Ashlyn Spring 2027: The Right Angle

by · WWD
Ashlyn Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear CollectionCourtesy of Ashlyn

“Sometimes the simple thing is the best,” Ashlynn Park said ahead of her spring 2027 runway show. While her designs look and feel easy to wear, her methodology remains rooted in her architectural approach to pattern-making, which continues to set her apart.

This season she focused on the two-dimensional square. By limiting herself to the shape, Park said it enabled her to explore its infinite possibilities through folding, cutting, draping and joining. Enticing and easy, playful examples included polo shirts with angular drapes or exposed backs. One model clad in a robin’s egg blue bandeau top even pulled up the softly draped peplum of her long matching skirt to reveal its square, flat points.

The process of building clothes, stemming from the Korean expression 엍을 31다, also continued through the collection. The designer explained that waterfall draped viscose jersey skirts were crafted by pulling up one hem of the square silhouette, while her bulbous jackets continued Park’s “Puzzle” series and ruched and draped panels extended the designer’s Shikaku look.

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Although Park said she feels most comfortable utilizing the color black, which was present alongside crisp white layers, she expanded into shades of green, mustard yellow and red in her mix of the architectural and the fluid, as seen in her continuation of layered wool silk knits (a well-performing category for the brand) with ruffled hems. And outside of her square fringe-covered long skirt, nicely paired with sportif anoraks, Park said she leaned into lighter fabrications and shied away from a majority of tailoring — aside from a few great blazers — for seasonality purposes. 

“In the end, I really believe the wearer is completing the style. I wanted to talk about the architecture side because the clothing is, in a way, just a piece of clothing or fabric, but when people wear it, it becomes a three-dimensional shape with structure. I wanted to prove my pattern-making skill is very unique,” Park said of her inspiring approach to design and the wearable garments she creates from it.