AW26 - The Heritage Sportz Collection

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Behind AW26: The Mood Board of Dreams

Every AW collection starts here… “The Mood Board of Dreams.”

Each year brings a new theme. A new design board. A completely new vision, new product concepts and a whole new bank of inspiration that eventually develops into our Autumn/Winter Legacy Collection.

There’s something truly magical about the HORZEHOODS® design team Legacy Collections.

Year after year, we effectively start again. A completely different concept, built from imagination and developed into something of our own.

In an equestrian market that has become increasingly saturated with white-labelled products, we feel more strongly than ever about continuing to invest in original product development and creating collections with their own identity, story and purpose.

For AW26, that story is:

Heritage Sportz Collection | AW26

Where heritage meets modern equestrian sport.

The concept for Heritage Sportz began by looking backwards before we looked forwards.

Traditional heritage. Classic sporting influences. Equestrian history. Tartan. Rich autumnal colours. Shields, strength and the idea of taking something steeped in history and bringing subtle elements of it into a completely modern performance collection.

We commissioned and licensed three different tartan patterns for the project, which became a starting point for the AW26 colour story.

Rather than simply putting tartan onto products, we began pulling out individual colour shades hidden within the patterns.

Those shades were then developed through lab dips into the Heritage Maroons, Manor Greens, Pumpkin Oranges and other tones you'll see running throughout AW26.

You may look at a finished product and see absolutely no tartan at all, yet its colour story may have been born directly from one.

And that's the part of product design we love.

The end product can look absolutely nothing like the original inspiration it was generated from.

From a Mood Board to 60+ New Pieces

The length of work, development and love that goes into just one product can be immense.

Some HORZEHOODS® products can take one to two years from initial concept through development, sampling, testing, alterations and final production.

Then imagine doing that across an AW Legacy Collection containing 60+ new pieces.

Different concepts require different development processes. Different technical requirements can mean different specialist manufacturing teams. Fabrics have to be sourced and tested. Fits developed. Samples altered. Pantone shades matched through lab dips. Licensed patterns aligned. Trims, branding and tiny details considered.

And somehow, at the end of all of that, dozens of individual products still need to sit together and feel like one collection.

That's the work behind the finished photographs you eventually see on launch day.

So when we started sharing just a handful of AW26 sneaky peeks and saw newsletter sign-ups suddenly going through the roof, it genuinely meant a lot to the whole team.

Months and years of work happen quietly behind the scenes before anybody knows whether they'll love what you've created.

Seeing that reaction before we've even properly revealed Heritage Sportz makes all that work feel worth it.

So… When Does AW26 Launch?

We know. Customer Service is already being asked!

We have a HORZEHOODS® tradition when it comes to our Autumn/Winter Legacy Collections:

The last Friday of every September.

AW26 Heritage Sportz is currently following that tradition.

However, if shipment arrivals and final logistics allow, we're also looking at the possibility of opening the collection slightly earlier for an exclusive ticket-only launch at our shop before the online release.

Nothing is confirmed on that just yet.

As soon as we know, our subscribers will know.

If You're Reading This Through Our Newsletter, You're Already In

The good news is simple:

If you want to be the first tio get this remarkable collection you can just sign up to our newsletters which will be emailed first when the collection goes live.

As we get closer to September, subscribers will be amongst the first to receive confirmed drop information and any early-access announcements.

And there's another important reason to be ready for launch.

AW26 Heritage Sportz is limited edition, with no planned restocks.

Once individual products, colours or sizes are gone, they're gone.

From now until launch, we'll be gradually revealing more across our social channels: concepts, details, colours, products and plenty of sneaky peeks from a collection we've been keeping under wraps for a very long time.