SPHERE
FW26
SPHERE
FW26 COLLECTION
RUNWAY SHOW
BERLIN FASHION WEEK
VANESSA BAERNTHOL PRESENTS THE FW26 COLLECTION SPHERE IN FORM OF A RUNWAY SHOW AS ITS THIRD EDITION AT
BERLIN FASHION WEEK
Berlin, 02 February 2026 – Today, Vanessa Baernthol unveiled Fall/Winter 2026 collection SPHERE, at Berlin Fashion Week. Known for architectural approach to fashion and strong commitment to sustainable production, Vanessa Baernthol presents a collection that deconstructs and redefines layering as an artistic and functional practice. The runway show took place at the art gallery Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin-Mitte, held in a moment between architecture, fashion, and movement.
The Schinkel Pavillon, defined by its architectural clarity and the inherent tension between structure, transparency, and movement, formed the setting for Fall/Winter 2026 SPHERE. Its center-oriented octagonal geometry and glass-steel envelope extended the collection's central themes—water, transformation, and the spiral as a symbol of continuous flow. Light, reflections, and shifting perspectives activated the space throughout the show, allowing fashion, body, and architecture to exist in constant exchange. Situated between historical reference and contemporary expression, the pavilion became a spatial framework in which the collection unfolds through a continuous dialogue between fashion and space.
Movement, rhythm, and presence were guided by the tension-charged soundscape. The audience, seated in a circular arrangement, became part of the space itself. With the musical release, models entered with a fast, powerful walk, tracing the runway through the entire building, spanning two levels. Inside the octagonal space, the runway in form of a spiral path drew inward while simultaneously unfolding outward. Models moved clockwise from the outer ring toward the center, then spiraled back outward in reverse, embodying a dynamic movement of expansion and compression—a return to the origin that stands for recurrence, renewal, development, and progress.
SPHERE—RETURN TO FORM, RENEWAL IN SPACE
AND ATMOSPHERE
The title references the origin of Vanessa Baernthol—the pearl corsets, a sculptural composition of round forms, orbs—revisited within the conceptual dimension of the new collection. It evokes a spatial and atmospheric field in which fashion, body, and architecture enter into dialogue, emphasizing form, movement, and transformation.
Black, midnight blue, dark, stone, and steel greys, washed greys, dark browns, powder tones, and soft pinks define the colour palette, grounding sculptural forms in subtle presence. X- and Y-silhouettes emerge as key architectural gestures: sculptural yet dynamic, shaped through layering, draping, and volume, responding to movement, gravity, and spatial interaction.
Fall/Winter 2026 SPHERE positions fashion as part of a larger spatial composition, where architecture, site-specific sound, and movement converge to create an immersive experience. The spiral—as both geometric and symbolic motif—represents movement, development, and transformation. It connects center and periphery, inside and outside, beginning and end into a continuous line. Within it lies a moment of becoming—it does not embody a closed circle but an open process. Like water, it describes a constant flow. Water flows as a central motif, a symbol of constant transformation. Just as it smooths, reflects, and reshapes forms, fashion transforms the bodies it touches, becoming part of the continuous flow. Water also references the realities of fashion production across ecological, aesthetic, and societal layers—a reflection on material and responsibility.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS—THREE SCULPTURAL SILHOUETTES
Opening Look—introduces the collection's sculptural Y-silhouette, raw-edged, balances weight and volume within space.
Central Look—explores volume, layers and asymmetry, draped yet constructed, SWAROVSKI pearls within the spiral runway.
Final Look—light grey fluid two-piece silk gown as climatic momentum, a symbol of water, return, renewal, and transformation.
Farbics are 100% deadstock—fluid yet structured—sourced from Vanessa Baernthol's trusted long-standing partner FABRIC HOUSE. Layering is treated as both an artistic and functional practice. Every fold, every step, every volume embodies transformation—building on the spiral motif, it becomes a symbol for creation and decay, for expansion and compression as a dynamic movement. In continuation of the return to the origin, Fall/Winter 2026 SPHERE reinterprets the pearl pieces from which the label was born, crafted from leftover materials, enhanced by the new partnership with SWAROVSKI as part of their 'Reignited Crystals' series. Hair products are curated through the partnership marking three years with ORIBE, uniting performance, texture, and luxury within the immersive experience. KRYOLAN Berlin supports the backstage with professional makeup mirrors for the artists. Footwear for the show is provided by Berlin-based brand TRIPPEN—known for its ecological and socially responsible production—and by the fashion archive store FINAL LAYER Berlin with hand-selected curation for its history, rarity, and cultural weight.
Creative Direction: Vanessa Baernthol
Production: Linda Reichardt, Emilia Vergara Villamil
Styling: Arabella Romen
Runway Photographer: Marcus Hartelt
Runway Stil Shot Photographer: Edgar Scherwinski
Runway Video: Jan E. Schwerdtfeger
Behind The Scenes Photographer: Marcus Hartelt, Philipp Götze
Sound Design: Tim Warner
Movement Direction: Regina Murtazina
Casting: Luigi Miccoli
Head of Makeup: Olivia Nwachukwu
Head of Hair: Aline Jakoby
Head of Guest Management: Laura Hänel
Graphics: Philipp Bulk
Models:
Elizabeth López
Josefin Ciubotaru, Let It Go Management
Finja Loechtermann
Seyram Noemi Abra Deh, Majin Mgmt
flowerboii
Mijou-Eva Tobbo, Viva Models Berlin
Lara Maria Berg, Modelwerk
Sofia Krichbaum-Cicu, Modelwerk
Vera Makarenko, Let It Go Management
Zainab Kassindja, Modelwerk
Julia Baran
Bianca de la Luna, East West Models
Baye Amady Seck
Stella Esho
Lili-Enola Nusche, Muga Management
Izzie, Uns Talents
Nia Osmólska
Photo Team: Lara Schless
Marcus Arthur
Nicolas David Ernst
Makeup Team:
Blair Brachear
Kyra Lui
Jesse Strikwerda
Natsumi Allgöwer
Niccolò Brumat
Hair Team:
Guerdy Casimir
Lucy Nilson
Jasmin Oliveira
Shego Star
Studio Team:
Sümeyra Soylu
Vivienne Bachmann
Guest Management and Seating Team:
Elsa Weber
Kasha Green
Laura Okić
Dressers and Backstage Assistants:
Ananda Aulbach
Bianca Cabezas
Fabiana Garamendi
Farrah Fayed
Lija Suppes
Tom Neumann
Thanks to our partners:
FABRIC HOUSE
For Deadstock Fabrics
SWAROVSKI
For Reignited Crystal Pearls
TRIPPEN
For Footwear
FINAL LAYER
For Footwear
ORIBE
For Hair Products
KRYOLAN
For Makeup Mirrors
SCHINKEL PAVILLON
BERLIN FASHION WEEK
Photographer – Marcus Hartelt, Philipp Bulk