For Spring Summer 2026, David Koma reveals his most self-referential menswear outing yet, titled I LOVE DAVID. Presented at the Palais am Funkturm during Berlin Fashion Week, the collection builds a layered portrait of modern masculinity through three interwoven lenses: David Beckham, Michelangelo’s David, and David Koma himself. Together, they form a cultural triangle that merges pop spectacle, classical idealism, and contemporary design language.
Koma launches the collection with a nod to Beckham’s early-2000s magnetism. The denim is slouched and distressed, styled with irreverent ease, while outerwear, particularly the aged leather trenches and red-shearling lined smocks, feels lifted from paparazzi flashbulbs of the era. A rhinestone-embellished “I LOVE DAVID” tee tips directly into tabloid-era irony, delivering humor without deflating the message.
Where Beckham represents constructed persona, Michelangelo’s David brings stillness, permanence, and form. That tension is expressed in the collection’s more sculptural pieces, draped tees that fall with a marble-like softness, and lace crochet aprons that blur classical reference with camp intention. Bodies are treated as canvases, motifs ripple across garments, and every gesture feels considered.
Koma, the third David in the equation, threads his own house codes throughout. Signature garter straps reappear as sparkling crystal and hardware details. Jeans gain detachable waistband belts. Knitwear bears enlarged houndstooth intarsia. Eveningwear catches light with sequins, plexi discs, and panels of sheer tulle in tuxedo silhouettes. His control of surface—especially in pieces like the fully embroidered surf shorts or the hand-stitched hibiscus brooches, places craftsmanship and concept on equal footing.
I LOVE DAVID presents masculinity as a shifting image: sometimes idealized, sometimes exposed. The Koma man emerges confident, contradictory, and aware of his own construction. It’s the designer’s most introspective and fully formed menswear offering to date.
