Bimba y Lola and Palomo look to SS26 and Moda UVigo to test how far a garment can be pushed, transforming tuxedos, paraffin blouses and bombers into an upcycled capsule that treats existing pieces as raw material for the future.
The collaboration between Bimba y Lola and Palomo Spain, developed with students from the University of Vigo, unfolds as a study in transformation, inviting materials to evolve through new gestures and techniques. Across the Faculty of Design and the Fine Arts School on the Pontevedra campus, a shared language emerged through screen printing, 3D embroidery and fabric waxing, shaping a capsule grounded in experimentation and second lives.
Among the most distinctive pieces is a paraffin blouse that balances opacity and lightness, seeming to hover between structure and air. A leather coat reinforced with quilted padding grows from the reconstruction of an earlier dress, showing how form can be reimagined through reuse. A tuxedo jacket is carefully taken apart to reveal linings and seams usually hidden from sight, while a bomber jacket becomes a sculptural silhouette expanded with synthetic fur and feathers. A braided leather shawl adorned with resin and metal charms echoes the familiar vocabulary of the Bimba y Lola universe, turning recognisable elements into something newly hypnotic.
This capsule marks the culmination of a creative journey that began in 2023, a collaboration that has taken three collections to New York Fashion Week and amplified the international resonance of Palomo’s irreverent couture. Soon to be presented at the new Palomo Spain studio in Madrid, the project reflects the possibilities that emerge when education, craftsmanship and innovation converge around the same material, suggesting new ways to imagine how garments are made and remade.
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