Armani Honors Late Founder with a Poignant Spring/Summer 2026 Runway Show
The spectacular event—the last that Giorgio Armani worked on before his passing—closed out Milan Fashion Week
On Sunday evening, a star-studded audience gathered at Milan’s Palazzo Brera to watch the final show that the late Giorgio Armani worked on before his death. The Spring/Summer 2026 show, which also celebrated the house’s 50th anniversary, closed out Milan Fashion Week, and featured some of the late designer’s favorite models that he worked with over the years. As dusk settled around the show, lanterns lit up the stage.
The models walked down the runway accompanied by the songs of Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi.
“This collection, the last that Giorgio Armani worked on personally, is in some ways a testament to the style and the close of a cycle, so that new ones may begin,” the fashion house said in a statement. “It unfolds at the Pinacoteca Di Brera, in the heart of the neighborhood where the designer always lived and worked, and extends its horizon to Pantelleria, a land of contrasts, volcanic rocks, and dark fields surrounded by endless blue of the sea. Everything appears fluid, light, as if ready to yield to the island’s winds; everything conceived to seduce with energy.”
While A-list friends of the designer including Cate Blanchett, Glenn Close, Richard Gere, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Zhang Ziyi, Hu Ge, and many others watched as the collection moved in chapters down the runway, elsewhere attendees were offered another immersive experience to celebrate the house’s 50 years of fashion. The “Giorgio Armani: Milano per Amore” exhibition is a meticulous catalogue of the label’s collections, including over 130 archival looks. It will remain on view at Pinacoteca di Brera through January 11, 2026.
