With Resort 2026, Palomo Spain launches its first collection for the resort season and introduces womenswear for the first time, marking a significant expansion for the Spanish brand led by Alejandro Gómez Palomo. Known for reshaping menswear through a gender-fluid, visually expressive lens, Palomo now builds on that foundation by designing for the female form, without leaving behind the men’s silhouettes that defined the label’s early success.
Alejandro Gómez Palomo brings his admiration for women into focus with Cocoon. “Although we focused on offering men an aesthetic that had traditionally only been accessible to women, she has always been part of our universe. Now, that infatuation is renewed and becomes the center,” he says. The new direction doesn’t replace Palomo’s exploration of gender aesthetics, instead it sharpens the view on femininity, exploring how the label’s visual codes respond to the structure and nuance of the female silhouette.
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Palomo’s approach to womenswear grows out of nearly a decade of conceptual design work that has consistently challenged expectations. This time, the frame shifts but the core idea remains, the belief that beauty comes through tension, through contrast, through interpretation. Cocoon does not attempt to define femininity in any fixed way. It experiments with silhouettes, materials, and references, presenting a visual narrative that feels at once controlled and unruly.
The collection references Palomo’s Spanish origins through recurring motifs like polka dots and floral abstractions. A subdued palette runs through the line, allowing form and texture to guide the eye. Poplins are cut into sharp shapes, silks are layered with movement in mind, and velvets bring density and softness. These elements create a tactile vocabulary that hints at transformation, at something unfinished or still unfolding. As the name suggests, Cocoon focuses on what lies beneath the surface, on the forms waiting to emerge.
Flowers serve as the foundation for this process. Used previously in the brand’s visual language, here they become metaphors: distorted, delayed, suspended in motion. The collection’s namesake takes shape in garments that reference closed petals and enveloping structures, suggesting potential rather than resolution. There’s a quiet tension running throughout, between restraint and release, between surface and suggestion.
The Palomo woman steps into this collection not as a fixed identity, but as a moving figure with contradictions. She wears embroidered velvet and silk with the ease of someone who understands contrast. Her look feels theatrical yet grounded, her elegance interrupted by something undone. Palomo presents her not as a muse, but as a co-creator of meaning, someone who shifts the temperature of a space simply by standing still. She carries fragility without apology, allowing vulnerability to coexist with presence.
Accessories reflect this balance. Feathered headpieces created by Vivas Carrión return as sculptural signatures, reinforcing continuity within the shift. These pieces frame the face without dominating it, allowing the wearer’s expression to anchor the look.
Palomo will launch the Cocoon collection online in October, with availability in selected retail locations to follow.
