Kim Shui Spring Summer 2026

September 17, 2025

On September 13th, Kim Shui debuted her Spring/Summer 2026 collection at One World Observatory: an assemblage of 40 looks. Shui became fixated on Artemisia Gentileschi's 17th century canvas, Allegory of Inclination - its eventual censorship and only recent re-reveal. She's focused this collection on a development of this narrative: the inconsistent nature the world's choice between showing and hiding certain things - and how this affects the indvidual.

Constant movement of the garments reflects her restless desire to re-organize, re-work, and re-consider the tailoring traditions, craft, and texture she grew up surrounded by as a child in Rome. Timeless technique brought into the contemporary delivers us pale seafoam greens, powder blues, creamy yellows, toasted browns, and metallic punctuations - warmth is further generated by sheer fabric layered over opaque, tassles, and structured pieces broken apart by cut outs and slits. Loose draping is cinched by bustier tops, as an expression of control, gentle dominance, and autonomy. The garments are made to simultaneously hug and billow off the body, to be as organic as the wearer.

Shui says that this season's KS woman "is not just a muse, but the author of her own unveiling."

Text by Alice Mercy
Runway photos courtesy of Moment Dept
Backstage photos courtesy of Edwin Ortiz Jr.

Styling: Christine Nicholson
Makeup: Romero Jennings for MAC Cosmetics
Hair: Jaylin Seng for Cutler/Redken
Nails: Sojinails for Kijbae
Music: Crush Sahara
Shoes: Casting: Ella Cepeda
Production: 3V Productions
Press: Gia Kuan Consulting
Footwear Sponsor: Blacksuede Studios
Footwear: Woods by Jordyn
Hoisery: Sheerly Touch-Ya
Hats: Binata Milinery
Sponsors: Dirty Labs, Notion, Bloom, Kijbae, Cutler, and MAC Cosmetics

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