Along the limestone edges of the Riviera, in forgotten archives arranged by time, an architecture of occupancy begins to form. Framed by a lens of calibration, a figure moves with embodied precision. Chairs gather in studied configurations: weighted, proportioned, poised. Garments emerge as spatial responses. Tailored volumes are tuned to containment and surfaces become architecture, each piece a proposition in composure.
J.L-A.L Spring/Summer 2026 draws from 1000 Chairs, approaching the chair not as object but as ethic, a system of support, containment, and configured presence. Tailoring becomes a site of composure, where silhouettes are drawn inward and volume is redistributed toward structure. Surface logic governs construction as directional intention places seams and material is weighted to retain rather than express. Traditional brand codes are elevated and refined into a quieter, more calibrated expression. What is offered is not shape, but condition.
Core pieces articulate this system through spatial refinement. Modulation begins through absence, where silhouette reconfigures through a buttoned joining system that shifts, expands, and contracts in responsive formation. Layers process into ornament, eyelets
sweeping across an asymmetric front and a rounded drape that recalls the precision of injection moulding. Seam placement becomes a compositional tool, guiding structure across the surface and recalling the linear alignment of Windsor chairs. Eyelets ventilate dart
lines and articulate pressure points, echoing Riccardo Dalisi, while linear configurations and pocket placements are derived from veneer construction. Precision tailoring extends the collection’s compositional logic, where laser perforation is rendered as a field of drifting apertures, interrupted by angular cuts that introduce mechanical sharpness.
Throughout, fabrication becomes an architecture of its own. Material systems of precision form surface tension and structural clarity, with natural cottons, linens and wools sourced from Italy and Japan for their composure in wear. Linen–cotton blends, technical cottons, and dual-finish leathers are selected to balance breathability and structure, maintaining clarity of line, form integrity, and tactile precision. Across the collection, each garment composes not a silhouette but a spatial proposal, restrained in expression and calibrated in form.
Collaborative gestures extend this system of spatial refinement. A capsule developed with PUMA translates the language of containment into footwear shaped through material memory, where two-tone leather carries a patina that deepens with wear, echoing
the softened surfaces of time-worn armchairs. Accompanying garments calibrate the spacing of cloth and skin, forming structure through layered tension.
Presented in Paris, a set of sculptural chairs interrupt the gallery as instruments of seasonal composure. In collaboration with South Korean studio NICEWORKSHOP, chairs from the studio’s latest season function not as backdrop, but as score for a collection conceived in spatial relation, where garments converge in a shared grammar of containment.
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What unfolds is not a performance but a field of attention, where stillness becomes architectural and traditional hierarchy of display is reversed. The audience stands. The models sit. Presence is weighted across the body in garments that operate as extensions of the chairs themselves.
J.L-A.L Spring/Summer 2026 moves through memory and material with calibrated precision, tracing sculptural logics into wearable systems. It does not seek resolution between utility and expression, but holds them in ongoing tension, with garments positioned as spatial proposals and the body configured as site. Through layered construction, fabric innovation, and precise tailoring, J.L-A.L continues its investigation into how bodies inhabit space, and how designed objects shape human experience.
This collection is produced exclusively through artisanal manufacturers in Italy, where smaller-scale methods allow for heightened control and material precision across each piece.
J.L-A.L is manufactured and distributed across select retailers worldwide through Slam Jam.
Credits
Images by Hiroyuki Ozawa @hiro532
Styling : Keita Izuka @k8.0on
Set Design : Oh Hyunseog @niceworkshop_
Music : Islnd @islnd & @deuve
Make up : Takeru Urushibara @umeboooy
Hair : Matthew Tharp @matthewtharphair
Casting : Gary David Moore @gary_david_moore
Movement : Will Pegna @pgna
Production by : Octo
Press by Radical PR
