As the curtain closes on Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week 2026, FIZIWOO celebrates a significant milestone with the presentation of three distinct collections. For this year’s KLFW, the House presents three distinct collections across FIZIWOO, FIZIWOO Artisanal and WOOBROTHERS, each contributing to the continued development of a more recognisable design language.
Afterlight advances FIZIWOO eveningwear through architectural folds, controlled draping and the return of the House’s signature twist. Building on techniques introduced in HER. Summer 2026, the collection refines them with greater precision, restraint and clarity.
Heirloom formalises the Kebaya Payet as a continuing FIZIWOO Artisanal signature. Extensive hand-applied beadwork, a fully beaded top informed by the cut of the Kurung Kedah, and Songket Limar sourced from artisans across Southeast Asia bring together contemporary construction and inherited craftsmanship.
Durian Men marks WOOBROTHERS’ first standalone Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week presentation. Through original in-house prints, embroidery and an adaptable wardrobe shaped around Malaysian life, the collection establishes the next phase of the label’s independent identity.
Together, the three collections reflect the House’s continuing engagement with Malaysian culture and regional traditions. Familiar ideas are revisited, tested and refined across womenswear, artisanal couture and menswear, allowing construction, craftsmanship and cultural perspective to become clearer expressions of FIZIWOO’s evolving direction.
Afterlight (FIZIWOO Summer 2027)
FIZIWOO presents Afterlight, currently developed as a 22-look eveningwear collection marking the next stage in the evolution of the House’s design language through architectural form, controlled movement and increasingly refined construction. The title Afterlight describes the quiet state that remains after a defining moment has passed. The applause fades, the lights dim, and attention returns to the garment itself. Rather than dressing only for immediate impact, the collection considers what clothing continues to communicate after the spectacle has ended.
The collection develops the construction methods first introduced in HER. Summer 2026, including architectural folds, controlled draping and the House’s signature twist. Rather than reproducing the previous collection, Afterlight returns to these techniques and develops them with greater precision.
The process has become more demanding. Folds are built with greater control, twists are resolved more closely around the body, and draping is repeatedly adjusted until structure and movement can coexist within the same silhouette. The collection also introduces a simpler treatment of the neckline, reducing asymmetrical cuts and organic lines in favour of greater clarity.
The collection is realised in lightweight, breathable and airy fabrics, creating wearable evening pieces suited to the local climate. Softer fabrics create a deliberate contrast with the architectural folds, demonstrating the technical precision required for these structures to retain their form. Beaded lace introduces texture and subtle shimmer, while linen and silk viscose provide fluidity and softness. Duchess satin adds greater structure, creating variation in weight, movement and surface throughout the collection.
The collection also introduces a new form of beadwork through beaded fringes, a simplified evolution of the House’s signature beaded tassel. Positioned along selected sleeve and skirt hems, the fringes respond to the wearer’s movement, introducing texture, fluidity and a more dramatic sense of motion.
The collection presents a balanced range of cocktail dresses and long and short evening dresses. Two looks incorporate corsetry as a controlled foundation, while the wider collection relies on draping, folding and internal construction to establish shape, volume and movement.
Embellishment is kept light and applied only where needed to break the continuity of a line, define selected areas or add visual interest to an otherwise restrained surface. It complements the construction rather than becoming the collection’s primary expression. Precious metallic tones, dusty cool grey and nude reinforce the collection’s controlled character. The restrained palette allows differences in silhouette, proportion and surface to remain visible without competing with the form of the garments.
Designed entirely around eveningwear, Afterlight presents a more assured expression of FIZIWOO womenswear. The collection does not depend on exaggerated detail to establish presence. Instead, confidence emerges through the precision of the cut, the control of the construction and the way each garment carries itself on the body. Some pieces announce themselves immediately. Others remain long after the room has emptied. This is Afterlight.
Heirloom (FIZIWOO Artisanal 2027)
FIZIWOO Artisanal presents Heirloom, currently developed as a 14-look couture collection advancing the House’s continuing interpretation of the kebaya while expanding its study of form through the Kurung Kedah and Songket Limar.
The title Heirloom refers to more than an object passed between generations. It reflects the knowledge, techniques and cultural memory carried through its making, and the belief that inheritance remains meaningful when it continues to be practised, worn and reinterpreted.
Within Heirloom, FIZIWOO Artisanal formalises the Kebaya Payet as a continuing House signature. The term describes a kebaya distinguished by applied beadwork rather than one prescribed cut or regional silhouette. The House’s interpretation is defined by controlled proportion, couture beadwork and embroidery techniques, and the integration of embellishment with the construction beneath it.
This direction evolved from Crowned in Thread, presented at Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week 2025, where the House developed kebaya pieces informed by dress cultures from across Southeast Asia. In Heirloom, FIZIWOO Artisanal returns to the foundation it has already established. The House refines its treatment of silhouette, motif placement and the relationship between shoulder, waist and hip, allowing the Kebaya Payet to evolve while remaining recognisable in relation to traditional and heritage dress.
Each top requires an average of more than 200 hours of handwork, with the time increasing according to the complexity of the design. Every bead and embroidered stitch is applied by hand. On average, three artisans work across the beading, embroidery and final finishing of each look, with additional specialists involved where greater technical precision is required. Alongside the closer structure of the kebaya, the collection introduces a fully beaded top informed by the cut of the Kurung Kedah. Its relaxed, slightly boxy proportion creates a
different relationship with the body, bringing ease and openness into a collection otherwise shaped through controlled form.
Every Kebaya Payet is paired with Songket Limar. Sourced from artisans across Southeast Asia, the textiles include pieces commissioned for the House as well as existing works selected in consultation with their makers. The Limar selection moves between earthy, pastel and jewel tones, enriched by metallic threads in shades of gold, rose gold, bronze and silver. Selected Limar textiles are created through a labour-intensive process in which pre-dyed threads are precisely arranged and woven on a traditional Malay loom, building colour and pattern into the structure of the cloth.
Movement continues through the beaded tassel, one of FIZIWOO Artisanal’s recognisable signatures. The tassels introduce movement to surfaces that otherwise evoke the stillness and solidity of jewels or carved stone, creating contrast rather than serving as decoration alone.
Rendered in jewel tones, warm bronze, antique gold and rich earth neutrals, Heirloom presents heritage as an active practice rather than a fixed image of the past.
Through Heirloom, the Kebaya Payet begins to emerge as a recognisable expression of FIZIWOO Artisanal, shaped through contemporary construction, skilled hands and a couture language that becomes more defined with every collection.
Durian Men (WOOBROTHERS Summer 2027)
WOOBROTHERS presents its first standalone Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week presentation with Durian Men, currently developed as a 16-look collection that studies Malaysian character through a contemporary men’s wardrobe. The collection marks the next phase of the label, establishing WOOBROTHERS as a distinct menswear identity shaped by cultural observation, practical use and repeated wear.
WOOBROTHERS first appeared as Woo/Brothers at Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week in 2016, when FIZIWOO introduced its first menswear collection alongside the House’s womenswear presentation. The name returned in 2026 through Kanda Raya RTW 26, LAU Lunar 26 and an early public showcase at Warna Raya KLCC, gradually establishing a clearer identity for the label. Durian Men is therefore not the beginning of WOOBROTHERS, but its first standalone Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week presentation and its clearest expression as an independent brand direction.
The collection returns to the durian first explored in FIZIWOO’s Orchard Spring/Summer 2020, placing the subject within a younger and more relaxed wardrobe. The durian is approached not only as one of Malaysia’s most recognisable fruits, but also as something familiar and shared across the country’s different communities.
Across the collection, long-sleeved printed shirts, Cuban-collar shirts, T-shirts, lightweight outerwear and casual trousers form an adaptable wardrobe for young professionals. The looks are intended to move between daily routines, travel, informal gatherings and the workplace. The collection looks inward to FIZIWOO’s archive, revisiting Orchard Spring/Summer 2020 and its use of local identity as a starting point for original print. That earlier collection informed the use of large-scale back prints and the decision to return to a distinctly local subject.
The durian was selected for its familiarity, distinctive character and ability to provoke an immediate response. The challenge was to work with such a recognisable and divisive subject without allowing the design to become novelty or parody. Instead, the fruit is interpreted through a more composed and elevated visual language while retaining the distinctive character of the subject.
The prints are realised on twill, giving the garments a smooth and fluid finish. Elsewhere, embroidery replaces printed graphics across selected T-shirts and outerwear, extending the collection’s visual language through a more tactile expression of WOOBROTHERS’ craft-led approach. Together, these treatments reflect the label’s focus on fashion-forward young professionals who are confident in experimenting with their personal style. The palette begins with shades of green drawn from the durian husk and aligned with the established WOOBROTHERS green. These are supported by grounded earth tones that provide a wearable foundation and reinforce the collection’s connection to its Malaysian context.
A mascot developed for Durian Men makes its debut across the presentation. Designed with a moody side-eye and nonchalant expression, the character reflects the attitude of the collection. For its debut, it wears a durian headpiece and minimal clothing, allowing its personality to remain clear while creating a flexible foundation for future settings, styling and collaborations.
Used with restraint, the mascot introduces a more playful expression of WOOBROTHERS without overtaking the garments. Its appearance across selected clothing, screen visuals and communication materials establishes a recurring character that can continue to evolve alongside the label.
