Spring Summer 2026 Trends ALL-I-C

Summer 2026: a balance of structure and lightness

Spring/Summer 2026 Fashion Week marked a turning point in the world of luxury. Driven by the arrival of a new generation of creative directors at the helm of the biggest fashion houses, the season reinvents heritage and outlines a free and sensual femininity. Summer 2026 trends. Model: Ella @ élite. Make-up: Dior. Text: Isabelle Cerboneschi. Photography and styling: Buonomo & Cometti

“Once a boy told her that in other places, far away, the sand was velvety soft, white as clouds. He talked about seashells and the smell of salt, the music of the waves. She didn’t believe him.”
Abigail Assor, excerpt from the novel As Rich as the King

CHANEL Spring-Summer 2026 ready-to-wear, CAUSSE gloves ©Buonomo & Cometti

The Spring/Summer 2026 Fashion Week was a turning point. Rarely have the major fashion houses experienced such a shake-up, simultaneously renewing their creative directors: Matthieu Blazy joined Chanel, Jonathan Anderson at Dior, Pierpaolo Piccioli at Balenciaga, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez at Loewe, Louise Trotter at Bottega Veneta, Miguel Castro Freitas at Mugler and Glenn Martens at Maison Margiela. A reshuffling of the deck that breathed a new energy into the catwalks.

GUCCI glasses- CHANEL necklace ©Buonomo & Cometti

This season, designers did not merely draw from the archives: they set them against the backdrop of the present day. Historical codes were shifted, shaken up, and at times stripped of their solemnity to rediscover a new vitality. Between fidelity and irreverence, each seems to be seeking a delicate balance: how to preserve the soul of the houses whilst opening up uncharted territory for them?

HERMES Spring-Summer 2026 ready-to-wear ©Buonomo & Cometti

From this effervescence emerges the silhouette of a sovereign woman, instinctive, free in her movements as well as her desires. White dominates certain collections, like the promise of a new beginning or the first page of a novel yet to be written.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD Spring-Summer 2026 ready-to-wear CAUSSE gloves ©Buonomo & Cometti

Red makes its mark with vibrant touches, imbued with an unapologetic sensuality and theatrical power. Leather becomes a second skin, legs are revealed as the slip dress leaves the private sphere to be displayed in broad daylight. As for the crop top, it establishes itself as a contemporary wardrobe essential. It’s going to be a hot summer.

CELINE Spring-Summer 2026 ready-to-wear ©Buonomo & Cometti