BALYKINA’s Resort ’26 turns countryside summer into a wardrobe of sensual rituals

With Resort ’26, BALYKINA returns to one of its core ideas: clothes should be made for a life worth celebrating. This season, that philosophy moves away from the city and into the slower rhythm of a countryside summer.

The collection is built around intimate rituals rather than spectacle. Long walks, dinners in the garden, barefoot dancing, morning coffee in a sensual dress — these ordinary gestures become the emotional structure of the season. BALYKINA looks at summer not as a destination, but as a state of being.

The woman at the heart of Resort ’26 leaves the city to reconnect with herself. She is surrounded by sunlight, water, garden shadows and the quiet mood of an old estate. The result is a collection that feels romantic, but not fragile; sensual, but not loud.

Signature BALYKINA silhouettes return with a softer eye. Voluminous handmade flowers, fluid draping and precise construction appear throughout the collection, creating a sense of movement and tactility. The fabric choices reinforce the mood: silk, velvet, shantung taffeta and lace bring together softness, structure and surface depth.

The pieces are approached with a couture mindset, where fit, texture and form carry as much importance as the final image. In BALYKINA’s language, fabric is not passive. It moves with the body, catches light, and turns a simple gesture into something cinematic.

The collection’s personal dimension comes from creative director Alina Balykina, who drew inspiration from childhood summers spent by the river with her grandmother. Those memories shaped her understanding of beauty, femininity and the aesthetics of everyday life — and they remain at the emotional centre of the season.

That memory also appears in the palette. The colours feel lifted from garden petals, morning skies, burning sunsets, ripe berries, old roses and sun-warmed skin. It is a visual language of nostalgia, but one translated into contemporary womenswear.

BALYKINA Resort ’26 is now available at the brand’s flagship store and online, offering a summer wardrobe for women who treat beauty not only as appearance, but as atmosphere, movement and ritual.

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