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SS26 SEASON 9

The Fruit Collection

A limited capsule — twelve pieces, ripened in island light.

The story

Cut from the orchard

SS26 began in a small grove outside Bridgetown — soursop, mango, ackee, the pink underside of a guava split open in the heat. We photographed the colours before we drew a single line, then matched them through swatch after swatch until the silks caught the same light.

The capsule is twelve pieces only. Each is cut in our atelier and finished by hand: bias-cut slips the colour of sunrise papaya, a kaftan in passionfruit chiffon, a bralette stitched in seed-bead detail. Nothing is restocked.

For the slow weeks of the season — the ones spent barefoot, with fruit on the table and the curtains drawn against the afternoon.

Materials

Silk, cotton, linen

Naturally dyed in small lots; each batch varies by a half-shade.

Atelier

Bridgetown, Barbados

Pattern, cut and finish — all under one roof, by a team of seven.

Run

Twelve pieces

Made once. When a size sells through, it stays sold through.