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.
The show
The collection, look by look
MILANO MODA DONNA - 22/28 SETTEMBRE 2026 · SS27Every 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 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.
What set Fendi apart
Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.
The palette
Share of garment area across 71 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).
Silhouettes
Share of the 71 tagged looks.
What the collection was made of
Share of the 71 looks described by our AI taggerTraditions 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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