Max Mara Fall Winter 2025-2026 “Untamed Heroine”. Story by Eleonora de Gray, Editor-in-Chief of RUNWAY MAGAZINE. Photo Courtesy: Max Mara.
Fierce, free, and unapologetically elegant—Max Mara’s Fall/Winter 2025-2026 collection, Untamed Heroine, stands as the ultimate manifesto of modern power dressing. In a season dominated by aesthetic contradictions and fleeting trends, Max Mara delivers what is arguably the most refined and authoritative collection of the season.
This season, the Max Mara heroine dreams of a love as wild as the landscapes of Wuthering Heights, embracing a neo-gothic elegance fused with urban resilience. The result? A collection where razor-sharp tailoring meets a poetic, windswept romance.
The Power of Structure: Gothic Romance Meets Military Precision
Max Mara’s mastery of construction is at its peak with sculpted silhouettes that exude both strength and sensuality. Structured riding coats, meticulously cinched at the waist and flaring into voluminous skirts, embody a new form of romanticism—one that is as disciplined as it is free. These coats feature quilted removable linings and sleeves in supple leather or shearling, adding layers of depth and functionality.
Trousers reinterpret historical silhouettes, drawing inspiration from antique culottes but rendered in a thoroughly modern way—elongated legs paired with cropped, precisely tailored jackets to create a silhouette of undeniable authority. Military-inspired coats, equestrian-style redingotes, and dramatic capes solidify the collection’s emphasis on commanding presence, while oversized wrap coats and robe-like cuts soften the edges, introducing an effortless fluidity.
A Tactile Symphony: Luxurious Textiles and Shadowy Elegance
Fabrication takes center stage, as Max Mara weaves its story through luxurious natural tweeds, feather-light combed wools, and sumptuous double-faced cashmeres. Each material is selected to amplify the narrative of a woman who is both powerful and untethered—rooted in tradition yet moving through the world with an undeniable modernity.
As twilight descends, the heroine embraces her darker impulses, turning to inky black velvets and corset-structured bodices that sculpt and define. These evening looks whisper of Victorian intrigue, reinterpreted through a contemporary lens. The interplay of strength and softness, severity and romance, defines the essence of Untamed Heroine.
Max Mara’s Boldest Vision Yet
In a season where maximalism and nostalgia battle for dominance, Max Mara asserts a new direction: refined, deliberate, and unwaveringly elegant. Untamed Heroine is not just about clothes—it’s a statement of presence, a sartorial armor for the woman who commands attention without seeking it.
This is power dressing, redefined.
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