Disruptive Diesel every single day: the consistency of house codes, the innovation of experimentation that’s inclusive and so easy to wear. This is a collection that builds on Diesel’s strengths, and pushes forwards to what’s next, with a focus on the Millennial wardrobe. Ideas evolve from runway shows, heritage Diesel details return from the archive, and fresh design updates keep the energy high. It’s about denim, leather, knits, trompe l’oeil, outerwear, party pieces, all that’s needed For Successful Living.
“I love it when Diesel becomes part of so many people’s lives. This pre-fall collection is about opening the Diesel world even further, inviting even more into this world. For me, pre-collections are always about wearability, about the democracy of experimentation.” Glenn Martens, creative director of Diesel
Outerwear is key, and denim is even more important in pieces like women’s jackets, skirts and dresses. There’s greater synergy too across the whole collection, expressing the Diesel worldview across all categories. Sustainability is at the forefront as Diesel continues its path to circularity with lower impact materials, treatments and dyeing techniques.
Big belts give the chance to play with silhouette and trompe l’oeil, like a little denim trench cropped short at its wide belt, or what seem like low denim capri pants that are actually attached to a denim bodice at the waist, their attached wide belt marking the hips. The wide belt is on regular jeans too, matched with a satin-front top with knit sleeves and low turtleneck.
Patent leather zip-up jackets have cocoon sleeves, the silhouette from the just-seen SS26 collection. Their topstitching is a heritage Diesel detail, while the matching below-the-knee skirt has a trompe l’oeil low waist marked by a wide belt. Meanwhile, mesh skirts and tops have double layers to blur transparency.
It’s all about the pieces: a bonded faux-leather collarless cocoon-sleeve jacket is all about the cut, while an aged leather biker jacket already looks so well loved. Acetate double-breasted tailoring has relaxed sharpness, solarised floral prints have a blissful glow on trompe l’oeil wrap dresses and tops, while washed seersucker pants, skirts and double-layer dresses will become forever favourites.
Denim jackets are inspired by Diesel archive pieces, treated with the memory of patches. Joggjeans are printed with a trompe l’oeil as if they are totally distressed; double-weft denim allows the upper layer to be treated away, still leaving the garment intact. And, because it’s Diesel, it’s like anything can be denim, like a faux-fur zip-up jacket that’s like a fluff of indigo.
Cable-knit zip-up jackets and supersized scarves are trimmed with leather; shearling is shaved and printed like a flannel shirt. Pants have a pirate cut for swagger; argyll intarsia knits are double layer, the top layer peeling and held by the diamond. Devore denim tops and skirts have like a memory of cable knit, encrusted with crystals.
The D-line bag has the new D buckle attaching the strap, the D-Rop has a structured shape to subvert ladylike styles, while the Dome family is expanded, in fresh materials like suede. Mules have a faux fur trim across the foot, just like in the SS26 collection, while pirate boots have extreme slouchy volume at the calf before hugging the foot, finished with a metal Diesel D cage the toe. The new Diesel trainer has a vintage feel yet a high shine with its patent leather. Charms, chains and Diesel-D bracelets finish the look.
