On Friday, July 3rd, 2026, Mario Keine presented his brilliant Spring/Summer 2027 collection, Relics & Remnants, as part of Berlin Fashion Week. For the first time, I missed the show in person, what a pity, because I absolutely love this brand and everything Mario creates. Once again, he has proven himself to be one of the absolute standout names, breaking entirely away from the generic image usually associated with Berlin fashion.
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Titled Relics & Remnants, the collection continues the narrative journey that began with The Owl for AW26/27, this time unfolding through the eyes of a solitary wanderer. Channelling the timeless energy of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, this figure drifts through centuries of human history, existing completely beyond chronology where past, present, and future converge. In our current era of endless acceleration and information overload, MARKE proposes a much-needed slower gaze, using the echoes of the past to dissect and understand our present social behaviours.
This deep philosophy beautifully translates into a wardrobe constructed as an active dialogue between eras. References spanning from the Renaissance to contemporary sportswear collide to form a romantic, modern fantasy. Slashed constructions nodding to Renaissance dress mix with intimate, soft Baroque undergarments. Voluminous culottes inspired by the Rhingrafen silhouette coexist with the stiff formality of Victorian white-tie, eclectic dandyism, and the familiar ease of casual bomber jackets and jogging pants. Historical codes dissolve seamlessly into one another; these silhouettes aren’t nostalgic or futuristic, but beautifully vaporised in a state where memory, identity, and fantasy reshape each other.
The choice of venue was just as genius, staged inside the monumental halls of the ICC Berlin, offering one of the last opportunities to experience the iconic building before public access concludes. Much like Keine’s wanderer, the ICC has lived many lives, from a congress centre and film location to a refugee shelter and cultural venue. At the centre of the runway space, Frank Oehring’s legendary light sculpture pulsed with red and blue light like a network of nerve cords, transforming the rigid architecture into a living, breathing organism that mirrors the collection’s core message: history is not a fixed narrative, but a living archive endlessly renewed by the bodies that carry it forward.
Even though I couldn’t be there to witness the magic live, the atmosphere was perfectly captured from the inside. Backstage photographer Shin Jeong Hoon was on the ground, documenting every raw texture, the intricate historical detailing, and the electric pre-show energy. His stunning photos bring the brilliant world of MARKE straight to us, proving exactly why this remains one of my ultimate favourite labels.
