A Review of KML Spring/Summer 2027 Collection
The Limitless Poetry of KML
written MALCOLM THOMAS
“Would you like to take off your shoes?” is not high on the list of requests asked of guests at a fashion show, but it was just one of many ways that Ahmed and Razan Hassan, creative directors of KML, proudly distinguish themselves as the first Saudi ready-to-wear brand to present on the official Paris Fashion Week calendar. Formerly LVMH Prize semi-finalists and Emerging Talent Award recipients at the Arab Fashion Awards, the Hassan’s melding of menswear and culture is a welcome alternative to the Western European monotony that often floods our social feeds.
Opened with a short black-and-white film directed by Anas Sufyan and co-produced with Mohammed Sehaim, the film introduces viewers to regional Saudi dances performed by Bilal Allaf against the backdrop of thoughtfully arranged music by Firas Shurbaji. The set, a cosy, white-clothed venue with matching monochrome catwalk and benches, was the perfect stage for a show that was anchored in stillness and fluidity.
The first look was a diaphanous cape, with open sides, exposing the naked breast and body of the model. The tone for a twenty-six-look collection that quietly prioritised its wearer over its wears. Most in sheer, ethereal silks, and sheers in an uncomplicated colour palette of whites, blacks and greys. Soft editorial details like the twist of a skirt or trouser in light wool and the opening of a back on a dress shirt juxtaposed more conscious style choices like unexpected trains, off-the-shoulder blouses, and lantern tassel sleeves.
To call the collection simply beautiful seems limiting. Limitlessly poetic seems to fit just right.
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KML Spring/Summer 2027 / KML Press