The Alexander McQueen AW26 Edit: What to Buy From the New Season

Alexander McQueen’s autumn winter 2026 season is Seán McGirr settling into the house codes with real confidence, tailoring first, corsetry everywhere, the darkness kept just below a polished surface. The July drop put the collection into stock at Luxury Shoes ; the September drop, eleven pieces led by the waterfall collar, completed it. Made in Italy, cut on the Italian ladder, and these are the pieces the Luxury Handbags editors would actually buy, ranked.

What is new in September

The second delivery is the tailoring McGirr showed on the runway: the waterfall collar on a coat, a double breasted jacket and a shirt; cedar wool pinstripe on trousers and a mini skirt; pistachio bootcut trousers; a lambskin mini dress; and the metallic knits, a mini dress and a cable knit jumper in a viscose, paper yarn and metallic polyamide knit. Two Knit Feathers tops in brown ribbed wool with textured feather panels round it out.

The AW26 pieces to buy

1. Waterfall Collar Coat, $6,430

The coat of the season and the piece that defines McGirr’s autumn. Black wool felt, double breasted with contrast buttons, the waterfall collar rolling open over a peplum hem. Regular fit, true to size.

2. Floral Embroidery Evening Dress, $13,630

The showpiece gown: black crêpe back satin with a square neck, an asymmetric drape and bugle bead and crystal floral embroidery drawn from the archive. The piece to book for a gala, a premiere, any room with a photographer in it.

3. Waterfall Collar Double-breasted Jacket, $4,810

Cedar wool pinstripe, double breasted, with the season’s collar, a slit chest pocket and a double vent. With the matching trousers it is the AW26 suit.

4. Gold Leaves and Crystal Embroidery Short-Sleeved Jacket, $7,310

The collector’s jacket: hand set glass stones on tulle that resolve into free hanging metal leaves. Couture level work in a ready-to-wear line and priced like it, the kind of piece that outlives trend cycles entirely.

5. Off-the-shoulder Harness Jacket, $4,960

McGirr’s sharpest idea: the classic McQueen jacket in black grain de poudre with the shoulder bared and a removable harness holding the line. For the boardroom version, the single breasted jackets in wool gabardine come in pistachio, pink and yellow alongside black.

6. Metallic Knit Mini Dress, $5,540

New in September: a fit and flare mini in a metallic knit with a chainmail-inspired trim of metal rings at the scoop neck. The season’s party dress.

7. Leather Mini Dress, $7,750

Also new: black grainy lambskin, fit and flare, a sweetheart neckline with lightly moulded cups and a side zip. A party dress built like a jacket.

8. Chevron Stripe Bumster Trousers, $3,490

The cut that made the house’s name in the nineties, back in the line in a black, grey and red chevron stripe wool. True to size, low at the back waist by design.

9. Silk Skull Print Wrap Dress, $4,960

The 2003 motif on an easy day to evening wrap shape in black silk chiffon, with a handkerchief hem. The brand notes a slim fit and suggests sizing up.

10. Peplum Leather Jacket, $11,130

McQueen’s favourite trick, a hard material cut into a soft silhouette: smooth black leather with a peplum, a corduroy collar and four pockets.

11. Tailored Bootcut Trousers, $1,850

Pistachio wool gabardine, slim through the thigh, flared over the boot. The colour of the season and the most affordable new season tailoring in stock.

12. Metallic Cable Knit Jumper, $4,060

A silver cable knit in the same paper and viscose metallic yarn as the dress, crew neck, regular fit. Over the mini dress on the way out, over tuxedo trousers the rest of the winter.

13. Pointelle Knit Top, $2,440

Not everything shouts. The pointelle knit top carries engineered lace panels at a fraction of the tailoring’s price. The brand notes a slim fit and suggests sizing up.

14. Wishbone Coat, $5,760

The other winter investment: a wool coat with gold wishbone hardware at the chest and four flap pockets. Slim fit, size up if a jacket goes under it.

The house codes, current issue

Every code the founder set is in the AW26 line. The peak shoulder is on the Peak Shoulder Leaf Crepe Jacket. Corsetry is moulded into the Corset Midi Dress and laced onto the waistcoats and the pencil skirts. The bumster is above. The skull is on the wrap dress and the evening dress. And the waterfall collar is the new one, the idea this season adds to the list.

Sizing and the practical part

Everything is made in Italy and runs on the Italian ladder, IT 38 equals UK 6, IT 42 equals UK 10. Tailoring runs true to size; on a handful of slim fit pieces the brand suggests sizing up and the product page says so. Every piece at Coveti’s Alexander McQueen hub is authenticity verified and ships worldwide. Before you order, check the size guide.

Frequently asked questions

What is in the Alexander McQueen autumn winter 2026 collection?

Tailoring with the new waterfall collar on coats, jackets and a shirt, cedar and grey wool pinstripe suiting, harness jackets, metallic paper yarn knits, a lambskin mini dress, corseted dresses and the skull print, plus embellished evening pieces with bugle bead and crystal floral embroidery. It is Seán McGirr’s fifth season for the house.

When did the McQueen AW26 collection arrive in stores?

The first delivery reached Luxury Handbags in July 2026 and the second, eleven pieces led by the Waterfall Collar Coat, in September 2026.

What is the standout piece of McQueen AW26?

The Waterfall Collar Coat for tailoring and the Floral Embroidery Evening Dress for evening. The Luxury Handbags editors would buy the coat first.

What colours is McQueen using for AW26?

Black first, then cedar brown and grey pinstripe, pistachio green, silver metallic knits, and the wool gabardine jackets in pink and yellow.

Does McQueen AW26 run true to size?

Tailoring and most dresses run true to size on the Italian ladder. On slim fit pieces such as the skull print wrap dress, the pointelle knit top and the Wishbone Coat the brand suggests sizing up.

Where can I buy the Alexander McQueen AW26 collection?

At the brand’s boutiques and website, at department store concessions listed on its store locator, and at Luxury Shoes , which stocks the current women’s line with worldwide shipping. Where to buy Alexander McQueen lists every option.

Read next

New to the house? Start with the McQueen story and the styling guide. For the tailoring in depth, the tailoring guide; for every gown, the best McQueen dresses; and see the alternatives if you are still deciding.