Prada to Open Milan Fashion Week in September 2026
MILAN — In a stunning transfer, Prada secured the primary slot of what’s anticipated to be a crowded Milan ladies’s trend week, going down Sept. 22 to 28.
According to the provisional schedule launched on Thursday, the style home would be the occasion’s opener, staging its runway present at 2 pm CET on Sept. 22, shifting up from its conventional slot on Thursdays. The model will probably be adopted that day by the likes of Diesel and Venerdi Pomeriggiothe brand new label by Vivetta Ponti.
Overall, golden tickets of this version will embody these for Simone Bellotti’s new assortment for Jil Sander and Maria Grazia Chiuri’s sophomore ready-to-wear line for Fendi the subsequent day. Also following the likes of Antonio Marras, Missoni and MM6 Maison Margiela on Sept. 23, Etro will stage its first present for the reason that sudden exit of artistic director Marco De Vincenzo earlier this year.
On Sept. 24 it will likely be the flip of Max Mara, Marni, Alberta Ferretti, Roberto Cavalli and Emporio Armani to current their spring 2027 collections.
Gucci Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear Collection
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The following day will see the a lot anticipated present of Demna for Gucci at 2 pm CET at an undisclosed location and Moschino unveiling its new imaginative and prescient underneath lately appointed artistic administrators and Sunnei founders Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo. That day — which can open with the Tod’s present adopted by Institution by Galib Gassanoff, Sportmax and Blumarine — will probably be capped off by The Attico, the brainchild of Giulia Tordini and Gilda Ambrosio that’s turning 10 this yr.
The trend weekend will see the likes of Ferragamo, Dolce & Gabbana, MSGM and Bottega Veneta parading their assortment on Saturday, and Giorgio Armani presenting its ladies’s spring 2027 line at 11 am CET on Sunday.
Backstage at Ferragamo fall 2026 ready-to-wear assortment at Milan Fashion Week.
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While the style pack awaits the debut of Pieter Mulier on the artistic helm of Versace subsequent yr, there are nonetheless some names MIA, together with N.21 and GCDS. As reported, Ferrari will briefly decamp from Milan to current its spring 2027 assortment in New York, timed with the opening of its new flagship in town.
Debutantes on the Milan calendar will embody Marques’ Almeida, the LVMH Prize-winning Portuguese model based in 2011 by Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida; fellow Portuguese model Miguel Vieira; Neithan Herbert, a Mexican model based by Ecuadorian designer Neithan Ruiz, and Victor-Hart, recipient of the “MAX&Co. Design for Change” award on the 2024 Camera Moda Fashion Trust Grant.
Backstage at The Attico spring 2026 ready-to-wear assortment at Milan Fashion Week
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As for the Italian trend chamber, it’ll promote the CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards, its conventional gala devoted to celebrating sustainability. Beginning subsequent yr, the occasion will evolve into the CNMI Creative and Sustainable Fashion Awards, with the ceremony nonetheless going down at Teatro alla Scala throughout trend week in September 2027.
To fill the hole, this version Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana will host a gala dinner at Palazzo Reale on Sept. 23, to coincide with the opening of the “Dalí e la Moda” exhibition staged on the similar venue and developed in collaboration with the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation.
Overall, the Milan Fashion Week calendar contains 60 exhibits, six of that are in a digital format. The closing schedule, which can embody displays and occasions, will probably be unveiled on Sept. 8 with a devoted press convention.
