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Resort / Cruise 2027 shows · Lookbook Womenswear

Aknvas

22 looks, shown 1 May 2026 in Various. Known this season for mary janes, costume / theatrical, victorian.

22Looks
5.2%Of the week's looks
11th / 13Largest show
BlackLead colour

The collection, look by look

RS27

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Look 1Look 22
BlackChocolate brownIvoryBeigeTanCharcoalNavyOlive
Look 11

Look 1 of 22

Gold-and-ice-blue brocade mini dress with ruffled peplum and sweeping train

A brocade cocktail dress that splits in two: a short ruffled front and a cascading tied train behind. It turns couture grandeur into something leggy and irreverent, with sheer black tights grounding the opulence.

Beige 53%Ivory 40%Tan 7%
Shape
asymmetric · peplum · sculptural · tiered
Pieces
dress
Fabric
jacquard · metallic · crumpled · jacquard
Details
bows · cape back · cut-away · cut-outs
Styling
pumps · clashing
Mood
dramatic · glamorous · subversive

What set Aknvas apart

Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.

Mary janes footwearCostume / theatrical referenceVictorian eraSheer tights legwearPeplum detailDark mood

The palette

Share of garment area across 22 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Hourglass / cinched waist36%
  • Tiered / layered volume36%
  • Sculptural / architectural32%
  • Peplum32%
  • Column27%

Share of the 22 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 22 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Gown36%
  • Dress18%
  • Top (unspecified)14%
  • Knit sweater9%
  • Shorts9%

Traditions in the collection

Cultural influences →

1 of Aknvas's 79 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs.

  • Papakha / cossack fur hat · European (unspecified) · European folk & regional dressLook 8

    Base unknown

    “Tall cylindrical flat-topped fur hat worn high on the head, like a papakha. Could be Caucasian, Cossack or Russian; the extended sides and chin strap are reworked.”

The character of the clothes

Aknvas's clothes were more textured, more formal and more experimental than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighter
  • MutedVivid
  • CoolerWarmer
  • SmoothTextured & printedmore textured than 85% of collections
  • CasualFormalmore formal than 93% of collections
  • ClassicDaring
  • ExperimentalWearablemore experimental than 85% of collections

Aknvas against every other house measured so far

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Aknvas, in context

Every house is measured against every other, across every fashion week. The fortnightly digest sends you what moved, and who moved it.