September 22, 2025 |
Tolu Coker’s SS26 presentation unfolded as a tender meditation on heritage, memory and womanhood. Eschewing the traditional runway, Coker chose instead to present a short film – co-created with her brother, Ade – accompanied by mannequins dressed in the collection. Dubbed Unfinished Business, at its centre was Naomi Campbell, speaking with remarkable softness about motherhood, nostalgia and her Jamaican and West African roots. Her words gave the collection emotional weight, grounding it in lived experience and generational knowledge.
The garments themselves echoed this intimacy. Coker’s signature tailoring returned in quietly powerful forms – pleated skirts, piped tops and structured twinsets in understated khaki, chocolate brown and navy colourways. The silhouettes accentuated the female figure without excess, conjuring a sense of familiarity and grace that felt almost mid-century in its sensibility.
It was a collection that didn’t just honour the past, but wore it with love.
Photography courtesy of Tolu Coker.
