Milan Fashion Week SS26 · Runway show Womenswear
Giorgio Armani
By Silvana Armani. 90 looks, shown 17 September 2025 in Milan.
The show
The collection, look by look
MILANO MODA DONNA - 23 SETTEMBRE / 29 SETTEMBRE 2025 · SS26Every 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.
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Who designs Giorgio Armani
armani.com ↗Head of menswear design
Leo Dell'Orco
Since September 2025 · 1 year
Italian
Long-time collaborator and partner of Giorgio Armani who joined the company in the late 1970s and for years ran the men's style office. He designed the FW26 menswear show, the first in the house's history not created by its founder, and leads menswear for the Giorgio Armani line.
Their runway style →Head of womenswear design
Silvana Armani
Since September 2025 · 1 year
Italian
Niece of Giorgio Armani who worked for decades inside the house's womenswear design studio alongside her uncle. After his death in September 2025 she took charge of womenswear for the Giorgio Armani line, co-signing its first post-founder collections with Leo Dell'Orco.
Their runway style →Before: Giorgio Armani, 1975 to September 2025.
Traditions in the collection
Cultural influences →16 of Giorgio Armani's 390 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Italy.
Haori · Japan · East Asia4 looksItaly → Japan
“Hip-length crossover wrap jacket with continuous contrasting collar band, wide dropped kimono-style sleeves, side tie closure; could also read as Korean jeogori or Chinese hanfu wrap.”
Tang jacket · China · East Asia3 looksItaly → China
“Black linen top with standing band collar and centre-front closure fastened by a row of knotted loop fastenings, in a loose straight cut recalling the tangzhuang jacket.”
- Pankou / frog closures · China · East Asia2 looks
Italy → China
“Horizontal fabric knot-and-loop fastenings set down the centre front in place of buttonholes, the characteristic Chinese pankou closure, done tone-on-tone in black.”
Sfifa braid trim · Morocco · Middle East & North Africa2 looksItaly → Morocco
“Scrolling corded passementerie braid running down the centre front opening and around the standing collar, as in Moroccan sfifa trim on caftans and jabadors.”
Obi · Japan · East Asia2 looksItaly → Japan
“Wide, stiff embroidered band wrapped high around the waist over a crossover robe, cinching the wrap closure like an obi; it is reworked with button fastenings.”
- Gandoura / jabador · Morocco · Middle East & North AfricaLook 39
Italy → Morocco
“Loose velvet tunic with a small stand collar, wide straight sleeves and a braid-trimmed front, worn over matching straight trousers like a Moroccan jabador ensemble.”
Xiangyun auspicious cloud motif · China · East AsiaLook 46Italy → China
“Stylised scrolling clouds with curled, layered ruyi-like edges in beaded and sequinned embroidery on a midnight-blue panel. Could alternatively echo Japanese cloud patterns.”
Kimono / obi brocade · Japan · East AsiaLook 30Italy → Japan
“Lustrous silk-like jacquard with tonal blue folding-fan (ogi) and stylised floral motifs scattered across the ground, typical of kimono textiles. Chinese brocade is a possible alternative reading.”
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