MAGLIANO SPRING/SUMMER 2026 COLLECTION MAGLIANIC
For this 2026 summer Magliano bypasses the usual defilè and opens an invitation to the cinema. Not everything can happen everywhere: surely not a collection that essentially longs for a sabbatical moment. A pause, something to do with rediscovering time and gracing the strike: a departure. The space is ironclad by the stagnant belly of an uncomfortable ferry boat. The time is that of a night that, proverbially, needs to pass. The action is that of a choral awakening.
The glamorous and ironic eye of director Thomas Hardiman unveils the Maglianic ark-enshrined humanity whose tribulations, at times off-key, put a smile on the face. The music – ritualistic and liberating – is by Federico Chiari.
The sabbatical needs manifest in the design through elements of free camping: various technicalities contaminate the clothes creating mutating silhouettes, tents for restless bodies. Ropes and hooks become emblematic buttons or jewels, in a sort of utilitarian retrofuturism where the dispute between polyester and cotton pervades the looks.
Amongst the accessories massive surplus bags made from old trekking backpacks, classical shoes, desire to be sandals. Porosity is the essential condition of the matter. Coats made in melange cotton voile, so ambiguous to appear a classic grisaille. Loosely weaved fabrics pay homage to 50s noir.
Wrinkled organza covers here and there, fluttering ornament resembling sea mist. Classic three buttons, tuxedo, gilet, shirts are penetrable. Imagining them quickly packed in a chaotic bag as they inextricably merge with scarfs and silk foulards like a sort of nuclear print. Sometimes resulting in embellishment while others becoming inquiries on the gesture, keeping the lapel high, a pensive flap, fit for sunrise contemplation.
The flag dresses flat trompe l’oeil surfaces, investigate the ground zero of summer dressing, three-dimensionality created by intuitive seamless amalgamations. Swimming goggles and other summer expressions became brass necklaces. Cotton crepe knitwear is holey like a crochet doily. The mohair has a ferrous sparkle, like the mineral Mondo jumper.
Footwear follows disparate roads, early 900s laced Titanic boots, the classic safety shoe, the crochet ballerina. Finally, the soccer shoe, functional but sparkling: made with Veja, at the forefront of a green production all based in Brasil.
