The style set’s new hue? Spring green — plus more trends to know now
- February 8, 2026
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Find out what’s heating up (and cooling down) in our weekly barometer of trends from fashion to pop culture. Spring greens Spring, is that you? The skies (still
Find out what’s heating up (and cooling down) in our weekly barometer of trends from fashion to pop culture.
Spring greens
Spring, is that you? The skies (still grey) suggest we’ve a way to go yet, but the shade of fresh, optimistic green making its way into our wardrobes this February tells an altogether more upbeat story.
Crop-sleeve jumper, £56, and jumper (around neck), £50, zara.com
From the catwalk (think Calvin Klein and Versace) to the commute, we’re spotting shoots of green everywhere. The spring/summer 2026 way to wear this grassy, perfect-cricket-green hue is layered over more green (add a scarf in the shade). Looking for a more subtle approach? Try a T-shirt under a black jacket. It’s a grower!
Going up
Febru-hairy
Another month of not shaving our legs (we’re not complaining)
Another month of not shaving our legs (we’re not complaining)
Status knives
Queuing outside foodie bladesmiths Blenheim Forge in Peckham has become a weekend flex
Queuing outside foodie bladesmiths Blenheim Forge in Peckham has become a weekend flex
Purple reign
The signature colour of Disney villains dominated the recent Men’s Paris Fashion Week
The signature colour of Disney villains dominated the recent Men’s Paris Fashion Week
Noughties playlists
Moby, Peaches and Jill Scott are all releasing new music
Moby, Peaches and Jill Scott are all releasing new music
Going down
Creative jumper styling
Around the shoulders, fine. Anything else, too far
Around the shoulders, fine. Anything else, too far
Moustaches
Jacob Elordi in Wuthering Heights and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Werwulf — the beard is back, and bushier than ever
Jacob Elordi in Wuthering Heights and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Werwulf — the beard is back, and bushier than ever
Karaoke
Screaming a film script down the mic is now a Gen Z thing — as spotted on TikTok (and in bars)
Screaming a film script down the mic is now a Gen Z thing — as spotted on TikTok (and in bars)
’Nduja
Mallorca’s sobrasada is 2026’s sausage to know
Mallorca’s sobrasada is 2026’s sausage to know
The new pizzas? Pinsas
Pinsas at Baladin, Bar Jackie x Tamila, and Porch House
Forget debating thin over stuffed crust. There is a new Italian flatbread on the block to confuse matters more: the pinsa. It’s smaller than a traditional pizza, hand-stretched and lighter thanks to the type of dough used; no wonder that pinsarias have quickly become the hot place to get a pie in New York. Over here it’s the latest addition to the Bar Jackie menu at the Broadwick in Soho (the high-camp hotel loved by Taylor Swift and Madonna), which has partnered with chic curry purveyors Tamila to serve pinsas layered with slow-cooked masala lamb and fresh coriander, ginger, mint and red chillies. Meanwhile, the Cotswolds watering hole Porch House has a pinsa on its pub snack menu, while Baladin, the Italian stall in Camden Market, has gone viral for its pinsa menu. We say: save us a slice.
Culture maths
What is Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights, hitting cinemas on Friday, made of?
Barbie + Kim K’s gothic dress + Mills & Boon paperback = Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights
• I’m a Brontë expert. Wuthering Heights has always been a sexy shocker
Let there be big lights
Lampshades? Please! This year it’s all about the chandelier bringing main character energy to our living rooms. But forget the slightly naff crystal iterations — instead the interiors set are clamouring for Jess Wheeler’s Clematis ironwork chandelier (£4,950, jesswheeler.com).
From left: Jess Wheeler’s Clematis chandelier; cartwheel chandeliers in an Oxfordshire barn, by Yellow London
Elsewhere, in an Oxfordshire barn project by the design studio Yellow London, cartwheels found in the space have been repurposed into bold, playful red chandeliers. And Dr Karen Doherty, east London’s favourite aesthetician, has the Ghost chandelier by the Paris-based designer LS Gomma as the centrepiece in her Shoreditch clinic, designed by the gallerist Max Radford. Who said having the “big light” on was uninviting?
• Kelly Hoppen: my room-by-room guide to home lighting
One more thing
SAM NICKLIN; EDIT: FLOSSIE SAUNDERS
Ready to move softly into spring? Celine’s colour-drenched, limited-edition silk scarves might be just the things to do it with. Featuring Celine’s famous Teen Triomphe motif, they will add interest to a classic blazer or bring new life to a handbag. How will you wear yours? Silk twill scarves, £440 each, celine.com
Additional words: Karen Dacre and Hannah Evans
