For fall 2026, Alice Temperley went straight to Hollywood—old Hollywood. The glossy, smoke-filled, impossibly elegant kind. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Greta Garbo. Marlene Dietrich. The icons. “I’m embracing my all-time icons,” she said at a preview, and you could feel that pull toward fantasy, toward drama, toward dressing like life might suddenly turn cinematic.

Opulence has always been Temperley’s calling card—those heavily embellished evening gowns are basically her signature—but this season she pushed the drama outward. Literally. Statement outerwear stepped into the spotlight, including a made-to-order faux fur coat and a leopard-print trench that felt deliciously unapologetic. Big coats for big entrances. No shrinking allowed.

She also spent real time expanding the daywear, grounding the glamour without diluting it. Embroidered cropped leather jackets nodded back to the brand’s noughties-era boho roots—when Temperley was all about romantic rebellion rather than “wardrobe essentials.” And that’s the thing: she’s not chasing basics. She’s not pretending anyone comes here for a plain white tee. “People are coming to us for special things,” she said—and you see it in the ornate beading on blouses, the delicate floral embroidery on midi dresses, the gold-studded separates that feel like jewelry you can wear.

Dresses will always be the heart of the brand, but tailoring made a stronger case this season, too. Velvet three-piece suits—already a customer favorite—returned in new iterations. Temperley herself, acting as her own best advertisement, was spotted modeling the burgundy version with a fedora at the Sloane Square store, which feels exactly right.

The lookbook, shot in the brand’s Somerset studio, starred Arizona Muse alongside the designer’s stepdaughter India—a reminder that Temperley has always been about more than clothes. The label continues to mirror her world, her references, her inner circle. And that intimacy—that sense of dressing for a life, not a trend—is what keeps people coming back for the magic.