This marks a milestone year for Todd Snyder — 2026 is the 15th anniversary of his brand.
And his fall collection is intended to serve as a retrospective of the key pieces that have defined the Todd Snyder line over the years, but modernized for today.
“When I originally started the brand, I was always thinking: what are those things that are familiar, and how do I make them new,” the designer said during a walk-through of his collection at his New York studio. “From the beginning, the idea was simple: take the essential pieces of a man’s wardrobe, from the camel-hair overcoat to the white oxford shirt, the chino, the unconstructed suit, and make them better. Not louder, not trendier, but with more luxurious materials, sharper proportions and more thoughtful construction. The goal was never reinvention but refinement.”
So whether it’s a cashmere sweatshirt or a military-inspired overcoat in a technical fabric, the goal is to create pieces “that are going to endure time and last forever.”
He succeeded, with a fall collection that had a familiar feel but was also on trend. “You still have that ease, you still have that drape, but the proportions are changing ever so slightly,” Snyder said, pointing to chinos that are slightly oversize and a trenchcoat in a double-face nylon cotton with a drop shoulder as examples. “There’s always this tension between classic and modernity and how do I balance that,” he said.
Although rooted in American heritage, the collection — which was titled “American Form” — also referenced other countries that have influenced his line over the years, notably Italy and Japan. Snyder cited the luxurious fabrics and drape he’s borrowed from Italy as well as the “Japanese precision” he employed in selvedge chinos and other pieces.
There were also a lot of British influences in the line. “A lot of the patterns were inspired by British style, whether it’s herringbone, gun-checks or glen plaids,” he said, pointing to an overcoat with a raglan sleeve and a balmacaan shoulder and a gardener’s jacket in heavyweight cashmere.
Suits continue to be the brand’s bestselling category, Snyder said, and he updated the offering for fall with 1940s-inspired high-waited, pleated swing trousers. Other key pieces included a knit sack suit and a camel hair coat transformed into a day shawl.
Leather was also a key part of the collection, offered in everything from a Dylan trucker to bombers and overcoats.
Snyder teased a collaboration that will be coming later this year, this one with Tecova, a brand best known for its cowboy boots. The offering, which will debut for fall, will include ropers in leather and crocodile skins.
Snyder said he decided against holding a show this season, despite the anniversary, because the brand doesn’t wholesale and the cost of a runway presentation is better spent focusing on his consumer. “But we might do one in the future,” he said.
