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Fendi’s Spring/Summer 2026 show in Milan unfolded like a joyous trip through colours, textures, and playful twists. Yet Silvia Venturini Fendi described it simply as a collage of “many different thoughts.” And perhaps it’s this refusal to pin something down and embracing how many things can be true at once that is precisely what made this collection sing—and what’s missing from today’s algorithm-driven trend cycle.
On the runway, sportswear was the unlikely backbone for the Italian Maison. Tracksuits came in wool suiting for men and whisper-light organza for women, their zippers upgraded to silk tapes. Elastic drawstrings, the kind you’d expect on gym shorts and resort wear, threaded their way through halter dresses and tiered skirts, cinching waists with a casual sensuality. Jackets featured patch pockets in unexpected places, while button fastenings were even utilised for graphic statements.
Colour was the main event across clothes and accessories, dialled up with characteristic irreverence as a “therapeutic shock of joyful abandon”. Subtle tonal variations were stacked within a single look, sherbet pastels clashed gleefully with earthy tones, and turquoise boldly with coral. Florals bloomed everywhere, often literally. Some were laser-cut into sheer organza, while others were printed onto fur. Beyond the clothes, a Marc Newson-designed runway was echoed in woven handbags, their blocky mosaics of colour carrying through to cable-knit Baguettes and sequinned Peekaboos.
This was Fendi at its best: inventive without pretension, elegant without stuffiness, and always willing to turn the ordinary—be it a tracksuit, a flower, or a pocket—into something quietly extraordinary.
