Milan Fashion Week FW26 · Runway show Womenswear
Dolce&Gabbana
76 looks, shown 24 February 2026 in Milan. Known this season for bold lip, lingerie / underwear-as-outerwear, underwear as outerwear.
The show
The collection, look by look
MILANO MODA DONNA - 24 FEBBRAIO / 02 MARZO 2026 · FW26Every look in runway order as a column of the colours measured from its garments. Hover or use the arrow keys to read each one; play to walk the show.
Look 1 of 76
Strong-shouldered black wool coat with waistband over black lace slip dress
Sharp power-shouldered tailoring meets lingerie softness: a cinched black coat parts to reveal a lace hem, grounded by schoolgirl socks and lace-ups for a severe, romantic-gothic tension.
What set Dolce&Gabbana apart
Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.
The palette
Share of garment area across 76 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).
Silhouettes
Share of the 75 tagged looks.
What the collection was made of
Share of the 75 looks described by our AI taggerTraditions in the collection
Cultural influences →5 of Dolce&Gabbana's 340 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs.
- Turquoise and silver jewellery · Native American (unspecified) · Indigenous North America2 looks
“Oval silver-toned buckle set with turquoise stones in a cluster arrangement on a leather belt, recalling Southwestern turquoise-and-silver buckles; Diné, Pueblo or Zuni workmanship plausible.”
- Sicilian black headscarf · Italy (regional) · European folk & regional dress2 looks
“Black triangular headscarf covering the hair and knotted at the nape, with a scalloped eyelet edge. It recalls the Southern Italian and Sicilian rural or mourning headscarf.”
- Byzantine mosaic motif · Italy (regional) · European folk & regional dressLook 50
“Gold tessera-grid mosaic print with central roundel of Christ Pantocrator holding a book, in the style of Sicilian Byzantine-Norman church mosaics (Monreale, Cefalù).”
- Espadrille / alpargata · Spain · European folk & regional dressLook 73
“Braided jute rope soles with ribbon ties wrapped and knotted around the ankle, like traditional Catalan/Valencian espardenyes; the uppers are reworked as perforated woven leather.”
- Irish crochet lace · Ireland · European folk & regional dressLook 73
“White cotton crochet with raised, dimensional flower and leaf motifs joined by an open mesh ground, the hallmark construction of Irish crochet lace.”
The character of the clothes
Dolce&Gabbana's clothes were darker, more muted, warmer, more formal and more classic than most of the season.
- DarkerLighterdarker than 99% of collections
- MutedVividmore muted than 99% of collections
- CoolerWarmerwarmer than 92% of collections
- SmoothTextured & printed
- CasualFormalmore formal than 82% of collections
- ClassicDaringmore classic than 81% of collections
- ExperimentalWearable
Dolce&Gabbana against every other house measured so far
Also in Milan, Fall/Winter 2026
Milan field notes →The fortnightly digest
Dolce&Gabbana, in context
Every house is measured against every other, across every fashion week. The fortnightly digest sends you what moved, and who moved it.
For Publications