Leon Dame Makes Bottega Veneta’s Oversized Fall Feel Effortless
Supermodel Leon Dame takes on Bottega Veneta’s Fall 2026 campaign — and Louise Trotter is playing with scale.
Shot in Venice by British photographer Chris Rhodes, the campaign pushes oversized shearling, elongated tailoring and supersized Intrecciato against everyday surroundings. Leon moves from terrazzo-floored interiors to the city streets, bringing that unmistakable physicality of his to clothes already designed to take up space.
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Bottega Veneta Fall 2026
Leon Dame fronts Louise Trotter’s oversized menswear story in Venice, photographed by Chris Rhodes.
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Louise Trotter Plays With Scale, Shearling and Intrecciato
Bottega describes the Fall 2026 campaign as an intimate look at Venice, balancing the private with the metropolitan and the analogue with the digital. Vintage wallpaper and terrazzo floors bring the collection’s craft into focus indoors; outside, those same hulking silhouettes move through a very real city rather than a polished fantasy set.
On Leon, that contrast works especially well. A tailored coat and wide trousers can look almost severe one minute, then an enormous shearling collar and blown-up woven leather bag turn the next frame wonderfully peculiar. The proportions are loud. Leon never needs to be.
The campaign is part of Louise Trotter’s first Fall/Winter collection for Bottega Veneta, extending the house’s dialogue with Venice and the Veneto region while keeping its signature craft — especially Intrecciato leather — firmly in view.
Leon Dame for Bottega Veneta Fall 2026
Sources: Bottega Veneta; The Fashionisto. Photographer: Chris Rhodes. Creative direction: Louise Trotter. Director: Stephen Kidd. Casting: Anita Bitton. Hair and makeup: Sigrid Kumpfmüller.
