Nostalgia, lightheartedness, novelty. The first fashion show after Giorgio Armani&#39;s passing turns into an emotional encyclopedia, a tale of memories of a recent vacation, a blend of melancholy and promise for the future.

"I detest designers who don't look at everyday reality. My jeans with the eagle quickly became a symbol of belonging and so did bomber jackets. The price was right and the Emporio craze quickly took hold." This is how Giorgio Armani described his revolutionary creation, an accessible ready-to-wear line that would redefine the taste and aesthetic language of an entire generation. Today, the first show without its founder is a hymn to lightness, understood not as fragility but as a philosophy of being. Freedom from constraints, rarefaction of forms, a feminine identity that plays on subtraction. How does it feel to return to the city after a summer vacation? Emporio Armani's Spring/Summer 2026 collection answers this question with a collection that never borders on celebration. The silhouettes that walk through the Teatro di Via Bergognone celebrate Giorgio Armani in the best possible way.

Milky hues, wisteria highlights, pearl gray and sandy beige open the runway with deconstructed suits, soft-shouldered jackets, and wide-leg pants. Moroccan influences intertwine with echoes of beloved Japan, cinematic flashes, and a predilection for sophisticated materials. Above all, a light and playful femininity emerges, simultaneously proud and sometimes bold, rooted in one's identity as a woman, whether young or old. It's the language of comfort-chic tailoring, eschewing gravity to embrace the fluidity of movement. Then dusty blues, transparencies, and barely-there florals emerge. Impalpable layering creates geometries of light and depth: translucent shirts slide over liquid skirts, textured vests interact with evanescent fabrics. A suspended romanticism emerges, reflected in an urban soul punctuated by oversized woven bags and boldly designed sunglasses.

In the second part, the palette intensifies. From midnight blue to metallic gray, amidst flashes of lilac and turquoise. Evening gowns become liquid sculptures,&nbsp;draped like flowing waves or constructed with vertical pleats that amplify gesture and presence. Silhouettes elongate, vibrating with crystal-strewn mesh fabrics, long dresses in aquamarine and lilac tones, fringes and beads that seem to dance suspended in the air. An epilogue that is not just a collection, but a collective ritual: the applause that closes the show becomes both a farewell and a promise, sealing Giorgio Armani's legacy and the continuity of an aesthetic that has forever changed the way we understand elegance.

Emporio Armani SS26: A Celebration of Lightness

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