Bonnetje SS26: Breakable: Fragility as a New Strength

For their Spring/Summer 2026 show, the Danish duo behind Bonnetje didn’t shy away from vulnerability. In fact, they turned it into the thesis of the season. Breakable is about human fragility, the kind that exposes you, but also the kind that might just make you more adaptable. In a world that seems to change faster than it can be understood, they suggest that those most sensitive to its shifts may also be the ones most ready to bend, to adjust, to survive.

The Paradox of Glass

The designers found their metaphor in glass: protective, yet ready to shatter, concealing, yet capable of revealing everything. Glass is an interface between what’s inside and what’s outside, much like clothing.

Bonnetje’s garments for SS26 act as that interface: a filter between the wearer and their environment, a decision-making surface for what to protect, what to display, and what to let go. In their words, it’s about “how we protect ourselves, but also what we want to stand up for.”

As one guest whispered, watching a sheer skirt float past: “It’s armour, but polite.”

Wrapped Like Something Precious

Some looks treated the models like fragile goods in transit, layers and folds arranged as though each step might be their first outside the box. The language of lingerie was everywhere: plissé textures, fringed linings, unfinished edges that looked one second away from unravelling but held together with deliberate precision.

The result was clothing that whispered rather than shouted, suggesting both vulnerability and care.

The Play of Shielding and Showing

Bonnetje loves a sartorial paradox. In Breakable, that meant two skirts layered together, one opaque, one transparent, giving the wearer the option to shield or to reveal.

The transparency wasn’t just literal. Some garments exposed seams, linings, or inner structure, making the construction part of the conversation. Others kept their inner workings hidden, offering nothing more than a smooth, uninterrupted exterior.

A Method in the Breaking

The collection also reflects Bonnetje’s own process: tearing apart used clothes, breaking them down into components, and then tying them together again in new forms. It’s a practice of controlled destruction, an embrace of imperfection as part of the creative cycle.

In Breakable, that method became a metaphor for life’s interruptions, for losing footing, regaining balance, and the strange agility that fragility can bring.

The Mood: Soft Edges, Clear Intent

The runway atmosphere was contemplative but not mournful. Fabrics moved softly, light catching in pleats and sheers like reflections on glass.

Models walked at an unhurried pace, as if to prove that fragility is not weakness, but a different kind of strength, one that takes its time.

Halfway through, someone at the end of the row sighed, “It’s like watching a window decide whether to stay intact.” And honestly, that’s as accurate a review as any.

Final Impression

Breakable is not just about fragility, it’s about what happens next. About breaking, yes, but also reassembling with intent. Bonnetje has turned vulnerability into a design principle: soft, thoughtful, and unafraid to let the seams show.

It’s glass that might shatter, but it’s also glass that catches the light in the most unexpected ways.