LABRUM’S CULTURAL OSMOSIS SS26

At London Fashion Week, Labrum’s Spring/Summer 2026, titled “Osmosis,” emerged as one of the evening’s most resonant statements. Led by Sierra Leone-born designer Foday Dumbuya, the show transformed Westminster’s Central Hall into a stage of sonic and sartorial convergence. Live music from a chamber orchestra, jazz ensemble, and West African percussion underscored models walking in looks that blended British tailoring traditions with West African motifs.

The narrative was rooted in movement: garments adorned with passport-stamp jacquards spoke to immigration; rope embellishments and cowrie shell motifs referenced ancestral ties; suiting took on new proportions while kaftan-like silhouettes floated with soft draping. The dialogue between structure and fluidity fueled the collection’s emotional core. Dumbuya’s vision, that culture flows, blends, and is remade in transit, came through not just in the clothes but in the immersive experience. In a time when migration is often framed as conflict, Osmosis reframed it as generative, beautiful, and necessary.