Emporio Armani presented its Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear collection as the first coed show under designers Silvana Armani and Leo Dell’Orco. The event, held during Milan Fashion Week, featured cohesive menswear and womenswear inspired by orchestra conductor students. Kendall Jenner attended front row in a minimalist black dress and shawl.
The Emporio Armani Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear collection marked the debut of a joint presentation by Silvana Armani and Leo Dell’Orco, Giorgio Armani's designated heirs. According to Silvana Armani and Leo Dell’Orco, speaking to Vogue Runway’s Tiziana Cardini, the transition from separate menswear and womenswear shows to this coed format was planned by Giorgio Armani before his death last year. The goal was “to ensure that once in stores the men’s and women’s lines would feel cohesive.”
The show's concept portrayed models as students at a school for orchestra conductors, grouped in loose tribes often united by baker boy caps. Models moved at a rapid pace to a tight tempo, in clusters that created a visual hubbub. Key looks included matching check jackets, aviator styles, blue evening suiting, and non-uniform white shirts for men and women. Standout pieces featured an oversized biker jacket over combats for women, gray bird's eye loose tailored pants and outerwear for men, an oxblood shearling coat, and a yellow and white stitched black wool topcoat over a gold-embroidered jean and boot. Accessories added endearing touches, such as mohair leg warmers and narrow, elongated cord-whipped cravats in tie-pattern silk.
Eveningwear shifted to first-night finery, with shaggy womenswear chubbies, waisted jersey wrap tops over blue silk tailored trousers, tuxedo tailcoats with bow-tied shirts, and meshed dresses with bow details. Shirting arrangements included bibs, collars, and crystal-studded bow ties. While the presentation's speed meant some pieces, like an oxblood biker over prince of wales check pants and a brown herringbone field jacket, were glimpsed briefly, the collection's hits mostly landed.
Supermodel Kendall Jenner attended the Milan show, wearing a black midi dress from Emporio Armani with a subtle floral jacquard print and bateau neckline. She draped a chocolate-brown floral-embroidered shawl over her chest like a cape, paired with strappy black stilettos, dark-brown shades, silver teardrop earrings from Méga, straight black hair, and a glossy pink lip. Jenner sat front row alongside Nicholas Galitzine and Elodie. The event occurred on February 26, 2026, during Milan Fashion Week, which wraps on March 2.
