akris aw26 | albert kriemler x olga de amaral

Albert Kriemler travelled to Bogotá last September to meet Olga de Amaral, a Colombian textile artist who has spent over sixty years turning horsehair and gold leaf into sculptural history. The creative director arrived with a clear belief about his own creative process. “I don’t think in words; I think in touch and texture,” Kriemler says, and this sentiment defined the entirety of Akris’ Autumn/Winter 2026 collection. The Swiss designer finds a deep connection between his garments and Amaral’s woven art because of their shared history. “It is telling that textile and text share the same root: ‘texere’ – to weave and to tell,” he explains. The collection, showcased at the Palais de Tokyo, was anchored by a shimmering gold curtain that gently swayed with the models mirroring the suspended threads and light play in Amaral’s work. The Colombian artist’s studio is a place where wool and linen become monumental presences. Kriemler observed how she treats her materials with fond respect. “Olga sees her work as presences — without intrusion,” he notes. Visually, this idea translates into cocoon coats made of black-gold fragmented jacquard and short sheath dresses covered in layered organza tiles. The collaboration pushed the house to... Read more » The post akris aw26 | albert kriemler x olga de amaral appeared first on Schön! Magazine.