Flower Mountain’s new collection turns the retro trainer trend up to eleven

Flower Mountain has unveiled its Spring/Summer 2026 collection, and the footwear immediately stands out for looking familiar yet refreshingly detailed.

At first glance, the silhouettes sit in the same retro-runner space as classic lifestyle trainers, but a closer look reveals a far richer mix of textures, colours and outdoor-inspired construction.

The collection marks the brand’s 10-year milestone and is positioned as a confident evolution of its design language, bringing together outdoor functionality, Japanese sensibility and Italian technical expertise.

The hero of the collection is the Yamano 3, Flower Mountain’s flagship sneaker, reworked for SS26 with vintage-washed canvas, denim, floral jacquards and embroidered detailing that push it firmly into lifestyle territory while keeping its trail-inspired DNA.

Alongside it, the Yamabushi introduces rope-wrapped uppers and a more rugged aesthetic, while the Wave line softens things with curved soles and layered constructions designed to evoke fluid movement.

For a more technical angle, the Iwano and Iwano 2 models bring hiking-ready credentials with suede, nylon and ripstop uppers paired to soles engineered for grip, stability and impact absorption, reinforcing the brand’s outdoor roots beneath the fashion-forward styling.

Who is Flower Mountain?

Founded in 2015 by Keisuke Ota and Yang Chao, Flower Mountain is a footwear label built around a shared passion for nature, camping and mountain exploration.

The brand blends Japanese design influences, visible in its colour palettes and fabrics, with Italian manufacturing know-how, aiming to create shoes that sit somewhere between outdoor performance and lifestyle fashion.

Materials play a major role across SS26, with embroidered denim, raffia textures, technical mesh, and geometric detailing giving the sneakers a handcrafted feel and helping them stand out in an increasingly crowded retro-trainer market led by brands such as New Balance and ASICS.

The result is a collection that feels like a statement on how outdoor footwear continues to influence everyday style; only here, the emphasis is on craft, colour and personality rather than minimalism.

The Spring/Summer 26 collection spans over 100 products and is available now at Flower Mountain, with prices from £70 / $83 / €83 (~AU$138).