Spring Summer 2026 ‘Breathing Forms’ Collection
For Spring/Summer 2026, I wanted to explore emotion through form, how the body can become a vessel for memory, landscape, and symbolism.
I approached the body as sculpture. Draped silk taffeta wraps and moves with rhythm, responding to each step as if it were alive. Fashion, to me, has no limits; it exists where clothing becomes art. Movement is fluid, and fabric is never static. It breathes, falls, and carries emotion. Throughout the collection, bamboo gardens and cherry blossoms seem to grow from the body, all handcrafted with feathers and fine layers of brass, blurring the line between nature and couture. The collection features 16 looks adorned with over 37,000 hand-embroidered Swarovski crystals, with select pieces requiring up to 2,500 hours of meticulous embroidery.
I was inspired by windows and the shadows created within a frame. I used the female silhouette as a frame to hold imagined scenes, wisteria gardens, orchids, and skies shifting from sunset to midnight in soft ombré hues.
Hand painting became another key language. I treated the female body as a canvas, reinterpreting traditional Korean mountain landscapes (산수화) by Kim Hong do (김홍도) onto silk organza capes and overskirts.
Sheerness is celebrated throughout the collection. The naked body is not hidden but honored.
The finale is an ethereal white bridal vision. My bride is both innocent and powerful. Protected, yet luminous.
