GQ’s Will Welch on the Spring 2026 Menswear Shows

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Vogue

Fashion & Beauty, Arts

4.2 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The spring 2026 menswear shows are just getting started. Ahead of what is sure to be an impactful season, Will Welch, GQ’s Global Editorial Director joined Nicole Phelps on The Run-Through to discuss the current state of menswear. “This [season] feels particularly big,” says Welch, referring to the debuts that will take place in the coming weeks, chief among them Jonathan Anderson’s introduction as the newly-appointed creative director at Dior, but also the American designer Michael Rider’s first show for Celine and Julian Klausner’s inaugural Dries Van Noten menswear show following his womenswear debut last March.

Tune in to the conversation to learn about Welch’s favorite under-the-radar designers, what it takes to get Brad Pitt into thigh-high Saint Laurent boots, and how Andre 3000 ended up designing Welch’s suit for this year’s Met Gala celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”

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0:00.0	This episode of The Run Through is brought to you by eBay.
0:03.7	I'm Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue's Beauty Editor at Large.
0:06.9	Everyone's talking about tassels right now, and that's the moment that I end up typing it into eBay.
0:11.4	I found the perfect vintage triple chain belt with golden tassels, and it just looks so elegant, timeless, and it's on the way in the mail to me thanks to eBay.
0:29.9	This is The Run Through. I'm Nicole Phelps.
0:32.9	Today I have GQ's Global Editorial Director Will Welch with me in the studio.
0:37.8	We're heading into the men's spring 2026 shows in Milan and Paris, and I asked Will to talk about the trends he's anticipating, the shows he's most excited about, and of course, the big debuts of the season.
0:52.3	Here's my conversation with Will Welch. Welcome, Will. Thank you, Nicole.
0:59.3	I'm very happy to be here. Thank you for being here. We are going to talk about the men's shows this
1:04.3	season. It is time. Yes. Is there anything in particular that you are looking forward to? Oh, my gosh.
1:10.0	Well, in general, I've
1:12.0	been going to the shows for a long time, but I'm always excited to go back. Like, always, always,
1:16.7	always without fail. And yeah, every season always has some unique things going on, but this one
1:22.2	feels particularly big. I think Jonathan Anderson, Dior menswear debut is a huge one. And then there's always, like, big shows, like, yeah, Jonathan Anderson-Diore menswear debut is a huge one.
1:28.3	And then there's always like big shows like, yeah, Jonathan Anderson, Dior, Pharrell, Louis Vuitton, but also just the little appointments and all the smaller stuff that we really love being a part of as well.
1:41.3	Well, I count on GQ for keeping me up to date about menswear.
1:46.6	I hope it's not just you.
1:48.2	We have a joke that Evan Kenori owes his career to GQ.
1:54.4	Evan Kenori owes his career to being really good at what he does, and we have just helped
1:59.3	tell some people about it.
2:00.3	Yes. Well, you've done a good job. I certainly learned a lot about him via your coverage.
2:06.0	So let's start with Jonathan Anderson. It is a huge moment. He was announced first off as the
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