Spring /Summer 26

Ink & Impact

From silence came a voice. From solitude, a spark of creativity. The HONAYDA Spring/Summer 2026 collection was born as an ode to women who defied convention, lived with depth, and left an imprint through the written word.

This season draws inspiration from the English novelist Emily Brontë, whose iconic work Wuthering Heights was penned in seclusion within a conservative society. In an era that sought to restrain women’s voices, Brontë wrote with honesty about love, loss, and rebellion through a style that was raw, and bold.

She did not write to please but to be heard. Publishing under a male pseudonym to claim a voice in a world that denied her one, Brontë shattered the mold of the “female writer” and redefined strength and femininity through a pen that stood unwavering against constraint.

From this literary legacy, HONAYDA found the essence of a woman who wrote from isolation, yet her words reached the world. The collection translates that emotional state into fashion where fabric becomes a page, and every thread a declaration. In this narrative, the woman expresses herself to leave her mark.

Brontë’s voice becomes a meeting point for contemporary female writers from Saudi Arabia who are reshaping the cultural landscape with pens of their own. Among them, Badriah Al-Bishr, whose bold prose mirrors the shifts of a society in transformation, Raja Alem, the first Saudi woman to win the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, whose narratives blend imagination with truth. Rajaa Alsanea, who opened a window into the private world of Saudi women through her novel Girls of Riyadh, giving voice to long silenced dialogues. In the 1960s, Samira Khashoggi wrote under a pseudonym in an age of silence, gifting words to those unheard. And in more recent times, Sahar Al-Buhairi, with her bilingual courage, turned her battle with breast cancer into a narrative of resilience, spotlighting themes of identity, domestic violence, and self-healing.

In the SS/26 collection, the woman speaks, telling her story through detail. Sheer fabrics in hues of blue reflect clarity of emotion, white crepe adds balance, while lace and jersey intertwine softness with strength. Victorian influences resurface in high collars, puffed sleeves, and flowing capes, reimagined in silhouettes that breathe with contemporary energy.

The embroidery, inspired by traditional English needlework, speaks with delicate grace ranging from soft pinks to gentle blues while the season’s signature print, drawn from poetry blossoms across chiffon and crepe as scattered flowers, echoing a femininity rooted in confidence and elegance.

The color palette finds harmony between emotion and power from ash blue, heather purple, moody grey, and deep green, with a quiet lavender that lingers like memory.

In every look, a paragraph is written. In every design, a line from her story unfolds. Through Ink & Impact, HONAYDA celebrates the word as a vessel of expression and empowerment, inviting every woman to wear her narrative and leave her eternal mark.