NEU_IN SS26: An intimate exploration of nostalgia

For Spring/Summer 2026, NEU_IN introduced a collection that connects emotion, memory, and design through garments. Inspired by the designer's school years, Seyong Kim explores how people and objects can connect, drift apart, and come back together, despite time, space, and changes. This idea can be seen in curves, folds, and seams, representing human changes, ups and downs.

Telephone receivers are a motif we can see all throughout the collection, depicting human communication, more specifically the shifting nature of relationships: sometimes close, sometimes far. The theme of 'two' also often repeats itself again and again. We see two holes, two wisdom teeth, t-shirts made for two, illustrating how different elements can coexist, and even complement each other.

By merging NEU_IN signature twisted and curved silhouettes with precision, classic shapes were re-defined with a contemporary twist. The result is a collection that feels both personal and modern, a quiet conversation between nostalgia and innovation.