearing a glacial-blue windbreaker. It is a garment Nielsen wears regularly but, in this shifting geopolitical moment, it took on a new, loaded and striking messaging.

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The Guardian - Fashion • Jan. 19, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

Prada says its tailoring opposes US ‘corporate masculine power’, while D&G’s all-white cast causes controversy in Milan Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, the two designers behind Prada, are well aware that fashion is about more than clothes. However, backstage after their menswear show in Milan on Sunday, the duo said the volatile present moment was a difficult one to translate to a collection.

“You talk about the world now,” said Prada “or you talk about fashion … The two things together, in this moment, are difficult.” The collection was, therefore, “uncomfortable”. Rather than meaning the clothes were not pleasant to wear – this is luxury fashion, after all – there were disparate elements put together in the same outfit: the top of a red sou’wester over a trenchcoat, for example, or a yellow scoop-neck jumper with cuffs of a shirt falling out the sleeve.

Design Milk • Jan. 19, 2026, 4:31 p.m.

Pavilion Sei, by Nicholas Bewick for Agape, is a modern, modular sauna with a turnkey system that makes creating a wellness space simple.

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