Back in 2023, the Charles & Keith x PH5 Collection might not have existed yet, but the world was already tuning in to the kind of futuristic femininity it now champions. At the 2023 BAFTAs, futuristic fashion dominated the red carpet, from molten metallics to space-age silhouettes—an early glimpse into how style was pivoting toward something interstellar. It was a visual language that echoed what New York-based contemporary knitwear label PH5 would go on to define in its collaboration with Charles & Keith: a sleek interplay between softness and structure, blending futuristic femininity with modern movement in an exclusive capsule launching this July 2025.
Fast forward to the 2025 Met Gala, and that vision has only grown sharper. With a theme like “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” the event also blurred past and future in daring new ways: AI-generated couture, LED-embedded garments, and cyberpunk tailoring strutted alongside archival glamour. It wasn’t just fashion as fantasy—it was fashion as foresight.
Clearly, that evolution of style with one foot in innovation and the other in identity, resonates with the aesthetic ambitions of the Charles & Keith x PH5 Collection, launched globally this July. Like its red-carpet counterparts, it plays with future codes. But instead of spectacle, it leans into subtlety. No chrome or theatrics here… just considered lines, kinetic textures, and a devotion to movement. It’s futuristic femininity reimagined for real life.
The Ripple Effect: Emotion, Not Just Aesthetic
It starts, quite simply, with a ripple. Not the tidal kind, but the quieter ones: emotional, sensory, digital. In a world oversaturated with algorithm-churned aesthetics and trend cycles that disappear in a 72-hour scroll, this capsule dares to pause. To glide. To breathe. What if the future wasn’t about tech-driven dazzle, but softness with structure? Design that moves with you, instead of past you?
Unveiled at PH5’s Spring/Summer 2025 show during New York Fashion Week and launching globally this July, this capsule represents a new phase for both brands. Charles & Keith, the Singapore-born global label known for sharp, accessible luxury, partners for the first time with PH5, a New York-based knitwear studio that engineers tenderness into architecture. Together, they’ve crafted a wearable meditation on modern femininity: coded in waves, driven by motion, and grounded in a need to feel, not just be seen.
A Collection Built on Movement, Not Noise
The Charles & Keith x PH5 Collection reads as a manifesto in texture and tempo. Every curve, fade, and silhouette is guided by PH5’s signature wave motif, fluid yet intentional, digital in spirit yet deeply human. It’s also a nod to the way ideas and aesthetics now ripple through culture: from underground to viral in seconds, across timelines, trend boards, and street corners.
Among the collection’s standout pieces is the Mesh Gradient Wave Mary Jane Sneaker (SGD$109.00)—a blend of translucent mesh, sculptural soles, and just enough nostalgia to make it feel familiar without veering retro. Moreover, the Gradient Wave Slip-On Mules (SGD$119.00) exaggerate ripple-effect soles in a palette that shifts like light across water. And the Nylon Wave-Hem Sculptural-Heel Sandals (GSD$99.00) turn utility into elegance, their angular heel rising like a skyline at dusk.
Tactile Innovation, Future-Forward Ease
If the footwear grounds the collection, then the accessories and ready-to-wear elevate it. The Toni Gradient Knotted Crescent Hobo Bag (SGD$119.00) a rework of a Charles & Keith staple—leans into PH5’s tonal gradients in green and purple, creating a form that’s relaxed yet considered, casual yet designed. It swings with the kind of ease that doesn’t apologise for its quiet charisma.
Furthermore, there’s the Recycled Polyester Knitted Gradient Wave-Hem Crop Top (SGD$129.00) proof that sustainability doesn’t have to scream virtue. It breathes, hugs, and adapts. It’s also built for transitions, from air-conditioned offices to humid sidewalks, morning commutes to post-dinner hangs.
Where to Find It
The Charles & Keith x PH5 Collection opened for pre-sale from 24 to 30 June 2025, with its official launch starting in July. Shoppers can find it globally through the Charles & Keith app, online at charleskeith.com, and at selected flagship locations across Singapore, Tokyo, Bangkok, and Tbilisi. Expect immersive retail takeovers; part installation, part kinetic theatre that mirror the capsule’s energy and aesthetics.
But beyond product and placement, this collaboration offers something more vital: a reset. A reframing of how femininity can feel in 2025. It isn’t about dominating the feed, it’s about moving through the world with quiet precision, with fashion that reflects rhythm rather than rigidity.
Feminine, Not Fragile. Soft, Not Silent.
For a generation overwhelmed by noise and hyper-productivity, the Charles & Keith x PH5 Collaboration introduces a vocabulary of fashion that listens before it speaks. In pieces that glide, shimmer, and hold form without holding you back, this is clothing that lets you breathe. That makes softness look smart. That turns futurism into something not cold and clinical but intimate, kinetic, and wearable.
In the end, it turns out, the future doesn’t arrive with fanfare.
Instead, it arrives as a wave.
And this one? You’ll want to ride.
