There’s something quietly radical about the way Margaret Howell approaches clothing. While fashion often looks forward or chases spectacle, Howell has built a world by returning, again and again, to the same enduring references: utility, restraint, and nature in its most unaltered form.
The Grasses T-shirt for Spring Summer 2026 captures that ethos with unusual clarity. The design originates from a series of drawings Howell made in 1966, the summer before art school, when she began observing the movement and texture of grass in the wind. As she recalls, “I have always loved natural untamed forms.” That early instinct—towards quiet observation rather than embellishment—has remained central to her work ever since.
Wild grasses have long threaded through Howell’s visual language, appearing in her drawings, photography, and campaign imagery across decades. Here, one of those original sketches is transposed directly onto fabric, transforming something fleeting and organic into an everyday object. The result feels less like a print and more like a gesture, an imprint of time, memory, and attention.
It’s precisely this consistency that has earned Margaret Howell its cult following. In a landscape defined by constant reinvention, Howell offers continuity. Her clothes don’t demand attention; they reward it. They are designed to be lived in, to age, and to quietly accumulate meaning, much like the grasses that inspired them.
