In a transfer that cements its rising fashion credibility, Marks & Spencer is partnering with cult London label 16Arlington on an unique 43-piece assortment launching tomorrow. The collaboration brings the model’s signature excessive-octane aesthetic – assume feathers, embellishment and sculptural tailoring – to the British excessive avenue for the primary time.
Known for its modern silhouettes and crimson-carpet-prepared drama, 16Arlington’s debut with M&S indicators a assured step into designer territory for the heritage retailer, which has been steadily evolving its fashion supply by premium capsules in recent times. The outcome? A heritage meets excessive fashion assortment that merges couture-impressed element with on a regular basis versatility.
Marco Capaldo, Founder and Creative Director of 16Arlington, mentioned: “At 16Arlington, we imagine in designing items that really feel daring, courageous and unafraid to take up area.
“This collaboration has allowed us to explore our signatures in a new way. We wanted it to feel empowering and expressive, bringing confidence and personality into everyday moments while still capturing the drama and detail we’re known for.”
The 16Arlington x M&S assortment is fronted by mannequin and ‘it lady’ Georgia May Jagger, who brings her British allure to the British model collaboration.
The capsule spans all the things from brushed cashmere knits and sharply tailor-made fits to feather-trimmed skirts and designer-minimize denim crafted from the identical sample blocks because the model’s mainline assortment.
Highlights embrace a crystal-draped night robe, a butter-gentle leather-based biker jacket, and satin shirts that includes 16Arlington’s signature outsized collars. Accessories embrace calf-hair boots, fringed cuffs and assertion luggage designed to raise even the best outfit.
The assortment will likely be obtainable on-line and in choose M&S shops, together with Battersea, Marble Arch, Manchester and Grafton Street, Dublin, from 30 October 2025.
This is similar day that H&M is launching its very personal designer collaboration with Glenn Martens. Contrastingly, customers can count on a grungier, extra avant-garde appears for much less in H&M’s democratic designer assortment. Pieces embrace sculptural silhouettes, convertible denims with hook-and-eye fastenings. Foil-lined checked shirts could be manipulated to swimsuit the wearer, whereas scrunched fishing boots convey conceptual fashion by the truckloads.