TRASHY CLOTHING Spring/Summer 2026
by Adriano Batista
Trashy Clothing’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection is called “Bikini Diplomacy.” It begins with a feeling of déjà vu. The idea is simple: sex still sells. The images we see now are echoes of past campaigns, with political scripts replayed as if time has stood still. This use of nostalgia is not comforting. It is exposing. It shows how strategies that once seduced now seem like transparent, hollow theater.
The clothes make this repetition feel physical. References from the 2010s, the 2000s, and the 1990s sit next to medieval shapes. It is proof that history does not just repeat itself. It recycles. Linen is made to look like denim. Polos are carved from wood. A plastic shopping bag is recreated in scuba material. Each piece claims one identity while hiding another, mirroring how power dresses itself in charm to hide its contradictions.
The title, “Bikini Diplomacy,” names this paradox. Allure is presented as harmless, yet it is used to soften the hard edges of authority. By clothing dominance in glamour, regimes can promise vitality while hiding decay. This collection turns these tactics inside out. It uses our sense of nostalgia as proof that these strategies are exhausted. What once worked to persuade now looks like a costume: a flimsy cover for the machinery operating behind it.
Check out the collection below:
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