What may appear to be ‘trash’ may in fact be an insight into the mechanics of import/export logistics.

MATLAKALA SS ‘26 is a radical, avant-garde exploration of waste, value, and transformation. Born from discarded cargo packaging, the collection challenges ideas of what is considered “throwaway” by elevating the remnants of global trade into powerful sculptural fashion. Every garment becomes a provocation: a reminder that what we label as trash still carries history, movement, and potential.

Harnessing the materials of woven cargo bags, MATLAKALA SS ‘26 exaggerates form through oversized, distorted, and hyper-structured silhouettes. Shapes mimic the chaos and compression of packed parcels—bulbous, inflated, cinched, twisted—creating a language of volume that pushes beyond traditional tailoring.

Logistics markings, import/export codes, and warehouse symbols are retained as raw graphic elements, giving the garments an unfiltered honesty. The stark industrial textures contrast with sharp construction blurring the line between refuse and runway.

Through distortion, layering, and dramatic silhouette play, MATLAKALA SS ‘26 reclaims the aesthetics of the overlooked. It celebrates the tension between fragility and strength found in packaging materials and reframes “waste” as a medium for innovation rather than disposal.

MATLAKALA SS ‘26 stands as a manifesto for circular design: a world where pollution becomes provocation, and where the future of fashion is built not on excess, but on reinvention.