Czech same-sex marriage and LGBT rights in 2026
Czech same-sex marriage is still not possible. What the 2025 partnership law, surgery-free documents and hate-crime rules changed, and what they did not.
BARCELONA
ES Collection swimwear for a summer on the Vltava
ES Collection has been making swimwear in Barcelona since 2006, a few years longer than its younger, louder sibling ADDICTED. Around the swimwear it has built a whole summer wardrobe, for hot days on the river and the long evenings after them.
Where the leg line lands
The ES Collection swim brief sits high on the leg and keeps everything snug, while a trunk or a short changes the line even in the same print. Some of the label’s swim briefs come in a bikini cut that shows even more hip. On a hot day by a Czech lake or on the river in Prague, the brief is usually the first thing packed.
Texture makes the casual piece
Summer evenings in Prague belong to Náplavka, the Rašínovo embankment, one of the liveliest spots on the river. The old vaults in the embankment wall, once used to store ice, now house cafés and bars. A shirt with a bit of texture and plain trousers is all it takes, and the swim brief can stay in the bag until tomorrow.
A less obvious evening look
Later on, the label swaps the swim brief for net and mesh, tops that let a little skin through and still belong at a dinner table. When Circuit Festival took over Barcelona for nine days in August 2026, from the 1st to the 9th, the official outfit came from ES Collection. The label knows a thing or two about clothes for the dance floor.
For readers in Czechia, ES Collection swimwear and summer clothes are online at addictedshop.eu, among the wider range of men’s swimwear.
SHOP ↗︎Related
Queer Brno, from Mezipatra to Brno Pride Week
Queer Brno has no gay district, but it has a history. Mezipatra began here in 2000, and STUD, Q-Hub, Queer MUNI and Pride Week carry it across the city.
Gay Prague beyond the bars and Pride week
Gay Prague has its bars and its August parade. The rest of the year runs on a Thursday community centre, online counselling, queer film and public debate.