For Fall Winter 2025-2026, A.W.A.K.E. Mode crafts a collection that feels like a designer’s sanctuary—an artistic retreat shaped by both resourcefulness and reinvention. Natalia Alaverdian, drawing parallels with the ingenuity of filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, distills fashion to its purest form: a space where creativity thrives within constraints.

This season, Dutch traditional costume meets the precision of origami, yielding architectural silhouettes that challenge convention. Cut-out skirts, deconstructed circle skirts, and rotor-blade dresses in Prince of Wales check or meticulously topstitched fabric redefine movement and structure. Footwear follows suit, with a hybrid clog-boot, lined in shearling, its upturned toe a playful distortion of the expected.

Signature tailoring is subtly disrupted and reimagined—a “jacket dress” flaunts double lapels, while a polo shirt skews asymmetrically. A bomber-puffer hybrid and an Argyle sweater with voluminous sleeves blur the lines between tradition and transformation. Outerwear, both sculptural and fluid, sees asymmetrical trench capelets paired with dark-wash flared denim, while evening coats in bonded white crepe, leather, and quilted fabric balance utilitarian detail with a sense of grandeur.

A recurring motif of "extra sleeves" extends beyond layering, manifesting in sleeved pants, styled with pom-pom bonnets or open-toe court shoes, a nod to the playful irreverence at A.W.A.K.E. Mode’s core. Peruvian-sourced knits, including a belted poncho sweater, an asymmetrical turtleneck, and a richly textured green pullover, add tactile depth to an already dimensional collection.

Set against a moody, 1970s-inspired palette of aubergine, chocolate, burnt orange, and deep red, the collection speaks to the brand’s signature clientele—those who revel in the unexpected, the avant-garde, and the intellectually subversive.