The UNIQLO and JW Anderson Autumn/Winter capsule is a manifesto in cloth, reminding us that the landmarks of style often live in the pieces you wear every day, or better called, LifeWear.

There&rsquo;s something quietly radical about Jonathan Anderson. A designer who has always straddled the unexpected, gently colliding the conceptual and the commercial, he does not bend to trends, rather, he coaxes them into shape. Now 2025 finds him in a particularly compelling moment: fresh off his debut for both menswear and womenswear collections for Dior, he is also doubling down on a collaboration that has become one of the industry&rsquo;s best-kept performance pieces: UNIQLO and JW Anderson.

Who is Jonathan Anderson?

Jonathan Anderson&rsquo;s story begins modestly. Born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland, he studied at London College of Fashion and made his mark with menswear label in 2008, eventually expanding into womenswear. Over the years he has become known for his deft handling of dualities: masculine and feminine, playful and precise, the artisanal and the accessible. The JW Anderson label has long been a proving ground for these tensions. Nevertheless, it is his ongoing partnership with UNIQLO, first launched in 2017, that has become a quietly influential experiment in high-low alignment.

At first glance, a partnership between a global fast-retailer and boundary-pushing designer might look like an easy fit, but Anderson has treated it as a laboratory: how to distil his touch, his &ldquo;Andersonisms&rdquo; into pieces that feel every day. Over successive seasons, he is introduced cropped silhouettes, asymmetric cuts, playful patchwork, and subtle deconstruction, all while staying true to UNIQLO&rsquo;s ethos of function, wearability, and scale. The collection does not just offer a &ldquo;designer capsule&rdquo; in each drop, it modifies the baseline wardrobe.

UNIQLO and JW Anderson Autumn/Winter 2025 Collection

Which brings us to Autumn/Winter 2025, the newest iteration of their long-running experiment. Dropping October 17 in select stores and online, this season leans hard into a kind of British winter lore, but rewired for wearers who demand more than nostalgia. Anderson revisits field wear staples and Oxford shirting, but under his lens they emerge as something slightly strange, yet immediately wearable. Think a cropped, padded field jacket (with UNIQLO&rsquo;s PUFFTECH filling) that references hunting jackets, a Barbour echo at a fraction of the cost. He layers in lambswool polos, Fair Isle crew-neck jumpers, and a poncho that doubles as a blanket.

(Image credit: UNIQLO)

Denim, a long shared obsession, remains central. For Autumn/Winter 2025, Anderson zeroes in on a 100% cotton straight-leg jean in mid-rise fits, offered in classic washes and a deep green variation. To keep the everyday angle alive, he reimagines the cult boxy Oxford shirt, executing it in a hefty cotton-rayon blend in stripes and blocks. Finishing touches include corduroy caps, canvas totes, and HEATTECH socks in preppy stripes and melange textures.

What this collection does, perhaps more than any past season, is underscore Anderson&rsquo;s gift for making a designer drop feel inevitable. The colours are familiar, navy, olive, camel but jolted by unexpected bursts of crimson, mustard, teal and butter yellow. The silhouettes are comfortable but never boring, and every accessory feels like it could be a trusted daily companion. Critics are already calling it one of their most wearable yet.

In this sartorial universe of L&rsquo;Officiel, Anderson is that exact point of tension: someone equally at home sketching runway statements and refining wardrobe staples. With his new role at Dior and this continuous UNIQLO partnership he is threading two worlds at once: the haute couture and the humble, and in the process reimagining how design can scale without losing personality. The Autumn/Winter capsule is more than a seasonal collection: it&rsquo;s a manifesto in cloth, reminding us that the landmarks of style often live in the pieces you wear every day, or better called, LifeWear.

UNIQLO x JW Anderson Autumn/Winter 2025 lands in select stores and online at <a href="https://www.uniqlo.com/my/en/women/special-collaboration/uniqlo-and-jw-anderson?path=%2C%2C107049" target="_blank" rel="noopener">uniqlo.com </a>starting October 17, 2025.

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