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Milan Fashion Week SS27 · Runway show Womenswear

Fendi

71 looks, shown 23 September 2026 in Milan. Known this season for plunging, strappy heeled sandals, underwear as outerwear.

LVMH · luxury

71Looks
3%Of the week's looks
6th / 52Largest show
BlackLead colour

The show

The collection, look by look

MILANO MODA DONNA - 22/28 SETTEMBRE 2026 · SS27

Every 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 1Look 71
BlackChocolate brownCharcoalTanBeigeCoralIvoryGrey
Look 11

Look 1 of 71

White tuxedo-bib top with black lace-trimmed slip shorts and leather cuffs

A formal shirt-front reduced to a floating bib, clipped on at the sides, meets lingerie-like lace-hem shorts: dress-shirt propriety and boudoir undress collide, sharpened by fetish-adjacent leather collar and cuffs.

Black 60%White 40%
Shape
straight · fitted · relaxed
Pieces
shorts · top (unspecified)
Fabric
cotton · lace · silk
Details
belts · cut-away · cut-outs · hardware
Styling
mary janes · bare midriff · belted over · socks pulled up
Mood
austere · edgy · subversive

What set Fendi apart

Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.

Plunging necklineStrappy heeled sandals footwearUnderwear as outerwear stylingLingerie / boudoir referenceSpaghetti strap sleeveFaux fur / shearling material

The palette

Share of garment area across 71 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Straight / tubular70%
  • Column42%
  • Oversized27%
  • Draped24%
  • High-rise13%

Share of the 71 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 71 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Shirt23%
  • Scarf21%
  • Bra top21%
  • Slip dress17%
  • Wide-leg trousers17%

Traditions in the collection

Cultural influences →

4 of Fendi's 152 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Italy.

  • Embroidered sheepskin folk waistcoat · European (unspecified) · European folk & regional dressLook 32

    Own region

    “Black cropped waistcoat edged with curly shearling trim, gold scrolling soutache-style braid on fronts; recalls Balkan/Greek/Romanian/Hungarian folk sheepskin vests (cojoc, fermeli)”

  • Gajtan / gold cord scroll appliqué · Balkans · European folk & regional dressLook 31

    Italy → Balkans

    “Couched gold cord in spiralling scrolls and vertical drops running down black front panels, like Balkan/Ottoman-Greek fermeli or jelek braidwork; Hungarian or Romanian readings also possible.”

  • Sfifa braid trim · Morocco · Middle East & North AfricaLook 33

    Italy → Morocco

    “Gold cord edging runs along the front opening, hem and cuffs, with clustered parallel cord lines on the shoulders. This resembles Moroccan sfifa/passementerie trim on robes.”

  • Kurta · South Asian (unspecified) · South AsiaLook 37

    Italy → South Asian (unspecified)

    “Long band-collar pullover tunic with deep open placket, worn untucked-length over loose wide trousers in matching cloth, reading as a kurta-and-pyjama silhouette in pinstripe cotton.”

The character of the clothes

Fendi's clothes were darker, more muted, warmer and smoother than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighterdarker than 89% of collections
  • MutedVividmore muted than 80% of collections
  • CoolerWarmerwarmer than 95% of collections
  • SmoothTextured & printedsmoother than 75% of collections
  • CasualFormal
  • ClassicDaring
  • ExperimentalWearable

Fendi against every other house measured so far

Also in Milan, Spring/Summer 2027

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Fendi, in context

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