New York Fashion Week — Spring/Summer 2027

The Filipino-American couturier presents a luminous Spring/Summer 2027 collection shaped by fantasy, craftsmanship and modern glamour.

New York, September 12, 2026 — Annex 417, produced by F/ROW Productions

Runway photography courtesy of Oliver Tolentino / F/ROW Productions

Oliver Tolentino unveiled Gilded Dreams, his Spring/Summer 2027 collection, at Annex 417 during New York Fashion Week. Produced by F/ROW Productions, the evening marked the designer’s first solo New York Fashion Week presentation and introduced an immersive couture vision inspired by a distant celebration first imagined in a dream.

The collection unfolded like a procession through an imagined nocturnal gala. Jewel tones, liquid metallics and flashes of black and ivory met sculpted corsetry, intricate hand-beading, sequins, rich brocades and fluid draping. Detachable capes and boleros brought a sense of ceremony and movement, while precise tailoring grounded the fantasy with clarity and control.

Runway photography courtesy of Oliver Tolentino / F/ROW Productions

At the heart of Gilded Dreams was Tolentino’s devotion to craftsmanship and his Filipino heritage. Handwork, color and couture technique were not treated as decoration, but as the emotional vocabulary of the collection — an expression of confidence, joy and imagination shaped for an international stage.

Runway photography courtesy of Oliver Tolentino / F/ROW Productions

“Gilded Dreams is an invitation to step beyond the ordinary. I want each look to capture confidence, beauty and joy — where craftsmanship, color and imagination come together to create something unforgettable.”— Oliver Tolentino

The presentation welcomed an international audience of fashion leaders, designers, cultural figures, press and creators. With Gilded Dreams, Tolentino affirmed a point of view rooted in heritage yet resolutely contemporary — couture as atmosphere, memory and transformation.

Full team and production credits
Designer: Oliver Tolentino, @theolivertolentino
Production: F/ROW Productions, @frowfw
Event Producers: Errol Isip, @errolisip, and JL Rabelas, @jovrabelas
Project Manager: Priscilla Urias, @red.forty
Beauty Director: Don Hsiao, @don_hsiao
PR Manager/VIP Director: Monica AgRey, @monicgrey
Model Coordinator: Elizabeth Rearick, @bleachedmania
Content Director: Marc Gueco, @marcgueco
Volunteer Coordinator: Brigette Butler, @brigette.butlerr
Hair and Makeup Sponsor: TOBA Arte, @tobaarte

In attendance