David Koma’s Spring-Summer 2026 menswear collection, I Love David, is part homage, part commentary on how men become images—sometimes willingly, sometimes inevitably. Presented at Berlin Fashion Week’s Palais am Funkturm, the collection feels like both spectacle and reflection.

“Davids” are the main inspiration, those being Beckham, Michelangelo’s David, and Koma himself. One might ask what David Beckham and Michelangelo have to do with each other, but that’s just the point. It’s the blending of the three that offers something uniquely new.

Beckham’s early-2000s style sets the collection in a specific kind of celebrity streetwear. Low-slung, light-wash denim is distressed. Brown leather trenches and waxed cotton smocks lined with red shearling recall the era when red carpet outfits were casual, not filled with the big brands we see today. A rhinestone “I LOVE DAVID” tee nods to Beckham’s tabloid era, merging pop culture history with Koma’s self-love and reflection—a kind of double entendre.

Michelangelo’s David adds a classical fashion dimension. Draped T-shirts fall like sculpted marble. Souvenir aprons—usually a cheeky tourist gag—are transformed into delicate lace crochet. Graphic motifs inspired by the statue appear throughout, framing the male body as an idyllic state.

Koma’s own signatures stitch the narrative together. His garter details become delicate crystal straps or bold knits. Tailoring is pushed further with sequined pinstripes and tulle tuxedo stripes that pool at the ankle. A hibiscus motif, drawn from his summer travels, erupts into embellishment: sequin-saturated surf shorts and hand-embroidered brooches blooming on lapels.

I Love David doesn’t pretend that masculinity is a fixed idea. It treats manhood as a collage—part idol, part individual, a performance you assemble every day. In Koma’s hands, this process becomes something to celebrate, question, and ultimately love, even if it is all a beautifully staged construction.