Fashion, Fashion Week

Dreaming Eli Explores Identity with ‘Dreamers in Exile’ at London Fashion Week

21 September

For Spring Summer 2027, London-based fashion label Dreaming Eli takes us on an emotional journey through childhood memories, changing identities and the realities of growing up with its latest collection, Dreamers in Exile.

Founded by Elisa Trombatore, the brand explores the relationship between the dreams we have as children and the realities we eventually inherit as adults. This season, Sicily sits at the heart of the collection, with family traditions, old photographs and familiar domestic objects informing its creative direction.

As the collection moves from childhood into adulthood, London becomes its next setting, representing ambition, movement and the restless pace of city life. Tattoos feature as reminders of experiences, losses and personal transformations, while each character in the collection reflects a different stage of the journey, from innocence and desire to disillusionment, resistance and renewal.

Visually, Dreaming Eli builds on its signature distressing techniques, experimenting with manipulated silks, layered cotton and gauze in a palette of blush, rose, white and black. Hand-painted fabrics, ruffles and pearls create a vintage, lived-in feel, while new screen-printing techniques introduce references to Baroque Sicilian churches and tribal-inspired tattoos.

Denim, lace and vinyl also come together in an interesting combination, with ripped and hand-cut fabrics revealing the layers beneath. The collection further expands the brand’s offering with new jackets and lingerie-inspired pieces.

Accessories make a return, too. The signature Wild Hearts Bleed Platform Heels arrive in an updated satin finish, with new blush and rose colourways. The New Pearl 3D bag range also receives a refined update, created in partnership with Harry Mack and engineered by experiential production studio Unit9.

Founded in 2021 following Trombatore’s MA at Central Saint Martins, where she was supported by the Isabella Blow Foundation, Dreaming Eli has developed a design identity centred on the power, danger and beauty of femininity. The brand’s designs have been worn by Kylie Jenner, Tate McRae, Zara Larsson and Munroe Bergdorf, among others.

With Dreamers in Exile, Dreaming Eli explores the space between what we remember, what we experience and who we become, bringing its distinctive approach to femininity and design to Spring Summer 2027.