TOGA Spring/Summer 2026 / SS26 at London Fashion Week entitled Ordinariness, Mediocrity, Versatility

Watching a 30-minutes interview on the artist Claes Oldenburg, the question of how a simple thing can be made unexpected and unique began stirring in my mind.

After showing the previous collection, which addressed form and formality, I wanted to create pieces distanced from the complex and intellectual or the appearances thereof.

But I didn’t want to make something merely upbeat. Instead, I hoped to more simply capture things as they are and generate new forms from them.

I wanted to pay attention to details, picking up, for example, the form of a scooped ice cream, transformed upon landing on the ground, as well as the sadness one feels from dropping ice cream.

TOGA SS26 / Spring/Summer 2026 new collection was created with the above in mind. It takes ordinary clothes without unique qualities and transforms them to be suitable for various occasions.

All images TOGA SS26 / Spring/Summer 2026 by the Brand. Credit to Designer: Yasuko Furuta / Styling: Andrew Sauceda / Invitation: Jop van Bennekom / Sounds Director: Shuhei Abe / Casting: Ben Grimes / Hair: Claire Grech using L’Oreal Professionnel / Make-up: Thom Walker / PR: Karla Otto / Production: North Six / Special thanks to SIX London