Not What You Think — F/W ‘26/’27

Milano Fashion Week January, 2026

Absent Findings presented Not What You Think as part of the official Milano Fashion Week Main Calendar, marking a defining moment for the brand.

The Film

A film suspended between dream and memory, absence and recognition.

Set within an abandoned space slowly reclaimed by sand, figures move like explorers — guided by instinct, as if returning to somewhere they have known before.

Each inhabits an inner world.
Aware of one another, yet uncertain.

They wait.
They observe.
They encounter.

The narrative questions recognition, trust, and presence — asking whether familiarity is real, or simply remembered.

The garments function as extensions of this inner state. Through stillness, restraint, and form, presence emerges quietly rather than theatrically.

The film becomes a portal:
a shared dream, experienced individually.

Presented digitally and live streamed via Milano Fashion Week, the work reimagined the runway as cinema — immersive, intimate, and contemplative.

We are proud to have been part of the Milano Fashion Week Main Calendar, presenting our vision on one of fashion’s most established global platforms.

Credits

Director
Laura Puscasu

Director of Photography & Editor
Yassin Yassin

1st AD
Shivin Singh

Stylist
Nisha Kapitzki

On-Set Stylist
Jessica Chavez Cadena

Hairstylist
Subrata Singh

Models
Oliver Raison
Fathima Mehreen
Hamad Al Nuaimi
Mohammed Neshwan
Char Goodrick
Mohammed Noor

Producers
Ravinder Singh
Subrata Singh

Original Soundtrack
“Speech Therapy” ft. ioi
From Music for Absent Findings by Ashley Maurice

With Special Thanks
Michelle Francine Ngonmo
Massimiliano Giornetti
Afro Fashion Association
Sahil Behal

Official Milano Fashion Week Listing: https://milanofashionweek.cameramoda.it/en/brand/13277

The Full Film:
https://youtu.be/Ev9_kWfvVgc?si=ycwYiHcDLxrCb7BJ