Spring/Summer 2026 catwalk report
The Milan and Paris catwalks presented to the general public the latest in men’s wardrobe for the spring/summer 2026 season. Amidst eagerly awaited debuts and acclaimed sartorial experiments, let’s discover together how the stylists have described the man to come.
Prada launches a message of kindness and lightness in response to global tensions. Miuccia and Raf Simons‘ collection bets on soft, carefree silhouettes. Stretchy shorts, high collars and ironic accessories such as conical raffia hats stand out. The Prada man seems to move in balance between the office and the beach thanks to those contrasts so dear to the pair of stylists who each time amuse themselves by narrating and representing the world through the play of opposites.
If Moschino transforms his fashion show into a tropical paradise, Pharrell Williams for Louis Vuitton transports us directly to India between dandyism and exotic cultures. Eccentric accessories, embroidery, prints reminiscent of “One Thousand and One Nights”: the entire collection turns into a dream and becomes a metaphor for an evasive journey. Here too, mid-thigh shorts burst in: a sign that the designers have already decreed next year’s men’s trend. Great expectations at the Hotel des Invalides for Jonathan Anderson‘s debut at the helm of Dior Homme.
The new designer, fresh from the successes of Loewe, did not disappoint. The designer succeeded in winning over the public and critics alike, also thanks to a cinematographic narration entrusted to Luca Guadagnino, and brought to the catwalk nineteenth-century blazers and overcoats alongside Gen Z looks such as voluminous oversize cargo jackets. If Milan focused on an accessible aesthetic, Paris preferred to turn to distant historical or geographical inspirations.
What unites the fashion capitals is perhaps a message shared by the great stylists and their shows: luxury and comfort, in the male wardrobe, will no longer be the antithesis, on the contrary, they will find increasingly sincere points of encounter. Between multiculturalism and generational openings, what awaits us is a proposal that wants to break out of the minimalism of quiet luxury without overdoing it. We just have to wait until September to find out if the female universe will also follow the same trends.