"Giorgio Armani's show on Sunday night was a strange double commemoration. It was originally intended as a grand hurrah to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the label, staged within the courtyard of the Pinacoteca di Brera, the Milanese art museum where Armani's clothes were exceptionally installed alongside masterpieces by Piero della Francesca, Caravaggio and Tintoretto, curated by the designer himself. It was the first time the museum had ever devoted its spaces to fashion."
"If his Spring/Summer 2026 show demonstrated the recalcitrant contemporary Armani - his stubborn refusal to follow the flow of fashion, which originally marked him as a radical, industry-shifting figure, but which latterly often edged his clothes out of relevance in a panorama wider than his loyal client base - the exhibition demonstrated the revolution of his work."
Giorgio Armani staged a show and curated an exhibition at the Pinacoteca di Brera, placing garments alongside masterpieces by Piero della Francesca, Caravaggio and Tintoretto. The exhibition marked the label's 50th anniversary and, following Armani's death on September 4, became a poignant commemoration; the exhibition and Spring/Summer 2026 collection were his final creative acts. The spring collection demonstrated Armani's persistent refusal to follow fleeting trends while the exhibition traced his revolutionary impact from the 1980s through the 2000s to today. Iconic pieces, including the outfit created for Richard Gere in American Gigolo, were presented as enduring templates of masculine elegance.
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