Clock In for Jane Wade's SS26 "The FULFILLMENT"
“Everybody’s clocked in. Everybody’s getting to work,” Wade told us after the show of the new workwear collection – one that takes us down to the ground floor of Jane Wade, Inc where labor is currency.
Once again, Jane Wade is leveling up her workwear vision for Spring/Summer 2026: “THE FULFILLMENT” – or should we say, leveling down? Wade is bringing it down to the bottom line for the new seasonal collection, hopping in the elevator from the executive suite and descending to the warehouse fulfillment basement to deliver another needle-pushing presentation that explores the concept of labor as currency.
“All of the Jane Wade collection center around workwear in general. For the last few shows we’ve tapped into that corporate hierarchy and this time I really wanted to descend it to the ground floor – labor workers, punching in and out, all of the nuggets about time,” Wade shared with us after the show, set in a literal warehouse in Brooklyn.
Positioning officewear as armour, offering its wearer an air of invisibility when suiting up. A timer projected onto the warehoue walls kicked off just ahead of the first look; the final model donned a timer as part of closing look.
“I wanted this to feel like the Jane Wade Inc Fulfillment Center. Everybody’s clocked in. Everybody’s getting to work,” Wade continued.
“We’re selling our time for money and our laboring bodies. That translates through the fabrics and finishings. A lot of padded materials. Very tactile pieces. I wanted to make clothes that work for us. Not the other way around.”
The tech-y throughline continues in the collections collaborations with Lingo (a glucose monitoring-biosensor) and Nothing, Wade, yet again, masterfully turning technology devices into wearable extensions of personal style. Footwear also includes a lineup of Jane Wade x SOREL collab models.
Step into the basement of Jane Wade Inc. – which includes a cameo from King Princess – by way of the Spring/Summer 2026 collection above, and stay tuned to Hypebeast for continuing coverage of New York Fashion Week.
