Meta Campania Collective presents its Spring Summer 2026 collection, inspired by the way artists live, work, and dress through summer, embracing a sun-filled sense of living.
The SS26 collection embodies a carefree, nonchalant attitude, blending softness, volume, and unconstructed silhouettes while expanding the vocabulary of Meta Campania Collective.
The collection features summer-weight fabrics—overdied and washed to achieve a relaxed, lived-in feeling. Printed silk and Madras checks sit alongside heavyweight, washed linens, while textures like macramé-woven cotton, cotton-silk-cashmere blends, double nylon, tropical wools, and lightweight calf and lamb suede further enhance the tactile experience. Breathable cottons in varied weights and delicate cotton laces complete the fabric palette, ensuring maximum comfort while always looking polished.
Silk knitwear—in dresses, fringed trousers, jackets, and slip-on shoes—infiltrate the collection with a summery, carefree spirit. Chunky cotton sailor sweaters and felted cashmere pieces evoke effortless elegance. In denim, a special tea-wash dye works as a base for dressing in your summer house by the sea, as well as on hot summer days in the city.
Cropped workwear jackets, blousons, and shirting, combined with evolved carpenter pants, update the essential signature. The collection also features fitted, slim trousers and formal jackets, alongside elongated trench coats and flowing dresses. Voluminous skirts and tonguein-cheek lip prints evoke the carefree energy of summer days.
Meta Campania Collective’s signature hues—white, black, natural, midnight blue, Weimaraner grey, and dark chocolate brown—serve as timeless foundations. Bright accents of light pink, Bougainvillea, tomato red, and grass green inject vibrancy.
In accessories, building on last season’s introduction, the Frame Bag 39, inspired by corner protectors for valuable paintings, expands into new sizes—27, with a detachable strap, and the North South Tote—crafted from soft, saddle calf leather. The brand continues to incorporate the summery feel of silk rib-knitwear into slip-on shoes and beach tote bags, blending innovation with functionality.
True to the brand’s spirit of ‘Lives and Works In,’ the SS26 collection is showcased through a collaborative artistic lens. Shot in Paris in an artist’s studio and natural surroundings by photographer Stanislatz Motz-Neidhart, the lookbook features a cast of musicians from the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Music is part of Meta Campania Collective’s constant inspiration, with Creative Director Jon Strassburg’s personal experience playing the violin in an orchestra growing up adding to the collection. The musicians not only front the shoot but also perform. Harpist Nicolas Tulliez’s creates a performance during Paris Fashion Week on June 24th, 2025.
Meta Campania Collective
Creative Direction: Jon Strassburg
Photography: Stanislatz Motz-Neidhart
Styling: Makram Bitar
Hair and Make-up: Gabrielle Cairoche
Talent: Luca Aimee, Floriane Bonani, Marta Fossas Mallorqui, Nicolas Tulliez, Patrice Jean Noël,
Renaud Guieu, Louis Torres, Carl Taegert
Location: Paris, France
