FW 25/26

SECOND BEST, Constança Entrudo’s Fall/Winter collection, is a disquisition on society’s obsession with winners and losers, celebrating the often-overlooked second place. Constança figures the demoralising underside of meritocracy while materializing the textures of effort, process, and acceptance, embracing the quiet beauty of silver linings.

All that glitters is not gold and the presentation will feature a textile installation created for the occasion. The installation is a sensorial activation of the subject, rooted in Constança’s belief in an interdependency between the spaces we inhabit and the way we feel.

The graphic grace of the silhouettes is grounded in 80's Olympics sportswear. Through numerous media, Constança sensualizes the narrative of second place. The focus on materials perceived as second best, combined with meticulous attention to the engineering of textile construction, brings prominence to surfaces: silver details printed on delicate hand-woven fabrics, knits resembling velvet, hand pleated glittery tafettas, Miss World-style sashes, cockades and medals.

For this collection, Constança Entrudo collaborated with RDD Textiles in the development of selected knitted pieces and the set design. All fabrics used for the podiums in the show's set design were provided by RDD Textiles and will be entirely repurposed in the production of the collection, reinforcing the brand’s commitment to circularity and textile innovation.

A multiplicitous present is proposed, in these celebrations of people and studies of Constança Entrudo.