Song for the Mute‘s Spring/Summer 2027 collection, Summer Blues, moves between France and Tunisia, between childhood memories and the quiet weight of belonging to more than one place. The emotional landscapes of the past are reconstructed, not recalled. A childhood schoolyard. Family holidays by the sea. The heavy transition between summer’s end and everyday life. Back home, but not completely.
The collection exists within that space, a state of being half-there, what the brand describes as a “living ghost.” The feeling of belonging to one place while part of yourself remains somewhere else. Summer Blues is not a picturesque coastline. It is a working place. Fishermen, nets drying in the sun, plastic crates stacked outside stores, markets at midday, melons carried home in thin bags. The quiet rhythm of the sea. People moving without urgency, a slower pace shaped by weather and repetition.
Silhouettes borrow from maritime clothing, workwear, sportswear, and everyday dress. Functional forms become personal through wear. Hooded bibs, sailor anoraks, and fisherman pants ground the tailoring. Trench coats and tabbed blazers shift between utility and structure, while barn jackets introduce everyday practicality. Sundresses and skirts offer a softer counterpoint. Garments sit together with the ease of things gathered slowly.
Materials reinforce the sense of use. Sun-dried slub herringbone cotton, faded and uneven. Dip-dyed cotton carrying the softness of garments left beneath summer light. Viscose gabardine alongside tartan voile, tablecloth stripes, picnic checks, and lightweight summer twills. Weathered, familiar rather than new. Colour is drawn directly from the environment: olive fishing nets, dusky blue, dusty roads, faded tablecloths, sun-bleached awnings. Softened primary reds, blues, and yellows recalled through fishing ropes, market crates, painted boats.
Nine chapters in, adidas Originals returns with ADI009, unfolding within the same landscape. Sporting archetypes are softened through maritime memories. Bomber jackets carried into the evening. Football-inspired waffle polos. Tracksuits worn long after the game has ended. Swim shorts drying on balconies. Cable knits for cooler air beside the water. Lilac sweatshirts and denim work pants washed pale through repeated summers. The third chapter of adidas Running, RUN3, introduces the runner, anchored by the Hyperboost Edge, moving through empty promenades before sunrise, coastal paths, salt air, first light.
Check out the collection below:
