Weekend Max Mara "Into the Forest" by Robert Rabensteiner

Saturday morning, you pull on a long red loden coat over straight-leg trousers and lace up your trekking boots. By afternoon you are photographing light through pine trees. By evening you are at the opera in a fluid silk dress and velvet friulane slippers, a printed silk scarf thrown over your shoulders. You did not change who you are. You just changed your shoes.

That woman, the one who lives fully in every version of her day, is exactly who Robert Rabensteiner designed "Into the Forest" for. The Former Fashion Editor-at-Large of L'Uomo Vogue and one of the most quietly influential figures in fashion today, Rabensteiner dedicated this Weekend Max Mara capsule to writer and photographer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, a woman who crossed continents in traditional clothes and strong colors without ever asking permission. The dedication shows in every piece.

She Wears the Forest, Then She Wears the Night

The capsule opens with its strongest statement: a long red loden coat, traditional in cut, electric in presence. Rabensteiner calls it his favorite piece and you will understand why the moment you put it on. It is the kind of coat that makes every outfit beneath it irrelevant. Pair it with the straight-leg trousers and a fisherman knit in the morning. Let it fall over a midi skirt and silk caraco at night. It works every time.

The fuchsia cape comes next, equally unapologetic. Then forest green, navy, powder blue and chestnut brown settle the palette into something earthier, before red, violet and curry yellow pull it back into life. Rabensteiner describes the cuts as traditional, and he means it, trapeze capes, bombers, shirt dresses, midi skirts, nothing here chases a trend. But the color does the work of making everything feel completely new.

"Into the Forest" Gives Every Woman a Wardrobe That Moves as Freely as She Does

This is where the capsule earns its place in your wardrobe. Hand-sewn double-faced wool coats that improve every time you wear them. Irish wool that softens with age. Robust cotton that holds its shape through a weekend of hiking and a Monday morning meeting. Technical trekking boots that look as good in the city as they do on a mountain trail. And then, when evening arrives, silk slip dresses, velvet friulane slippers and long cashmere gloves that make the transition from day to night feel less like a change of clothes and more like a change of pace.

The Pasticcino Bag carries everything you need. A fedora handles the weather. Printed silk scarves do the rest.

Weekend Max Mara has always understood something that most brands still struggle with: the most interesting woman in the room does not dress for a single occasion. She dresses for her entire life. Rabensteiner understood it too, much like Max Mara's Fall/Winter 2026 collection. "Into the Forest" gives her a wardrobe that moves as freely as she does, between mountain landscapes and opera houses, between Sunday mornings and Saturday nights, without ever asking her to choose.

"By day she dresses in a masculine style. By evening she puts on a beautiful fluid silk dress, listens to music and goes to the opera," said Rabensteiner. "That is how she lives her Weekend."

That is also, it turns out, exactly how we want to live ours.

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