Stahl Premium Leather Design Collection Autumn / Winter 2025-2026

REBALANCE

Following a year of challenging elections, Olympic competitions and performances, and quests for glory and recognition, the theme of 2025 will be REBALANCE. 

We have risen to this challenge by combining and integrating concepts that are generally considered contradictory: the antique and the forward-reaching, the simple and the elaborate, the professional and the personal. 

At the same time, attitudes to consumption are shifting, and people seek a space to express themselves. Therefore, we must strike the balance between paradoxical directives without sacrificing the power of the wearer’s message. 

This season we’re highlighting the ordinary, the utilitarian and the sensible with intelligence and allure (UP SIMPLICITY). We are found between the inside and the outside, the contemplative and the dynamic, the modest and the sublime (HOLISM). We oscillate between light and shade, occasion and anonymity, discreet and sparkling (NEW EDGE). 

Before embarking between the past and the future, the material and the digital, reality and the fantastic (PROJECTION) 

A new spirit of synthesis, all in peace, quiet and character. 

1. UP SIMPLICITY TREND 

We are responding to a world preoccupied by environmental questions, that longs to put meaning back into consumer habits. Our proposition is upgraded simplicity for efficient everyday wear,  without renouncing creativity or singularity. 

Thoughtfully designed to last and adapt, these products are clever, multifunctional and all-terrain. They borrow the details from the spheres of workwear and outdoor wear to offer a modular, nomadic and layer-able solution. 

The clean shapes and striking lines exclude neither a folk nor feminine spirit, providing a pragmatic wardrobe based on greener, more ethical manufacturing with all the desirability. 

2. HOLISM TREND 

The sobriety valued for many years in manufacturing is transformed and enriched by placing emotion at the heart of our processes. 

Individuals embark on a journey to the heart of their psyche, shattering the traditional boundaries of space and time in a world that is as healing as it is intoxicating. In pursuit of radical expression, references from alternative cultures and the entertainment world enliven our ways of being together. 

3. NEW EDGE TREND: 

Poised between the light and shadow of private clubs, a new, powerful and self-assured form of seduction emerges from select communities. The minimalist and monochrome allure is transcended by maximalist volumes and modernised by meticulous details. 

The great classics of clothing and decoration are revisited in monumental designs, with prestigious materials and precious finishes that lend them an avant-garde character, promising to leave a mark on their time. This world of mastery and untold luxury evokes some of the most magnificent creations from the 1970s to the 1990s. Dark palettes are developed for impeccable sophistication; graphic plays are calculated to the nth degree; textures are smooth and velvety; and effects are glossy and metallicised for perfect chic. Balancing the masculine and the feminine, this aesthetic may also tumble into a more sultry, nocturnal energy…but always in a spirit of absolute elegance. 

4. PROJECTION TREND: 

Faced with today’s challenges, some choose withdrawal and introspection, while others choose to alter their vision of reality. By employing art and high-tech tools, they are more receptive to alternative narratives, new aesthetics, cultural heritage and futurist reminiscences. In short, they invent new possibilities, quirky experiences and hybrid techniques (DIY, re-use, artificial intelligence) in a blend of the bizarre and the fantastical, the discordant and the whimsical, the past and the future. They shape a balanced ideal world that could be experienced in both the metaverse and reality.