Have you ever thought about what fashion sounds like? How might sound be worn? This is an interesting and not previously-seen perspective reshaping 2026 fashion approach. The new collection by Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY is about to spark Abbey Road.
Music isn’t the muse. It’s the medium. That’s the message behind Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection, “Prepared Piano” — a live, unscripted fashion happening staged inside the hallowed halls of Abbey Road Studios.
Instead of the classic runway? A performative collision of art, sounds, and fashion. A moment where models, musicians and creatives have been gathering for ages to create magic. A fashion happening in one of the most iconic places creates a sort of “time capsule” by looking forward and honoring the unprecedented past.
“In 2025, fashion for fashion’s sake feels vulgar” says Charles Jeffrey, who confidently traded regular runway shows to the most iconic emergence between fashion and music. Abbey Road became not only a location to showcase fashion, but a muse for fashion’s being. In LOVERBOY’s SS26 we can notice subtle notes of sonic energy. We’re talking: trumpet-flared sleeves for Gen Z rockstars, super sized lab coats for obsessive engineers, and distorted tailoring that echoes like ghost tracks from the past.
A collection’s name – Prepared Piano – is a nod to John Cage’s subversive 1940s technique of modifying pianos with bolts, rubber and cutlery to create unpredictable new sounds. Charles Jeffrey applied the same philosophy to fashion: Formalwear is tampered with, lovingly warped away from its origins, he says. “Like a prepared piano, nothing quite sounds — or looks — the way tradition intended.”
This happening turns the Abbey Road into a living, breathing art installation. The space pulsed with creative anarchy as a cast of collaborators — from Marni’s Francesco Risso and stylists Genesis Webb and Marc Forne to musicians like Planningtorock, Taahlia, Allie X, and viral commentator Lyas — turned the legendary studio into a sonic playground. Echoing the experimental spirit of 1960s art movements like Fluxus, each guest contributed their own offbeat performance: recording footsteps, exhaling into microphones, or screaming into the void. The result wasn’t just a fashion presentation, but a multidisciplinary ritual of sound and style. All of it was captured and remixed into an EP and a sample plugin — offered freely to producers worldwide — allowing LOVERBOY’s unruly spirit to echo far beyond the walls of Abbey Road.
As Charles Jeffrey phrases it himself: “Abbey Road Studios is not just a music icon; it’s a cultural hub, a laboratory of dreams. LOVERBOY has always aligned itself with institutions that celebrate culture, from the British Library to the V&A. Partnering with Abbey Road, a place that fosters innovation and creativity, felt like the perfect fit as I explored new dimensions in music and fashion. Our project ‘Prepared Piano’ embodies that spirit of experimentation, blending the sound of our creative process with the iconic legacy of Abbey Road, offering a 360-degree experience of what LOVERBOY is all about.”
From a small bedroom studio in East London to LOVERBOY huge international success making it an international power house with over 90 stores across the world. This simply cannot be missed.
by Mary Pogwizd / @marypogwizd
