Although he was absent from his program, Giorgio Armani knocked down the curtain in the spring 2026 male clothing season with class, offering a pure and polished collection clearly influenced by the time he spent in his home on the island, Panthelleria.
The invitation and set were a light navy blue, such as the Mediterranean surrounding Pantelleria, the southernmost island of Italy located between Sicily and Tunisia.
Although Giorgio worked a complete range of his celebrities not lights of light cement, soft mud or pale slate, as well as beautiful bright tones, such as pure violets or purple wood clongowes.
Rarely a Giorgio Armani collection with such light fabrics has been built: thin silks, aerated bedding or almost transparent fabrics.
He opened the action in his show space Tadao Ando designed in southern Milan with the first of half a dozen couples of children and girls, who debuted in loose pants and double mattress or chal's layers.
Nothing tight in this collection, where most pants had reverse folds, and the jackets were cut very spacious. The mood was so relaxed that half of the belts were made of braided rope or leather.
A sensation of fresco from the Caribbean also, with three -piece white linen suits, owner of Ron, white linen costumes, loose planting tissue hats and tapas and raffia sandals.
The designer also played brilliantly with leather: paper leather such as trenches or idiots, vitello fabric as suede cardigans or sillery bomber jackets with lambs skin.
What was felt new were the Jacquard prints in a rich selection of styles that include zigzags, painted fabrics, waves and Ikat motifs, before reaching the climax with two couples in deconstructed tuxedo that looked like the image of modern elegance.
And let Armani have the most intelligent row of the season, with Blacks Brany as the Loto Blanca star Jason Isaacs, the master actor Giancarlo Esposito, Max Minghella of The Handmaid's Tale, along with the remarkable dancer Sergio Bernal Alonso and the London London Boxer chef.
On Friday, the house took the unprecedented measure to announce that Armani was “convalescent at home” and the Emporio show would be lost on Saturday and the signature show today. Instead, his man on the right, Leo Dell'orco, revealed both shows.
“It is normal for sometimes to make an arc. I have done it before with Giorgio. We just want me to rest and return soon,” Dell'orco said with a modest smile.
One suspects that if the teacher were present, this elegant show would probably have received a stricter edition, perhaps rambling a little less. That said, the mood was surprisingly positive, improved by the inflatable soundtrack that included an elegiac tropical melody, Amazonia de Jesús Escalante and Ti Voglio Bene de René Aubry. And the models clearly seemed that they loved clothes, as if they didn't want to take them off. Always a good sign.
“We wanted fresh, and I think we did it. The jackets were different from each other. Everything a little lighter and the pants are released with tear folds. Pajamas that they use easily during the day. Remember, I have been here for 45 years. I think at that time we all learned a little,” Dell'orc added.
The next stop is Paris Haute Couture, where the Italian fashion emperor is scheduled to present Armani Privé on Tuesday, July 8.
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