WINGS Independent Fashion Festival returns this May as a month-long residency at The Metro Social, expanding into a weekly program of runway, performance and sound.

Each Wednesday, two designers transform the space through immersive presentations that move beyond the traditional runway, integrating live music, art and installation into a continuous experience.

The 2026 residency features A-D ATELIER, BAAQIY, LANTERNA, PIGSUIT, RÉSEAU, SHIYO, SPEED and WIERD WORLD ORDER, bringing together a new wave of designers who challenge the conventions of fashion presentation, extending beyond the garment into fully realised worlds where runway becomes performance.

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SPEED presents a sculptural reimagining of contemporary tailoring, merging sustainability with subversive form. Founded by Alvi Chung, the label is known for its immersive runway environments and material-led approach, blending remnant fabrics with unconventional luxury.

WIERD WORLD ORDER, the living archive of Julianna Yao, operates as a dark and emotional exploration of identity. Rooted in the raw, the strange and the unseen, each garment becomes a form of armour — a distorted, ritualistic expression where fashion is not shown, but summoned.