The Vibe :
⊹ Françoise Grossen’s rope works inspire braided details, loose threads and tactile eveningwear.
⊹ Safari jackets, striped shirtdresses and hourglass tailoring answer clients asking for a seven-day wardrobe.
⊹ Silk scarves carry color and print across the collection, including the designer’s own painted portraits.
Roksanda Spring 2027 has plans beyond the evening invitation. Responding to clients who want to wear the label all week, Roksanda Ilinčić expanded her daywear with a beige safari jacket sporting black patch pockets, a striped shirtdress with short, projecting sleeves and a black pantsuit shaped by an hourglass jacket. A silk scarf knotted over the shoulder gave the suit a shot of color and pattern. Even the practical pieces had something to dress up for.
The collection’s tactile details came from textile artist Françoise Grossen’s monumental knotted and braided rope works. A tight braid ran down the back of a brown bias-cut silk gown, while looser braids of velvety Neoprene framed the bustiers of glossy dresses with pronounced volume at the hips. Eyelash fringe animated a little black dress. Loose threads spilled over pillow-like bags and the flared inserts of evening gowns, occasionally catching in the breeze at the National Theatre’s Natural Dye and Wellbeing Garden.
Ilinčić also supplied some of the artwork herself. Returning to painting over the summer, she turned portraits of women into prints for large silk scarves, designed to double as dresses or tunics. That gives the scarf more to do than finish an outfit: it can become the outfit, or change one already in rotation. Between those adaptable pieces, the shoulder-knotted scarf and the more elaborate braided gowns, the collection offered several ways to wear its art references across a week.
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Founded in London in 2005 by Serbian-born Roksanda Ilinčić, Roksanda is known for saturated color, architectural silhouettes, fluid draping, and bold proportions. Art, modern femininity, and expressive tailoring shape the label’s distinctive identity.
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