The four-year collaboration adds a leather Derby on a trail sole and a padded boot, as Salomon expects its Sportstyle sales to reach roughly 30 times their 2021 level this year.
Salomon and MM6 Maison Margiela release the first half of their Fall/Winter 2026 footwear collection on Oct. 22, nine months after Heikki Salonen, who ran the partnership at MM6, became Salomon’s creative director. The collection continues a partnership that began in 2022 and centers on Sportstyle footwear. Sportstyle now accounts for around 40 percent of Salomon’s sales, making it the brand’s largest category.
A dress shoe on a trail sole, then a padded boot
Three new colorways of the XT-MM6 arrive on Oct. 22 alongside the new MM6 Crossderby, a glossy black leather Derby with a trail sole and Salomon’s drawstring closure. The XT-15 backpack returns with a white rain cover.
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The MM6 XT-Boot follows on Nov. 17. A reworking of an earlier design, it wraps a soft inner shoe in an outer shell that the brands liken to a puffer jacket’s hood. It can be worn loose at the calf or cinched tight. Two new colorways of the ACS Pro 3 arrive alongside it.
Salomon’s German website lists the XT-MM6 at €390 and the Crossderby MM6 Maison Margiela at €440.
The designer on both sides of the table
Salonen joined Salomon in January as its first creative director, with Laura Herbst as studio director. Both came from MM6, where Salonen spent 12 years as creative director and ran the Salomon partnership. His remit covers product design and brand creative direction together. Sporting goods brands usually split the two, Salomon Chief Executive Guillaume Meyzenq told investors in Annecy in September.
In an interview with fashion and culture publication Highsnobietypublished June 11, Salonen described watching Salomon become a “fashionable” brand from his seat at Margiela. “That really triggered me, because Salomon should never become a fashion brand,” he said. He wants to “slow this down,” making performance products that fashion audiences adopt rather than products designed mainly to look good.
He also contrasted pricing: a technical shoe developed over about two years still costs around $190. “That would never happen in fashion,” he said.
What the numbers say so far, and what’s next
Salomon’s sales mix has moved toward the city. At Amer Sports’ investor day on Sept. 17, executives broke the business down this way:
● Sportstyle footwear: around 40 percent of sales, against 30 percent for performance footwear. Winter sports equipment and apparel with bags make up about 15 percent each.
● Sportstyle growth: sales up roughly 30 times between 2021 and 2026, according to Vice President Product & Experience Kristof Cavazzana. Eight in 10 Sportstyle buyers are new to Salomon.
● Revenue: forecast to exceed $2.5 billion (€2.2bn) at the end of 2026, Meyzenq said, after compound annual growth of 23 percent over five years.
That same day, Amer Sports Chief Executive James Zheng said the $3 billion (€2.6bn) target set in 2024 for 2028 will most likely be reached earlier.
Amer Sports reports third-quarter results before the market opens on Nov. 17, the day the XT-Boot goes on sale. SGIE will cover it in its financial results hub.
