Protocol Index presents "Style in Progress" The SS27 collection and the collaboration with Alpinestars RSRV between evolving fashion and functionality

Last June 24th, during Paris Fashion Week, Protocol Index brought its SS27 collection to "Style in Progress." The Korean brand, founded by Augustine Oh and Jade Lee, made the direction taken for this season unmistakably clear: to tell fashion as an evolutionary process, rather than a closed and predetermined outcome.

The inspiration is the late 2000s, the years when fashion opened up through Tumblr, blogs, and the explosion of street style. A moment when style was not a reflection of the runway, but something people built for themselves. From that period, Protocol Index reclaims the idea that personal interpretation matters more than perfection. The collection thus calls into question the conventional structures of dressing and entrusts transformation to the gesture of those who wear the garments: the pieces take on new meaning through the way they are worn, altered, and made one's own.

On this occasion, Altered States was also presented — the project born in collaboration with Alpinestars RSRV. Together, they start from a question: how to translate into fashion a system originally designed to protect. Technical materials and protective structures step out of their original context and change their nature. The result is two one-off looks and a limited-edition capsule — a fusion of functionality, protection, and transformation. After Paris, the project will reach selected retailers worldwide for Spring Summer 2027.

The set design referenced the backstage, with draping and carpet serving as a backdrop for what usually stays out of frame: the clothing racks, the shoes, the models' name tags. Exhibition, showroom, and presentation blurred into one another, and order coexisted with disorder without either one prevailing. The collection thus returns to where it began: style never closes, it always remains in the making.