At a glance

• 13 upcycled pieces, each made one by one
• 2 designers: Diana Rikasari (Indonesia) and Celia B (Spain)
• 1 runway: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid 2026
• 0 new jerseys used. Every shirt was secondhand.

A black-and-white striped football jersey walks down a runway in Madrid. The Kappa logos still run down both sleeves, and a sponsor badge still sits on the chest. But below the chest, the football pitch is gone. In its place are tiers of ruffles in purple, sky blue and orange flowers.

That is the signature look from Diana Rikasari’s latest show. And yes, she’s Indonesian.

What is Diana Rikasari’s upcycled football jersey collection?
Diana Rikasari is an Indonesian fashion designer known for upcycling. She showed 13 upcycled vintage football jerseys at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid 2026. She made the collection with Celia B (@celiabdesigner), using secondhand jerseys, fabrics from Celia B’s archive and exclusive floral prints. Each piece was reworked individually. No price has been shared, so the looks appear to be runway showpieces.

Why do football jerseys work as fashion?

Because everyone already knows them. A jersey carries a team, a era and a crowd. That is a lot of meaning before a designer even touches it.

Rikasari doesn’t hide that. In the opening look, the striped jersey stays on top, almost untouched. Then the story changes below the chest. A frill of grey-white ruffles sits at the waist, then an orange floral layer, then a purple skirt printed with leaves and flowers, then pale blue panels with a pink grid.

Another jersey is neon yellow-green with small flowers sewn on and a long hot-pink fringe. It looks less like a fan shirt and more like a party.

What makes each look different?

Here’s the part worth sharing: no two pieces were built the same way. All 13 were upcycled individually, so every look has its own construction and its own details.

The mix of fabrics makes that obvious. The colours are loud, but they are not random. Orange flowers sit next to blue checks. Purple tiers end in a scalloped edge. Even the accessories join in, like chunky orange-and-pink bracelets and a woven orange hat on one model in the courtyard.

Menswear joined too. One look has a loose, flowing shirt in mint, purple and orange, with a big painted tree on the front, worn with purple floral trousers.

The runway mood was just as bright. The shots show models walking through a pale stone courtyard in Madrid while guests in flowery outfits watched from the front row.

 

 

 

 

 

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What does this mean for Indonesian fashion?

It shows that “upcycled” doesn’t have to mean quiet or beige. Rikasari’s version is maximalist, playful and very easy to spot on Instagram. And it puts an Indonesian designer on a European runway with a clear, personal style.

It also raises a fun question that the U.s.s post asks: what would an Indonesian national team (Timnas) jersey look like in this treatment? Nobody knows yet, but the idea has fans talking.