Fall/Winter 2026 · 16 Jan – 2 Mar 2026
Milan
What stood out in Milan
The season's trends →82% more often than in other cities
Chocolate brown
1 in 5 Milan looks featured chocolate brown.
in 74 of 88 shows
Every show, by colour
One bar per collection, split into the colours measured from its garments. Sort the shows, or tap a colour to rank the houses that wore it.
- 1Borsalino151 looksBlack
- 2KITON (Men)143 looksBlack
- 3Subwae (Men)141 looksBlack
- 4Loro Piana125 looksBlack
- 5GIORGIO ARMANI (Men)112 looksCharcoal
- 6TOD'S (Men)110 looksChocolate brown
- 7ABSENT FINDINGS (Men)106 looksCharcoal
- 8DOLCE&GABBANA (Men)101 looksBlack
- 9Moorer100 looksBeige
- 10JACOB COHËN (Men)86 looksBlack
- 11Gucci84 looksBlack
- 12Bottega Veneta82 looksBlack
The palette
- Black30%
- Charcoal14%
- Chocolate brown9%
- Grey6%
- Beige / camel6%
- Tan5%
Share of garment area, measured from the clothes in every look (skin and set excluded).
What was worn together
- Black over black20%1.7× expected
- Charcoal over charcoal6%2.4× expected
- Charcoal over black5%
- Black over charcoal4%
- Chocolate brown over chocolate brown3%3.9× expected
- Chocolate brown over black2%
Top colour over bottom colour, share of looks. “Expected” is how often the two colours would meet by chance.
Milan against the season
From our AI description of every look · hover a row for the numbers- Boxy+19%
- Straight+5%
- High-rise+3%
- Oversized+0%
- Inverted triangle−23%
- Draped−48%
- Column−51%
- Asymmetric−58%
Milan other cities · share of looks · right-hand figure is how much more (or less) often
Milan in the season's story
All five shifts →8 fashion weeks · January–March 2026
Dark gave way to light
Share of garment area in dark and light neutrals at each fashion week.
8 fashion weeks · January–March 2026
The season saved its colour for last
Average vividness of the clothes at each fashion week (colour saturation, 0 is grey). The three most vivid weeks are highlighted; New York was the most vivid of all.
Texture and shine
Measured from the surface of the clothes in every look · hover a city for its numbersTexture
Milan sat mid-pack on texture.
Knits, pleats, prints and embellishment push a city right.
Shine
On shine, Milan was more lustrous than most cities.
Satin, leather, vinyl, sequins and lamé push a city up.
Traditions on the Milan runway
Cultural influences →293 looks across 64 of 179 shows drew on a specific dress or craft tradition (3.5% of the looks).
From where
What, and who
- Jhumka · Absent Findings
- Tartan / kilt · Dhruv Kapoor, Etro, Fabio Quaranta
- Toquilla straw / panama hat · Borsalino, Dunhill
- Tabi · Absent Findings, Act N°1, Capasa Milano Shoes Collection
- Adras / atlas ikat · Emporio Armani, Etro, Loro Piana
- Hand block print · Absent Findings, Elena Miro', Etro
The character of the clothes
Milan was the warmest city of the season so far, and darker and smooth than most.
- DarkerLighter
- MutedVivid
- CoolerWarmer
- SmoothTextured & printed
Milan the other 5 cities measured so far · from the colours of every garment
The fortnightly digest
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Get the fortnightly digest: how Milan compares with every other fashion week on colour, silhouette and fabric, as the season moves.