Ossou Elevates Winter Essentials at NYFW
On February 11, Ossou made its debut at New York Fashion Week, unveiling their Fall Winter 2026 collection that explores winterized utility, tactile fabrics, and the quiet strength of foundational wardrobe pieces.
Ossou officially launched in June of 2025, founded by Fforme co-founder Nina Khosla and Talia Shuvalov, who serve as co-creative directors of the brand. Ossou embodies strength, structure, and the understated beauty of a thoughtfully curated wardrobe. The presentation highlighted the brand’s signature approach — translating the spirit of denim into winter materials, where each garment feels both essential and unexpectedly refined.
The 13 look presentation took place inside the Pierre Augustin Rose gallery for the brands first ever time at New York Fashion Week. The collection combines the brand’s signature approach — translating the spirit of denim into winter materials, where each garment feels both essential and unexpectedly refined.
The collection centers on the concept of winterized utility and reinterpreting familiar wardrobe staples through weight, texture, and craft. Inspired by the rituals of winter living — wrapping, layering, and returning to cherished pieces — Ossou transforms everyday garments into protective, tactile forms. A blanket becomes a second skin, a coat takes on architectural qualities, and clothing shifts from adornment to refuge, reflecting a quiet domestic intimacy where materials are felt before they are seen.
Fabrics are at the heart of the collection’s narrative. Brushed wool balances structure with softness, while wool–cashmere blanket cloth is reimagined into scarf-like forms that evoke protection and ritual. Brushed and textured twills capture the depth and hand of denim, creating a winter counterpart to the brand’s signature aesthetic. Open-weave flannel is draped into abstract archetypes, while Ossou’s clean poplin language continues to provide architectural precision and understated elegance.
At its core, Ossou is a women’s ready-to-wear brand defined by clarity of purpose. It is guided by a singular vision: to elevate the building blocks of the modern wardrobe. Rather than chasing seasonal spectacle, Ossou centers its design philosophy on durability, longevity, and the quiet power of restraint. Each piece is conceived as part of a living system — garments designed to exist in rotation, to evolve with wear, and to gain character over time.
The brand approaches clothing as a form of structure. Silhouettes are informed by traditional archetypes yet subtly reworked through proportion, texture, and materiality. Familiar forms are not discarded but reconsidered. A coat becomes an exercise in architecture; a shirt becomes a study in line and balance. Ossou’s reinvention of traditional garments is less about disruption and more about refinement — an ongoing dialogue between past and present.
Ossou’s debut at New York Fashion Week marks the arrival of a brand defined by restraint, structure, and thoughtful craftsmanship. FW26 showcases a modern approach to winter dressing — one that celebrates essentials without sacrificing individuality, where every piece is designed to endure, evolve, and become an integral part of the wearer’s life. With co-creative directors Nina Khosla and Talia Shuvalov at the helm, Ossou establishes itself as a quietly powerful voice in women’s ready-to-wear, translating the foundational strength of its namesake into a wardrobe that is as enduring as it is refined.
Photos by Jon Ervin