Slips, salt and stripes: key looks from Milan fashion week

The main shows at Milan Fashion Week wrap up Sunday after another season of knock-out dresses, immaculate tailoring, leather coats and glorious handbags.

Here are some of the key looks from the spring/summer 2026 women’s collections:

1920s chic

Ferragamo designer Maximilian Davis went back to the 1920s with a chic and colourful collection of speakeasy suits and dresses with dropped waists, low-slung backs and long tassels, with a flash of animal print.

“It was a period when people were creating spaces for themselves and rebelling against societal norms, and that spirit translated into people’s wardrobes,” he said in the show notes.

Antonio Marras looked back to a similar era, imagining writers Virgina Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and Katherine Mansfield on holiday in Sardinia.

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