Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2026

At Milan Fashion Week, Dolce & Gabbana presented a collection that asked what modern masculinity looks like when it stops performing. Titled The Portrait of Man, the show was both introspective and theatrical, offering 100 looks that explored how personal identity can live inside structure. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana returned to the essence of Italian tailoring, but this time with a sense of ease that felt more human than heroic. The result was a meditation on how a man dresses when he is not playing a role, but inhabiting it.

Tailoring anchored the collection, yet it refused to feel rigid. Double-breasted jackets, relaxed trousers and long overcoats were cut with precision but worn with an almost lived-in sensibility. There was tension between control and emotion, tradition and individuality. Classic fabrics like cashmere, mohair and velvet met with denim, knitwear and silk in ways that blurred the lines between formal and familiar. A deep palette of grey, black and brown gave the collection weight, while flashes of ivory and cerulean blue hinted at personality beneath the polish.

The details reminded us that this is still Dolce & Gabbana — confident, sensual and unapologetically Italian. Scarves, soft textures and subtle embellishments added warmth to the tailoring, turning clothes into portraits of character rather than costume. The front row, filled with actors and musicians from Jung Hae-in to Benson Boone, reflected the show’s core idea: that identity, like style, is always in motion. In The Portrait of Man, Dolce & Gabbana captured a vision of modern elegance that feels grounded in reality yet undeniably cinematic.