Giorgio Armani’s menswear collection previewing on the final day of Milan Fashion Week was all about catching the light, which the 90-year-old designer achieved with shimmering textiles and a smattering of crystals.

Yes, awards season may be taking over the headlines these days, but let’s not forget about the new fashion season. Before couture and womenswear lead the conversation, menswear is acting as an especially satisfying appetizer, kicking things off with shows in Florence, Milan, and Paris.

Here are the key takeaways from Milan Fashion Week Men’s Autumn/Winter 2025. As Vogue Runway ’s Luke Leitch puts it, there was a willingness to “both appreciate and undermine convention” in Milan this season, as designers explored less conventional styles and injected a sense of freedom into their collections.

At Prada and Zegna, designers did what they do best — retrenched, regrouped, and made clothes strong enough to captivate

On the final day of Milan Fashion Week's four days of menswear previews for Fall-Winter 2025-26, attendees discuss whether its possible to know that a man is Italian, by looking at how he is dressed.

With soft fabrics, jewelled hues and fluid shapes, Giorgio Armani's men's show in Milan on Monday was an ode to elegance and freedom of movement.