For Spring/Summer 2026, landing online and in-store soon, the Dublin-based label doubles down on its curatorial mindset, releasing a collection build from memory. From garments that have stood the test of time and earned their place in wardrobes across decades. Emporium Dublin has always centred around curation instead of constant reinvention. The SS26 collection draws from established design languages and enduring references, adjusting proportion, fabrication and details. Emporium is ready to build depth and to expand its story.
Madras, Maritime & Graphics
Madras patchwork shirting anchors the collection, bringing a sense of heritage into SS26. The reference point is clear, sun-faded, collegiate ease that has long been associated with Ralph Lauren’s Polo era, but Emporium’s interpretation avoids imitation. The patchwork is deliberate, panels stitched together in an organic way. The colours are softened and lived-in. The silhouet themselves lean into ease. Shirts are cut with enough room to layer over a t-shirt.
Alongside the madras patchworking sits the fisherman knits. These pieces show the craftmanship and longevity, they’re made to be worn repeatedly, season after season. Then there’s the graphic language. SS26 dips into the golden era of Japanese streetwear, a period where print and subculture collided. The influence is present in the attitude. Subtly integrated through the collection is a technical sensibility that nods to the late ‘80s and ‘90s, a time when fabric experimentation and functional detailing reshaped casualwear. The ’80s and ’90s were the golden era for Japanese streetwear, a time when identity and subcultures were tightly interwoven. All throughout the collection a subtle technical undercurrent can be found, it is a quiet appreciation for functional innovation that defined the late ’80s and ’90s often associated with labels like Stone Island.
Shot in Morocco
The collection’s campaign, shot in Marocco, underlined the brand’s broadef approach in this collection. Warm tones and open landscapes frame the garments in a special way. It all refers to Emporium’s growth, and that growth can be seen. In the past six months alone, Emporium has appeared at Paris Fashion Week, staged a pop-up in New York City, collaborated with the NFL and adidas, and continued their relationship wirh Irish footwear stalwarts Padmore & Barnes. “Think locally, act globally!” is Emporium’s tagline and it is visible in the way Emporium balances its Dublin roots with international ambitions.
Built from Community
Emporium Dublin was founded in 2018, as a pop-up space spotlighting local designers, the brand began as a platform long before it became a label. When its first run of in-house merchandise sold out on the first day, co-founders Charlie Proctor Quigley and Robbie Figeon Kavanagh reacted by creating more. Today, with a permanent store in the heart of Dublin and stocklists reaching as far as Tokyo, Emporium Dublin has established itself as one Ireland’s strongest independent labels.
