Skall Studio show us that it’s summertime and the living is easy

Skall Studio masters the summerhouse deliciousness and careless romanticism whilst, with new handcraft references and an increased focus on denim, they innovate and stay relevant.

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Skall Studio, Wednesday 9. August 2023 at 10.00 in the Garden of the Royal Library

Skall Studio masters the summerhouse deliciousness and careless romanticism whilst, with new handcraft references and an increased focus on denim, they innovate and stay relevant.

Skall Studio always makes a good calm start to the day and today was no exception, as they had been invited to be the first show of the morning in the Royal Library’s Garden in the pouring rain. Somehow the weather suited the brand’s calm and gentle energy very well, with the models in no rush to get back under cover from the rain. Skall Studio exudes easy living, and a little rain won’t change that.

There were plenty of Skall classics in the collection, like the long bohemian cotton dresses with embroidery and lace that make you yearn for long, bright summerhouse days, where the main activity of the day is strolling down the beach and shelling peas for dinner. Then throw one of the woolly knit sweaters over your shoulders when darkness falls, and you can call it a day.

But it wasn’t just long dresses for relaxing and romance that Skall offered with this collection. Their oversized tailoring was also to be found in a summer weight cotton version with wide trousers – both full-length and those that just show the ankle – and blazers also in shorter or longer versions.

For the more sensual summer days, there were the new crocheted styles such as the dress and the long narrow skirts in black or off-white with matching crop tops that gave a glimpse of skin and underwear. Delicious in that effortless beachy way. Towards the end of the show came a series of styles with small doilies attached to dresses, shirts and trousers, which also drew attention to the skin and were reminiscent of the many good recycled finds of the summer landscape.

Last season, Skall Studio introduced denim in their collections, and it must be said that they have taken that up to full notch now. At today’s show, we saw denim in all its guises in the form of loose, straight leg jeans, wide shorts to just above the knee, shirts with both long and short sleeves, skirts, and dresses with ties at the waist. And in off-white, black, and classic denim blue, styled in tone-on-tone looks.

The entire collection was styled with baskets and crocheted bags with ‘SKALL’ embroidered a bit askew on them, nodding to the huge handcraft trend that is everywhere right now. And with lace, embroidery, and crocheted styles, it helped push Skall’s romantic universe in a more contemporary direction, which showed that they can easily hold on to their strong DNA while keeping up with the times and interpreting trends in their very own way.

See a selection of the show looks below and see the entire collection here.