Herno explores city life in the colder seasons through City Layers

For a long time, talking about Herno meant starting with outerwear. Trench coats, raincoats, down jackets and jackets have shaped an important part of the brand’s identity and continue to play a central role. Fall/Winter 2026, however, offers a different perspective: outerwear becomes part of a broader way of dressing built around different garments, weights and layers.

With City Layers, Herno starts from lightweight materials, understated details and pieces designed to work across different settings throughout the day. The idea is not simply to add another layer when temperatures fall. It is about building the look layer by layer without weighing down the overall silhouette.

City Layers starts with lightness, not volume

The name of the project immediately defines its setting: the city. It is not a city expressed through overt streetwear codes, but through the need to move naturally from one setting to another.

In menswear, this idea takes shape through field jackets, parkas, raincoats, trousers and shirts. Among the pieces presented by Herno are a denim field jacket, a short waxed cotton-blend parka and styles in wool blends with a lived-in finish. Alongside the outerwear are wool gabardine trousers, shirts and technical blazers.

The way the look is put together therefore becomes more important than any single garment. A raincoat can be worn over a wool shirt and clean-cut trousers; a field jacket can replace a more formal jacket without pushing the look into an overtly sporty direction.

This is one possible way to read City Layers: adjusting levels of protection and formality without completely changing the way you dress.

Womenswear builds its layers through contrast

The womenswear offering follows the same principle, but interprets it in a different way.

Herno brings together different surfaces and proportions: a short waxed cotton-blend parka sits alongside a reversible jacket in sherpa and Nylon Eclipse, while other pieces pair more compact fabrics with lightweight nylon.

Alongside the outerwear are jacquard alpaca knits, wool turtlenecks, blazers and coats in wool cloth, stretch trousers and shirts. Less expected elements also appear, including mesh tops and skirts with sequins.

Layered dressing can therefore come from combining a soft surface with a more compact one, balancing a streamlined construction with a more relaxed volume, or pairing a parka with a more polished piece.

Protection remains important, but it does not define the character of the look on its own.

Outerwear remains central, but it no longer stands alone

This is where Fall/Winter 2026 moves beyond the more familiar image of Herno.

The brand does not move away from the pieces that built its reputation. Instead, it places them within a broader range of knitwear, trousers, shirts, blazers and other garments that extend the look beyond outerwear.

City Layers therefore suggests that outerwear does not necessarily have to be the finishing element of a look: it can become one of its layers.

In menswear, a more relaxed field jacket can be paired with a technical pinstripe blazer. In womenswear, wool cloth sits alongside nylon, while knitwear complements more structured pieces.

The result is not a collection rigidly divided between technical and formal dressing, but a range of possibilities that allow the look to adapt over the course of the day.

More layers do not necessarily mean more weight

Layered dressing, as interpreted by Herno, does not necessarily mean creating heavy volumes. Different materials can work together while keeping the silhouette controlled, and garments with different functions can be combined without turning the look into a rigid sequence of layers.

It is an approach well suited to city life, where temperature, surroundings and the required level of formality can all change over the course of the same day.

In this sense, lightness becomes a way of building the look, rather than simply a physical quality of the fabric.

This is where outerwear changes pace: it remains one of Herno’s most recognisable elements, but is treated as part of the wider look.

Laminar shifts the focus to materials and movement

The same idea finds another expression in Laminar Fall/Winter 2026.

For the season, Herno builds the line around lightweight constructions, clean lines and more enveloping volumes, with garments designed to move naturally throughout the day.

Here too, technical outerwear is not treated in isolation. The line includes knitwear, jersey and new interpretations of classic Italian fabrics, bringing different materials and shapes together.

Laminar therefore offers another way to read the season: stripping back unnecessary elements, allowing greater freedom of movement and letting the materials help define each garment.

For Herno, layered dressing is not about accumulation. It works when weights, surfaces and volumes can change without disrupting the overall look.

Menswear and womenswear follow the same principle in different ways

Looking at the two together, Herno’s menswear and womenswear share the idea of building a look through multiple layers, but achieve it through different combinations.

In menswear, the mix of field jackets, raincoats, blazers and trousers highlights the relationship between more relaxed pieces and more formal constructions. In womenswear, texture, softness and contrasts between nylon, wool, sherpa, knitwear and embellished surfaces play a stronger role.

The principle, however, remains the same: allowing the look to shift gradually.

Outerwear continues to have a strong presence, but becomes part of a look shaped by everything worn around it.

The Herno menswear and womenswear selection at Pier Abbigliamento

The selection available at Pier Abbigliamento is distinct from Herno’s full offering, with different assortments for men and women.

In the Herno menswear selection at Pier Abbigliamento, the focus remains on outerwear. The range includes a hybrid jacket and gilet in lightweight down and cotton jersey, alongside a cotton overcoat. Together, these pieces explore lightness through different volumes and functions.

The Herno womenswear selection at Pier Abbigliamento, meanwhile, extends beyond outerwear. Alongside parkas and jackets are knitwear, polo shirts and T-shirts, a midi dress, a technical sweatshirt and technical trousers.

Materials such as lyocell, cotton, nylon and stretch polyamide also appear across pieces designed for the inner layers of a look.

The Pier selection does not mirror the full City Layers Fall/Winter 2026 offering, but it reflects several themes that echo Herno’s approach to clothing: lightness, combinations of different materials and the possibility of building a look beyond a single piece of outerwear.

Where to buy Herno menswear and womenswear

Discover the selection of Herno outerwear and clothing for men and women available at Pier Abbigliamento.

Visit our online store or come to our boutique in Vailate to explore the brand’s outerwear, knitwear, trousers, materials and details up close and find the piece that best suits your style.

Our boutique is within easy reach of Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Caravaggio and Treviglio, and our team will be happy to help you choose the products that best suit your style.

With over 40 years of experience, Pier Abbigliamento is a dynamic and constantly evolving destination for those who value style, quality and authenticity in the way they dress.