If the fall of Ralph Ekroot was the 2025 show “somehow the last lap” – many designers are currently calculating the uncertain landscape. “I basically wanted to give myself a second chance of removing the mistakes made in the past and expanding the working things,” Acroot said in a preview. “
It is unusual for a designer to speak in such a self -critical way, but the acrylic is clearly in the business mind in his point of view. The Outware is a strong category for the Finnish brand, and there was plenty of it in this season: utilist bomber jackets, pockets with pockets, bilers in mixed fabrics. Prints, another important signature for the label, which has been highly featured, from the tulus (refreshing the rose of the spring 2024) to the polka dot.
However, it was not a biggest hit collection in any way. The need to advance the boundaries is clear because “this is the place where you still get energy (from)”. For example: a thousand pins, which are designed to make the flame shape (“this very ASMR”), and the sleeves tied in the sleeves, which are designed-have no doubt-scandinivan summer.
For Spring 2026, the designer worked with a new stylist, former Alto University classmate Emma Sarnio, who did a good job in collecting many ideas, which appears to be an old and new (including five Finnish Waste Management Company, in a cohesive manner). “For some reason, I never trusted much in the direction of a combination,” said Acroot. “I just focused on the fact that I love the most and hopefully move them forward.” The passionate laps from the large crowd that have come out for the designer’s encroach – some five rows stand behind.
