Alpha Industries × Cecilie Bahnsen

JANUARY 23, 2026 → WORDS ADRIÁN GOMIS EXPÓSITO

Alpha Industries and Cecilie Bahnsen meet at a place of tension where protection becomes adornment. Their first collaboration takes the MA-1 and N-2B bomber jackets, garments designed for survival, movement, and utility, and gently pulls them into a new emotional register. Bahnsen’s language of romance doesn’t overwrite Alpha’s heritage; instead, it grows from it. Cropped proportions, layered constructions, and floral interventions emerge like something organic pushing through armor, creating silhouettes that feel simultaneously grounded and fragile, familiar yet altered.

The result is a quiet transformation. Laser-cut florals, embroidered patches, and dimensional textures introduce movement and tactility, while the jackets retain their functional core. The cropped black MA-1 seems to bloom outward, while the N-2B appears in tonal navy and army green, softened by pale pink accents and floral patchwork inspired by a 1941 gardening book discovered by Bahnsen with her son. Even the onion-quilted lining, one of Alpha’s most recognizable details, becomes a hidden canvas for ornamentation. In this collaboration, toughness is not abandoned, but reimagined. Utility becomes emotional, and the bomber jacket, once a symbol of defense, evolves into something intimate, expressive, and unexpectedly tender.

The Alpha Industries × Cecilie Bahnsen collection launches on January 23, 2026 at alphaindustries.eu, alphaindustries.com, alphaindustries.co.kr, ceciliebahnsen.com, Dover Street Market Paris and London, the Cecilie Bahnsen Boutique in Copenhagen, the Alpha Industries Store in Frankfurt a.M., and the Alpha Industries Store in New York City.