MARKE AW25/26 Collection – ‘Everything That Stays Is Love’ at BFW25

Photo by Kevin Duong for Berlin FW25

Within the echoes of forgotten halls and the dust of bygone dreams, MARKE unveiled its AW25/26 collection, Everything That Stays Is Love, on day 2 of Berlin Fashion Week 2025.

Designer Mario Keine wove an intricate tapestry of nostalgia and longing, leading attendees into the tender labyrinth of a soul trapped by the allure of the past.

Photo by James Cochrane for Berlin FW25

Rooted in the fragile beauty of remembrance, the newest MARKE collection explored the delicate boundary between daydreaming and reality, evoking the ache of memories too vivid to release, yet too distant to reclaim.


An intimate emotional core traced the melancholy of those who linger in rose-tinted moments. Historical and literary muses—Miss Havisham of Dickens’ Great Expectations and the enigmatic Stephen Tennant, the epitome of the Bright Young Things—guided this exploration.
Photo by James Cochrane for Berlin FW25

Both figures embody lives suspended in time, where love, fleeting and unfulfilled, becomes a haunting echo of what might have been. Through their lens, MARKE delved into the bittersweet paradox of yearning.


The newest MARKE collection unfolded in three acts, mirroring the arc of a life consumed by nostalgia.

The first act radiated the golden glow of youth, full of promise and possibility.

Fluid silhouettes, soft draping, and delicate embellishments captured this fleeting ideal. Skin-tight mesh garments adorned with vintage jewelry—artifacts lovingly sewn into the fabric—became talismans of treasured moments, worn close to the heart.

The second act descended into the shadows, reflecting grief and introspection.

The palette darkened to blacks and muted tones, with tailored mourning pieces softened by luxurious materials like wool-silk blends. This was the realm of reckoning, where memory overshadowed the present.

Finally, the third act embraced decay—a crumbling facade of grandeur where reality dissolved into delusion.

Oversized shirting and raw-edged draped bows evoked a sense of collapse, with silhouettes teetering on the brink of disintegration. The fabrics, aged and tactile, clung like whispers of a love that refused to fade

Everything That Stays Is Love was a meditation on the human condition: the struggle to reconcile the sweetness of the past with the inevitability of the present. In MARKE’s world, memory became a sanctuary, and love—whether fleeting or eternal—remained the thread that binds us to ourselves and to each other.
Photo by Kevin Duong for Berlin FW25
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