At Berlin Fashion Week SS26, Palmwine Icecream unveiled a collection that felt like both a celebration and a shift—a shimmering love letter to feminine energy, cultural memory, and the tactility of true craft. Designed by Kusi Kubi, the Spring Summer 2026 lineup marks a striking evolution for the Ghana-meets-London label, with a silhouette that leans into the body, yet never loses its soul.

This season, the garments whispered—sometimes shouted—confidence and sensuality, embracing fitted forms, abbreviated hemlines, and bare skin as tools of storytelling. This was not a departure from the brand’s ethos, but rather a blossoming of it: a more intimate dialogue with womenswear, filtered through the lens of real women from Accra to London who inform Kubi’s world.

The runway itself felt alive with heat and texture. Deadstock cotton, sheer organza, upcycled mesh, and most strikingly, repurposed leather—dyed with tree bark and dried under the Ghanaian sun—created pieces that held both memory and material honesty. Every garment felt like it carried a fingerprint, a moment, a layer of meaning.

One of the evening’s showstoppers was a chain mail mini-dress, heavy with embellishment yet fluid in motion—an object of protection and provocation. A ballerina corset, pieced together with handwoven cotton, mesh, and leather, brought together the language of dance, restraint, and softness in one poetic form. Even the menswear, minimal yet sculptural, left a mark—especially the green leather trousers, dyed naturally, that seemed to shimmer with quiet intention.

But it wasn’t just the clothes telling the story. Accessories stepped into the spotlight with quiet authority—wooden bangles, symbolic earrings, and hand-painted leather bags acted like heirlooms passed down from imagined ancestors. Each one a symbol, each one crafted to be worn not just as adornment, but as expression.

Throughout the collection, the message was clear: craft is not trend, it’s identity. And Palmwine Icecream, while rooted in sustainability and slow fashion, is not afraid to be sensual, daring, even theatrical. There’s a natural rhythm between the organic textures and the urban silhouettes—a duality that echoes the brand’s spiritual geography.

As the final model exited, you could feel it: this was a quiet revolution in motion. A new chapter in the Palmwine Icecream narrative—fiercely feminine, deeply grounded, and joyfully uncontained.