excerpt: Blumarine Spring/Summer 2026 - Milan Fashion Week

"David Koma's 5th show for Blumarine, as the Italian brand's new creative director, reworking the styled arrays of Blumarine's 'Resort' aesthetics, into a more gothic inclaination, mixed obviously with his trademark sex appeal, and for his latest collection, Koma was inspired by the mythos of Dracula, and Vampires.  More, so the seductive attributes of Vampiric charm, which is always sexual in its nature.  So, one should not be shocked that Koma has also reworked the traditional Spring Summer outing into a more decadent affair, akin to a sipping on a Parisian Blonde cocktail, while sharing Black Forest Cake with your lover, within a plush, dimly lit, sublevel, basement style 1980s esque bar.

With that in mind, the Spring Summer 2026 collection is no subtle affair, in fact at 43 pieces, it feels relentless, yet powerfully tuned to the sybaritic.  This is passionate sex, and Koma, as noted with his own signature label, doesn't hold back from directing amorous intensity at his audience..."

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(A.Glass 2025)

Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/09/blumarine-springsummer-2026-milan.html