Dilara Findikoglu S/S 2026 London

[vogue28]

VOGUE.COM

 

[FashionPower]

Another one hit wonder British brand that emerged out of the blue, got huge PR / celebs endorsements quite suspiciously and it is going to quickly fade and disappear. It's happening every couple years: pre pandemic we had Halpern and its fully sequined looks, then we had Nensi Dojaka with the bodycon mini dresses and the Piergiorgio casting, now we have this Gaultier meets Lee Mcqueen but make it Gothic.

 

[Avonlea]

Who is funding this? I remember someone posting that her brand generates big losses. Everything looks well made, so she must spend considerable amounts on production.
The good quality is the only positive thing about it. It's yet another walking moodboard. She has no vision of her own (stealing ideas from interns doesn't help).

At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see Naomi walk for a Walmart show.

 

[Lola701]

She wants the McQueen job…it’s quite obvious.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ For real. Her and Elana Velez should just band together as a duo under one label; they'd have more of a gimmick for that role as duo CDs for McQueen, seriously. Their consistent auditioning collections for the McQueen brand couldn’t be more desperate nor ambitious. As derivative as it all may be, probably her most decent offering to date, I’ll give her that.

(The look with the poor woman in some gag contraption trying for McQueen’s shock factor but ending up resembling an awkward 13yo with her new orthodontic mouthpiece is unintentionally hilarious. But more revealingly hilarious is the expression on Naomi’s face on the finale pic: She knows she’s walking for a 3rd-rate designer but that pay is worth it.)

 

[YohjiAddict]

Derivative as hell. It seems like she pasted all of the looks from the Cabinet of Curiosities section of the Savage Beauty exhibit and ran along with it…she did have time to do something original for her standards: copy a NG Balenciaga look and disguise it a bit with the trashy details. I guess that counts as creative growth?

If this is the “young new sensation” coming from London, there’s really no point to it anymore…shut it down.

 

[MulletProof]

Who is funding this? I remember someone posting that her brand generates big losses.

Who knows if it was even true.. the source was one of those members with burner accounts who get obsessed with certain designers (not in a kpop/volft, positive way, more like ‘she rejected my resume/shall forever slander’ way).

I feel like her work keeps getting stronger.. the hype travels faster but she’s not a hack or steady, which is great.. considering the state of fashion.

 

[tourbillions]

too literal.

 

[Wolkfolk]

They really should give her McQueen. She desperately wants it and it would honestly make more sense than seeing her so heavily referencing him. It works better as photographs than in the show, the pace and the walks were wayyy too distracting.

 

[Squizree]

Very much in the vein of Iris van Herpen. Beautiful detail and technique, but operating in a vacuum that makes it more appropriate for a movie set than RTW. You can tell she thinks she's "making a statement" but it's juvenile at best.

Still, in a vacuum it's a beautiful collection. Love the industrial elements.

 

[Alquimista]

Incredible how all the references are here, it's almost pedantic, yet it's so devoid of emotion, so lacking in the real danger and beauty of McQueen.

 

[arpeggiata]

i think she would be better served by working as a costume designer where she could apply her aesthetic fixations to a specific brief instead of iterating on mcqueen again and again, which is kind of in a similar vein to a previous comment on here, especially since she appears to have a high standard of production quality that's not really going anywhere since her creative vision can't seem to go beyond a certain threshold.

i would haate being the one model with hay stuck to her legs.

 

[dieinmytabis]

this show was actually quite well done, one of her less repetitive projects. as much as i hate the fact its so reminiscent of alexander mcqueen's previous work, especially SS03, its pleasing to the eyes. but that shouldnt be the only thing holding your work up.

 

[Snejana Onopka]

despite all the valid criticism i must say all the models look great, the collection is cohesive and well made, shes one the few designers in this godawful LFW not drapping the models in a cheap poliéster organza and calling it a day. look #3 might be a balenciaga ss/06 dupe but at least it looks stunning and interesting on the model. her energy might be borrowed but at least she has some energy, unlike connor ives' wet carboard paper extravaganza.

 

[thiago:)]

Her Glassdoor page is a nightmare, apparently... I've heard bad things about non-delivery issues and terrible customer service too. But yeah, I can't stand how literal it is.

 

[reese06]

Her Glassdoor page is a nightmare, apparently... I've heard bad things about non-delivery issues and terrible customer service too. But yeah, I can't stand how literal it is.

I just came over from her Glassdoor and that tik tok video about her.

what I don’t like about her is how you can know exactly what look and show was on her moodboard.
It’s bad enough when you can tell when someone is highly inspired and derivative of a modern designer who is still working but when you can pinpoint the look is shameful.

 

[jeanclaude]

She is as obsessed with being the "new McQueen", as Demna is obsessed with being the "new Margiela".

 

[bennyboy]

loved the cherry dress, and the third look reminds me bit of Ghesquière's Balenciaga SS2006