The Garment SS26 : quiet power in the heat of summer

Setting the Scene : the royal stables in Copenhagen

There are runway shows that demand attention with deafening music and flashing lights, and then there are shows like The Garment SS26, which take a location and let it breathe.

The Royal Stables, dating back to 1740, are not the kind of space you casually book. They hold history, formality, and the kind of silence that makes your phone feel embarrassingly loud in your pocket. From founder Sophia Roe’s summer memories of Charlottenlund to the baroque grandeur of Christian IV’s palace, the setting itself became a central character in the story.

Inspiration : from garden breezes to ancient stone

The moodboard for this season is rooted in contrast. Imagine cotton sheets drying in a garden breeze set against the permanence of sun-worn stone walls.

Official moodboard of the collection

Vintage curtains and flea market textiles from a summer house in France stand next to the structured heritage of royal architecture. Roe’s love for old cottons, faded linens, and the sound of fabric moving in golden hour light finds its way into every look. This is not nostalgia for the sake of it; it is texture, weight, and the kind of sensory memory you wish could be bottled.

Moodboard of the collection

Silhouettes : minimal but considered

The shapes are simple but far from basic. Fluid harem pants glide with each step. Sculptural bustier and bandeau dresses create a quiet drama without a single sequin shouting for attention.

Mini blazers nod to riding jackets while linen men’s suits and summer tuxedos get a gentle rework, ties repurposed as scarves in an unbothered yet calculated styling choice. There is a gender fluidity here, not in an “announcement” kind of way but as if the wardrobe has been shared naturally over time.

Evening : layered, but barely there

When night falls in this collection, it is in sheer volumes built for warm summer nights you do not want to end. Peplum waists meet crochet bras, the knitwork clinging like a bikini still warm from the sun under a barely-there cotton shawl. It is the art of being dressed and undressed at the same time, a styling paradox that refuses to pick a side.

Fabrics and colours : Breathing with the body

Every textile is chosen to move with the wearer: cotton, linen, silk, and sheer fabrics that create air around the body instead of trapping it. The palette is a summer diary in colour form : butter yellow, cotton candy, trench, espresso, Danish strawberry, white as fresh laundry, black, and the beige of ancient stone walls. You can almost feel the heat radiating from them.

The Mood : dressing for heavy air and long days

This collection is about clothing that feels like fresh laundry on a slow summer afternoon. It is not trying to shock, provoke, or make a headline. It is simply about comfort, quiet freedom, and the art of existing beautifully when the air feels heavy and the days stretch endlessly. In a season when many designers are chasing louder, faster, bolder, The Garment offers a deep breath and a seat in the shade.

A Whisper that Stays

The Garment SS26 is a masterclass in subtlety and restraint. In a setting where every stone carries centuries of history, the silhouettes move with a studied ease and prove that a garment can be both simple and deeply considered. Inspirations from sun dried linens to timeworn stone walls translate into pieces that breathe, live and tell a story of a summer made of soft light and unhurried gestures.

The finale of the show

The looks play with the contrast between structure and fluidity, transparency and coverage, masculine and feminine, like a quiet conversation between heritage and modernity. This is not a show that shouts but a whisper that lingers long after the final model has left the stables.