Shiatzy Chen’s spring-summer 2026 collection
Shiatzy Chen presents a collection that not only dresses the body, but envelops it in a story, turning it into the messenger of a tradition that reinvents itself without losing its roots.
A nomadic garden that travels with the wearer, a space where the ancient dialogues with the futuristic and where each garment is, at the same time, a gesture of memory and modernity.
The upcoming spring-summer 2026 season is coming to Shiatzy Chen like a garden awakening after a long slumber.
An awakening that the designer wants to accompany with a collection faithful to its essence of oriental craftsmanship and contemporary silhouettes, which seems to whisper ancient stories in a completely new language.
Each garment is a page, each model a silent narrator advancing to the rhythm of petals floating in the air.
Shiatzy Chen invites us to fill our wardrobes with light, almost translucent shades that evoke the first light of day.
A colour palette full of soft ivories, sky blues reminiscent of the sky’s reflection in water, and dusty pinks glide over sheer fabrics.
The fabrics, light as cicada wings, move with a delicacy that borders on the ethereal.
Every gesture reveals a dialogue between tradition and modernity: embroidery reminiscent of ancestral techniques reinterpreted using metallic threads and geometric patterns that suggest a new era of craftsmanship. Alongside these translucent colours are intense shades full of life.
A vibrant lacquer red—an icon of Eastern aesthetic heritage—bursts in like an explosion of energy, followed by jade greens and deep blues that evoke the serenity of a night-time pond.
Everything seems to evoke a garden flooded with life, where each colour seems to breathe on its own.
The woman Shiatzy Chen dreams of for the upcoming spring-summer season walks as if she knows nature’s most intimate secret.
Her long, loosely fitted dresses flow in layers that look like clouds resting on the skin. The subtle, unostentatious transparencies are integrated into a play of light and shadow that transforms the body into a landscape.
Movement becomes the true protagonist, for when the fabrics open up, motifs inspired by calligraphy are revealed, as if each step were writing an ephemeral poem in the air.
Shiatzy Chen presents a collection in which shapes evolve: short jackets with precise cuts, wide trousers that fall like flowing columns, and structured skirts that appear to be sculpted by the wind.
Details remain the soul of the Shiatzy Chen universe. Lace depicting branches, feathers and waves; hand-cut silk appliqués emulating suspended flowers; narrow ribbons crossing the torso like deliberately traced paths.
The garments are never overwhelming: each element finds its exact place, like in a Zen garden where nothing is random and every stone, every leaf, responds to a higher harmony.
The collection also introduces a new approach to duality. There are pieces that masterfully combine rigidity and fluidity: tops that alternate linen panels with organza, dresses that unite matte and shiny in a subtle dance, light coats with detachable sleeves that allow you to transform your look in an instant.
This versatility speaks to the contemporary woman, capable of flowing between worlds, roles and rhythms without losing her essence.
Accessories complete the sensory landscape. Rounded bags, inspired by antique travel trunks, are covered in embossed leather and embroidered silk. Minimalist sandals with delicate knots recall the skill of handcrafting.
And the jewellery, almost sculpture-like, plays with organic shapes: small metal leaves, crystalline drops, spirals that seem to have been moulded by water.
