Ulla Johnson x Helen Frankenthaler: Shop the Collaboration at Coco Goose

There are collaborations, and then there are collaborations that organically come together perfectly. Ulla Johnson's Spring 2026 partnership with the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation is firmly in the second category. A blend of art history, fashion, and iconic craftsmanship. 

Frankenthaler was a painter who genuinely changed how people thought about color. She pioneered a technique of pouring thinned paint directly onto raw canvas and letting it soak in, which sounds simple until you see what she made. The results were luminous, almost like color had weight. She's the kind of artist that other artists talk about in hushed tones, and her influence on color-field painting is hard to overstate. If you want to go deeper on her story, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation is worth the visit.

Ulla Johnson built the entire Spring/Summer 2026 collection around three of Frankenthaler’s paintings: "Western Dream" (1957), "Moontide" (1968), and "Nature Abhors a Vacuum" (1973). She showed the collection at the Cooper Hewitt on the Upper East Side, which felt like a natural home for it…fashion and fine art under stunning, timeless architecture. The collection asked whether beautiful and powerful can be the same thing. Looking at the pieces, the answer is pretty clear.

The most direct expression of the collaboration that we carry at Coco Goose is the Chiara Scarf. It's one of those pieces you have to hold in person to fully appreciate...but take our word on this. Silk twill, printed directly from the paintings, in all three colorways: Moontide, Western Dream, and Nature Abhors a Vacuum. $250 for a piece of art history you can actually wear. Tie it in your hair, knot it on a bag, layer it over a simple silk dress or basic tee. It works no matter what.

The rest of Ulla Johnson’s spring collection that we’ve curated in store and online is equally lovely. The Kasia Silk Dress in Violet is that dress. The one that looks expensive without trying too hard. The Anelise Halter Midi in Zinnia is warm and bold in the best way.

Shop the full Ulla Johnson collection at Coco Goose. These works-of-art move fast. Happy shopping, beautiful.