For his sophomore runway show at Blumarine, David Koma went full glam and seductiveness.

Summoning the transformative power of the brand’s spirit animal — the butterfly — he morphed Blumarine ’s girly soul into an overtly sensual and nocturnal creature, as he filled the lineup with eveningwear and party-ready numbers that left little to no space for daywear options. Good move for maximum editorial impact, maybe not so much for commercial score.

“I really wanted to explore this concept of dark romanticism that we started but take it to the summer,” Koma said backstage, mentioning a mix of gothic literature and romantic love stories as starting point of his creative process.

As result, he injected a tension between similar opposing forces to drive his collection, exemplified by the prof

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