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In a surprising step, Dean and Dan Caten summarized the press to reveal their collection in spring 2026 about exhibition rooms to the tails of the Milan men’s fashion week, in which they only organized a party to keep the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of their brand.
The publication of the new collection, which points out that the duo will probably suspend the September time plan for September, could be equipped from the pace of the Fashion Week, but still delivered in one fell swoop because the Catens doubled the surprise factor by also celebrating its music debut. They worked with the three-time Grammy-nominated rapper Latto as well as the songwriter and producer JC Chasez and the producer Jimmy Harry, which was awarded the Golden Globe, on a musical project called “Iconique”.
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The title of the song refers to the capsule contained in the collection, which contains unanimous pieces such as collector T-shirts with prints that celebrate some of the staple food from DSquared2 from the archives, from highly towering paragraphs to graphic trucker hats. Building on the existing icon motif, a newly created logo appeared on sweatshirts and shorts.
“Iconique comes with a jingle,” said Dean Caten, who flashed a smile. However, the capsule was only the most accessible start to a collection that met all the signature notes of the brand: a piece of contrasts, the mixture of the sporty and seductive, funny hybrid pieces and an overall violent, unapologist’s attitude that is booming throughout the installation.
Among the brave and strongly equipped women’s offers were classic cotton shirts and their laced versions over an opening background and a rejuvenating front that unveiled the hips and are to be embedded in or by a belt. Denim shorts in microproportions were optimized with small rings to meet such a purpose, while other needy jeans with built-in elastic waist ribbons were delivered to imitate underwear.
Elsewhere, sensual chiffon-mini law was combined with military-inspired pieces, while a cascade of cockade applications sweetened the road drives of the spacious pants. External feminine options such as Depory dresses with a hibiscus flower pattern or pearl skirts, which have little to leave the imagination, were instead compared to soccer nodding jerseys.
The seamstress also for both genders in Marine blazer jackets with contrasting nylon cuffs or tuxedos, which were revised with zippers and stitch inserts. Other hybrid clothes ranged from funny tank tops with built -in backpack belts to four jackets for men.
While a leopard pattern as a blender-over chiffon dresses and basketball jerseys, sprayed equally in the line of men, as they were merged in a look with a shirt with stripes made of lining with raw Bermuda pants with raw Bermuda pants.
“It is what we want to be when we grow up. But we are still children. We still play and dare. It is still time,” said Dean Caten.
Start gallery: DSquared2 Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear collection
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