POET-LAB: SS26 - Where Fabric Refuses Obedience

SøEdited Team
SøEditor-in-Chief: Chris Saint Sims 
​SøFashion Director: Savannah Barthorpe​​​

​Poet-Lab’s Resistant When Opposites Break unfolds as a study in tension, a manifesto sewn into cloth. Strength collides with fragility, silence turns to movement, and the act of dressing becomes a kind of rebellion. Each piece reads like a fragment of thought, unfinished yet deliberate, where the imperfections speak louder than precision ever could.
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The silhouettes move between control and release. Sharp shoulders melt into translucent silks; tailored lines collapse into fluid drapes. Fabrics contradict themselves, silk against cotton wool, taffeta beside raw linen, creating friction, conversation, and rhythm. What remains is the trace of gesture: the honesty of a hand left visible.

There’s a subtle echo of the late-70s dance floor and the 80s’ power silhouette — moments when clothing became armour and expression at once. But here, nostalgia is stripped away. The references are restless, re-spoken in a language of resistance and renewal.

The collection slips between seasons, refusing categorisation. Minimalism becomes a form of discipline; maximalism, a shield. Across thirty looks, fifteen transformative statements emerge, part protection, part revelation.

Resistant When Opposites Break isn’t about decoration or display. It’s about the moment something rigid finally gives way, and the strength that spills out through the split.

Photography & Direction: Marcus Hartelt
www.marcushartelt.com

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