PRADA

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons presented the Prada Spring/Summer 2026 Menswear collection at the Deposito of Fondazione Prada. Set against a minimalist backdrop, the show introduced a gentle, emotionally open vision of menswear.

The collection embraced lightness and clarity: cropped tailoring, sheer knits, utilitarian details and soft silhouettes redefined masculine codes with quiet confidence. A focus on comfort and introspection replaced rigidity and aggression. The guest list included Riz Ahmed, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stormzy, Harris Dickinson, Kai, Sana, Win Metawin, Mahmood, and many more, highlighting the global cultural resonance of the brand.

Prada once again reaffirmed its role as a tastemaker, balancing innovation with intimacy.

DOLCE & GABBANA

Dolce & Gabbana’s Spring/Summer 2026 menswear offering is a poetic reimagining of relaxed elegance, blending bedroom ease with city sophistication. Drawing inspiration from classic pin‑striped pyjamas, the duo transforms fluid loungewear into polished daywear, flowy twinsets in dusty pinks, pistachios, muddy browns, and soft blues are paired with oversized tuxedo jackets and fisherman knits, evoking a laid‑back Riviera escape. Subtle florals, vertical stripes, and animal‑print pops weave through the collection, softening the monochrome base and adding a romantic touch that feels effortlessly stylish yet refined.

The palette plays with light hues, creams, sands, powder blues, and gentle neutrals enhanced by crisp tailoring and easy drape. Lightweight fabrics mingle with knits and soft suiting, creating silhouettes that float rather than. In one poetic moment, crystal-embellished pyjama sets close the show with floral motifs sparkling like dewdrops at dawn highlighting the brand’s flair for turning soft, flowy staples into evening-worthy. Dolce & Gabbana’s SS26 proves that true sensuality lies in subtlety: polished yet playful, light-coloured yet deeply resonant.

PIAZZA FIORUCCI 

Fiorucci’s new collection, Piazza Fiorucci, invites us to discover magic in everyday urban life, blending reality with a dreamy, surreal space inspired by Milan’s Via Paolo Sarpi. This imaginative world blurs lines between humans and cartoon figures, creating a cinematic, playful stage where fashion becomes freedom and transformation.

The collection contrasts tender and sensual, urban and fantastical, with body-hugging silhouettes, baby tees, cinched waists, and comic-strip-inspired ruffles. Iconic Fiorucci lips reappear as bold accessories, including the new Lips Bag. Prints reinterpret romantic symbols like angels and hearts with pop irony, while artist Janina Zais’s cartoon-style body painting turns models into living artworks. The palette centers on red, sky blue and white, with innovative textures and fabrics enhancing the collection’s spirited narrative of identity, joy and limitless imagination.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD ‘COLAZIONE DA ANDREAS’

For their first solo menswear presentation since 2017, Andreas returns to Milan – not just the heart of Italian fashion, but the spiritual home of sprezzatura. The SS26 collection is staged at Bar Rivoli, near San Babila, where the Milanese still begin and end their days, espresso in hand and elegance on display.

Drawing on a centuries-old love affair between English tailoring and Mediterranean ease, the collection channels a new dandyism: lightweight hemp, washed poplins, ink-drawn florals by Dominic Myatt. Classic stripes meet soft suede, tweed becomes summer-ready. It’s a look that feels both cultivated and relaxed: ‘raffinato non so che Milanese’.

Andreas isn’t chasing trends. This is a wardrobe for men who understand that style isn’t about fashion at all, it’s about gesture, attitude and the quiet confidence of a button left undone.

GENTLE MONSTER

Since founded in 2011 Gentle Monster has consistently captivated audiences with innovative story telling, while delivering sophisticated products. Their Milan Store is located in the iconic Corso Como, often referred to as the world’s first concept store.

For Milan Fashion Week, Gentle Monsters Milan Store show cased a new installation. Called GIANT HEAD KINETIC OBJECT, three gigantic faces are displayed, gently moving their eyes, blinking, shifting pupils and tilting heads. This kinetic art piece created by the in-house Gentle Monster Robotics Lab masterfully embodies human emotion, perception and connection – blurring lines between art, technology and human experience. 

MAGLIANO

Magliano’s Spring/Summer 2026 doesn’t walk the runway, it floats into view, like a ferry in the night. Instead of a traditional show, the designer invites us to a film directed by Thomas Hardiman, set in the dim, claustrophobic belly of a boat. It’s a sabbatical of sorts: a pause, a collective exhale, a slow unraveling.

The clothes are born from this in-between space. There’s knitwear as delicate as vintage crochet, cotton voile so light it resembles sea mist, and tailoring that feels lived-in, barely repacked after a long trip. Utilitarian details suggest makeshift invention: ropes and hooks double as buttons or jewelry, scarves melt into jackets, and tent-like silhouettes billow around restless bodies. Accessories continue the dialogue as goggles become necklaces, surplus bags are reborn from trekking gear, and mohair glimmers like mineral dust.

CHURCH’S

Presented inside Milan’s historic Piccolo Teatro Studio Melato, Church’s SS26 collection unfolds like a three-act play, a thoughtful tribute to heritage, craft, and quiet reinvention. Center stage is the Shanghai, the brand’s iconic 1929 design, reimagined for modern life with lightweight constructions and contemporary silhouettes.

In Act I, the classic returns with new lightness: the Shanghai Laser offers a sleek wholecut profile using precision laser-cut leather, while the Shanghai Essence expands the line into effortless loafers, lace-ups, and boots with soft, deconstructed builds. Goodyear and Blake techniques deliver comfort without sacrificing structure.

British Spring follows with suede moc toes and relaxed Derbies, footwear designed for seamless day-to-night wear, grounded in British summer ease. The final act, Crown, introduces deep-hued crust leathers in blue, green, and burgundy, elevating timeless forms with richness and restraint.

Church’s SS26 is heritage in motion, shoes that perform with elegance, crafted not just to last, but to express.

PDF

For Spring/Summer 2026, Domenico Formichetti cracks open the cage both literally and metaphorically. His latest show for PDF, titled FREE-DOM, transforms a Milanese runway into a prison yard, where the designer’s inner world takes form in bold silhouettes, twitching tension, and moments of raw release. This isn’t just streetwear, it’s self-exposure.

Set within a symbolic cage, Formichetti stages his own internal conflict: a metaphor for the mind as a trap, flooded with emotion, urgency, and restless visions. FREE-DOM feels personal, almost confessional. Baggy trousers and sharp layering nod to early 2000s New York streetwear, but the collection is less about nostalgia and more about reclaiming power – how he sees himself versus how he’s seen by others.