
Since Kate Barton’s runway debut for Spring 2025, the emerging designer has established distinct brand codes, defined by a futuristic, surrealist aesthetic, liquid-like fabric treatments and sculptural, molded silhouettes.
For Spring 2026 — Barton’s return to NYFW after sitting out last season — the designer didn’t rest on those signatures. Instead, she pushed herself on all creative fronts, including shape, fabric and style.
“This season, I really wanted to focus on new materiality and expanding categories,” she told Fashionista several days ahead of her show. She played with new colors, used full-scale prints for the first time and explored retro athletic references.
In a video interview below, she discusses standout pieces from the collection, design techniques she loves and how she envisions the Kate Barton woman.
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See the Kate Barton Spring 2026 collection below.
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
Kate Barton Spring 2026. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
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