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Berlin Fashion Week SS27 · Runway show Co-ed

Orange Culture

24 looks, shown 2 July 2026 in Berlin. Known this season for purple / violet, cobalt / royal blue, strappy heeled sandals.

24Looks
2.4%Of the week's looks
23rd / 41Largest show
CobaltLead colour

The collection, look by look

SS27

Every look in runway order as a column of the colours measured from its garments. Hover or use the arrow keys to read each one; play to walk the show.

Look 1Look 24
Cobalt blueRedPurpleLilacPinkSageNavyButter yellow
Look 11

Look 1 of 24

Sunset-print red shirt over glossy red jacquard wrapped trousers

A scenic sunset print with silhouetted figures sits over a liquid red jacquard layer knotted at the hips like a dropped jacket, turning tonal red into a study of shine and drape.

Red 64%Hot pink 16%Purple 11%Burgundy 9%
Shape
asymmetric · draped · oversized · relaxed
Pieces
jacket · shirt · wide-leg trousers
Fabric
jacquard · silk · crumpled · jacquard
Details
draping · knots · toile
Styling
derbies · layered · tonal head to toe
Mood
edgy · glamorous · powerful

What set Orange Culture apart

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

Purple / violet colourCobalt / royal blue colourStrappy heeled sandals footwearColour on lids makeupMaximalist styleSaturated / brights colour_story

The palette

Share of garment area across 24 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Straight / tubular50%
  • Asymmetric46%
  • Oversized38%
  • Inverted triangle / strong shoulder21%
  • High-rise13%

Share of the 24 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 24 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Wide-leg trousers46%
  • Jacket29%
  • Shirt25%
  • Tank top25%
  • Tunic13%

Traditions in the collection

Cultural influences →

2 of Orange Culture's 24 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Nigeria.

  • Aso oke · West African (unspecified) · West AfricaLook 13

    Own region

    “Narrow-strip handwoven-look cloth with dense warp stripes in purple, green, yellow, magenta, pieced in panels; reads as aso oke or kente-type strip weave, Yoruba or Akan.”

  • Bandhgala / nehru jacket · India · South AsiaLook 11

    Nigeria → India

    “Upright band collar with no lapels, closed single-breasted front, hip length. Reworked with tab-and-button fastenings in olive cotton twill. Could also read as a generic mandarin-collar jacket.”

The character of the clothes

Orange Culture's clothes were lighter, more vivid, cooler and more daring than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighterlighter than 87% of collections
  • MutedVividmore vivid than 100% of collections
  • CoolerWarmercooler than 90% of collections
  • SmoothTextured & printed
  • CasualFormal
  • ClassicDaringmore daring than 77% of collections
  • ExperimentalWearable

Orange Culture against every other house measured so far

Also in Berlin, Spring/Summer 2027

Berlin field notes →
  1. 1Marc Cain54 looksSilver
  2. 2©Barragán43 looksBlack
  3. 3Sf1Og39 looksBlack
  4. 4Lou de Bètoly37 looksNavy
  5. 5Marina Hoermanseder37 looksBeige
  6. 6William Fan35 looksBlack

The fortnightly digest

Orange Culture, in context

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