Milan, Italy —
At the recent Milan Men’s Fashion Week, dainty little details were everywhere — reminding us that styling is how you really have fun with fashion.
The riot of small-scale design flourishes seen across the Spring-Summer 2027 shows — from pins and corsages to feather boas and arm garters — means you can expect men to be more decorated than usual next summer.
Before the events in Milan kicked off, the Irish designer Simone Rocha set the mood at her first ever menswear show at Pitti Uomo, the biannual Italian trade show for men’s clothing in Florence, with a collection that went big on all the extras. In the spectacular 17th-century Teatro della Pergola opera house, models wore fittingly theatrical hand-embroidered glass bugle-bead cornflowers, tea-stained feather boas, large silk-organza corsages and chunky engraved metal sleeve garters.
Afterwards, Rocha told reporters that she had been inspired by visiting the historic venue and discovering its vintage costume trunks, calling her show “a reaction to place and time” where “the airs of the theater universe animate silhouettes with a languid swagger.”
