In a world that often mistakes softness for fragility, SHUTING QIU proposes a different kind of power, one that flows through empathy, color, and the quiet strength of craft. Her Spring/Summer 2026 collection, Tender Rebellion, is a poetic declaration that tenderness itself can be an act of resistance.
The collection begins as a dreamlike journey, a drift of thought that carries the designer from the pulse of the modern city into the luminous reverie of the Tang dynasty. Amid silken hues of rouge and glazed gold, she discovers a palette alive with memory: radiant reds, liquid golds, and a tender shade of wisteria drawn from her childhood sketches. Threaded through this brilliance is a black and white tone, evoking shadow and depth, transforming sweetness into strength. Each color becomes a bridge between innocence and sophistication, translating nostalgia into a language of maturity.
Throughout the collection, bows unfurl, florals bloom in sculpted relief, and ruffles ripple with dramatic grace, and sheer black and white weaves tension with romance. Once symbols of girlhood, these details now embody independence and conviction, each bow a quiet coronation, each flower a testament to resilience. The interplay of transparency and darkness reveals a new kind of softness, one that whispers rather than declares, yet holds undeniable power. SHUTING QIU redefines romance as courage, transforming delicacy into armor for the modern woman.
Shuting Qiu
In Tender Rebellion, beauty unfolds where contrasts meet, the traditional coexists with unknown, the tender beside the strength. Shuting Qiu’s vision remains clear: that softness, empathy, and craft are the truest forms of strength in an age defined by change.
ABOUT THE BRAND:
SHUTING QIU was founded in 2019 by designer Shuting Qiu, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. The brand is known for a modern and romantic vision of women. The label shows women as strong, confident, and expressive, but also soft and romantic. Its designs carry this balance. Asymmetry and bold shapes show strength. Bright colors and prints show warmth and imagination. The brand works with embroidery artisans to bring new life to Chinese embroidery traditions. Each season it uses surplus silk, embroidery threads, and develops faux fur. Sustainability and care for the environment are always at the center. SHUTING QIU hopes that women everywhere can wear its clothes with courage and express themselves freely.
SPECIAL THANKS:
SHUTING QIU remercie NOETIX Robotics (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. et Songyan Power (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. pour leur travail technologique ; VVS (Hong Kong) International Business Co., Limited pour le stylisme des lunettes ; et MAOGEPING Beauty pour leurs cadeaux destinés à nos invités.
CREDITS :
Photo – h7o7 Studio
Vidéo – h7o7 Studio
Stylisme – Eline Hoyois
MUA –Beautik
HAIR – Beppe D’Elia
Production – Kamolia
Public relation – Totem Fashion
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