Story by Editor at Large CAROLINA OGLIARO
In an era where fashion is often driven by velocity, spectacle, and the relentless pursuit of the new, Marine Serre chooses another path, one defined by intention, care, and quiet rebellion. Her latest collection, aptly titled THE SOURCE, reclaims time as a space for meaning and garments as a vehicle for memory, movement, and future-making.
Serre, who has long blurred the lines between innovation and tradition, articulates a wardrobe that is not only beautifully executed but deeply rooted in responsibility. “We do not separate innovation from tradition,” the brand declares. This is not rhetoric. It is practice, visible in every seam, cut, and silhouette.
Each piece in THE SOURCE has been conceived as a living object: made with people, for people, and about people. There is no room for spectacle here. The result is a distilled collection of refined, elegant garments that breathe with the body and move with the wearer. From morning hours to late-night moments, this is a wardrobe that honours the rhythms of life without ever losing its edge.
What distinguishes Serre is not just her technical prowess, which is evident in the sharply tailored jackets, sculptural denim, and sensual upcycled silks, but her ethical clarity. Responsibility is not a seasonal theme, but a structural commitment. Upcycled scarves erupt in pinks and reds, trompe-l’oeil yellow python cotton mimics leather, while white workwear is touched by crocodile empiècements, each look bearing the mark of a mind that designs with conscience and consequence.
Sequins appear too but forget about frivolity. These are moon-shaped, upcycled, reframed as metaphors. Even sparkle is redefined, turned into texture rather than distraction. In Serre’s world, nothing is without purpose.
Then there is the multi-sports capsule, a kinetic homage to Marine’s own childhood. Movement is not just physical here, but emotional, personal, political. In every mesh and panel, there is memory and release, a tribute to joy as resistance, to play as presence.
What Serre offers with THE SOURCE is not a spectacle, but a blueprint. This season, “we are not showing, we are building,” she writes. That one sentence reorients everything. In a landscape oversaturated with performances, Serre is constructing not only garments but a new vocabulary for fashion itself. One where artisans are thinkers, clothing is language, and resilience is worn like armor.
This is a manifesto in motion… for the body, for the future, for the art of dressing with care.
And in a world that often mistakes noise for power, Marine Serre moves at the speed of meaning.
