Opting out of the traditional show format this season, Wales Bonner presented its FW26 collection in the form of a lookbook shot by renowned Senegalese photographer Malick Bodian and styled by Tom Guinness. Presenting a collection titled Morning Raga, Bonner explores the “pursuit of harmony in modernist architectural traditions,” traversing designs of puritanical forms from the early modernists to pioneering 21st-century figures such as Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi.

Silhouettes follow the same line as the buildings on the designer’s moodboard, a balance of practicality and sybaritism. Forms from Bonner’s archive, such as polo silhouettes or sturdy topcoats, are reimagined with an ivory satin sash or woven from Italian wool. Blazer lapels are amped up, constructed in supple leather and punctuated with silver studs, working in contrast to patterns of brown tartan and hues of burnt red. Knitwear arrives in the form of quarter zip sweaters or striped jumpers adorned with the Adidas logo, teasing another iteration of Bonner’s sell-out collaboration. True to form, tailoring stands at the centre of the collection, building upon a mainstay in the designer’s arsenal since the brand’s founding in 2014. Suit jackets are cropped to the waist and elongated by tailcoats, pleated trousers are accented by silk pannelling down the leg, and architectural brooches of Panga Panga wood and semi-precious stones made in Botswana by Beullah Serema and Peter Mabeo pierce buttonholes. The designer’s collection notes close out to the phrase, “A new spirit in the ascending scale, the morning raga,” marking a new dawn for Bonner.