Flowers on technical outerwear, but make it 3D. The fourth The North Face x Cecilie Bahnsen collab is here, it’s a little overgrown, and it’s very good.
Floral prints are fashion’s most reliable move, so I’ll admit I expected the usual. A pretty pattern on a jacket, a nice campaign, done. Then I saw The North Face x Cecilie Bahnsen, and I was wrong. There’s no floral print this time. The flowers have come off the fabric and into 3D, and they’re growing over jackets, shoes and bags like nature is slowly reclaiming the gear.
Chapter four, still in bloom
This is the fourth time The North Face x Cecilie Bahnsen has teamed up, and the romance isn’t going anywhere. It was first shown last March at Bahnsen’s Fall/Winter 2026 show, “Practice,” during Paris Fashion Week, and it landed in stores on 5 November.
The idea is the same one that made the earlier chapters work: softness and strength can share a hanger. The North Face brings the archive silhouettes everyone recognises. Bahnsen makes them soft and pretty again, with small flowers covering the puffers like they’ve always belonged there.
Real athletes, real talk
The campaign is my favourite part of The North Face x Cecilie Bahnsen this season. It was shot by Pia Riverola in the industrial landscape of Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, and the athletes aren’t just background. Iris Pham and Molly Thompson-Smith stand alongside the models in a collective portrait about sisterhood, movement and freedom.
Concrete, steel and delicate lace embroidery shouldn’t work together, but they do. The contrast is the whole point.
What’s in the collection
Don’t expect a rainbow. The palette is midnight blue and black, and The North Face likes to stay quiet and hidden. The drama comes from texture and shape instead. Cecilie Bahnsen put it best: “Bags are adorned with cascading floral appliqués, while delicate lace embroidery blooms across the surfaces of technical down jackets.” That’s exactly what you see, and it’s a lot more punk than it sounds.
The seven-piece drop includes:
- Lucia Nuptse Short and Sofia Insulated Crew Neck Top in TNF Black
- Meghan Small Crevasse Cinch Bag, Amalia Waist Pack and Symone Dotknit Top in Midnight Sky
- Martina Verto Alpine Mid in Midnight Sky/TNF Black
- Angela ThermoBall Mule in TNF Black
The Mule is the one I keep going back to. A ThermoBall slipper, but make it fashion.
The new Nuptse
The biggest addition to The North Face x Cecilie Bahnsen is the Nuptse Short Jacket. It’s a cropped Nuptse, which is already a fun sentence, covered in floral motifs made with Superpose Embroidery. It’s the first time the Nuptse has been given Bahnsen’s romantic treatment, and it’s a new way of seeing one of The North Face’s most recognisable jackets.
David Whetstone, Director of Collaborations and Energy at The North Face, says the process pushed the boundaries of technical apparel with three-dimensionality and warmth. Translation: it’s pretty, but it will still keep you warm.
Where and when
The rest of The North Face x Cecilie Bahnsen collection is available now at ceciliebahnsen.com, thenorthface.com, select The North Face stores and select retailers. The Nuptse Short Jacket launches globally on 4 December, and pre-sale has been open on ceciliebahnsen.com since 5 November.
So yes, it’s the season of puffers. But this time, they’re in full bloom.
