Editor’s Note
**Editor’s Note:** This week in fashion, we explore a blend of emotion, memory, and celebration—from artistic capsules and coveted accessories to tributes to Italian dolce vita. Join us as we recap seven key stories that capture the industry’s pulse.
Bianca Luna Santoro
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22 May 2026
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May is the month of celebrations, major anniversaries, and small gestures full of meaning. Between arty capsules, desirable accessories, and tributes to the Italian dolce vita, this week fashion speaks mainly of emotions, memory, and shared beauty. And we, of course, take notes.
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The week begins in grand style with the celebrations of the Cannes Film Festival, of which Chopard has always been a major protagonist. Not coincidentally, these days the maison has chosen to celebrate the ten years of the Red Carpet eyewear collection with a jewelry model that, like the entire line, combines cinema and high jewelry in one of the most desirable accessories: sunglasses. The detail that wins us Grazia.it girls over? The limited edition of 499 pieces, conceived as a tribute to the roses loved by creative director Caroline Scheufele, a major protagonist of the Festival alongside iconic top model Bella Hadid, herself a brand ambassador.
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All the magnetic charm of felines is encapsulated in the Panthère Noire collection by Giovanni Raspini, a high jewelry project that transforms panthers, leopards, and cheetahs into sculptural jewels, worked with precious textures and almost cinematic details. The project will travel through Milan, Rome, and Florence with a traveling exhibition dedicated to the strength of handmade Italian jewelry, a human product combined with animal instinct. Like all great artists, Giovanni Raspini became passionate about felines by observing the wonderful jewels dedicated to these animals over the millennia, even those created by unknown goldsmiths. After all, the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and goldsmiths of ancient Asia have always been fascinated by their mysterious and powerful beauty. How can one resist?
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A historic Made in Italy brand that has linked craftsmanship and football culture for decades, Pantofola d’Oro opens its new concept store in Milan on Via Seneca. A space designed not only for sneaker and footballcore enthusiasts, but as a true meeting point between fashion, sport, and contemporary lifestyle. Among iconic models, memorabilia, and capsule collections, the brand tells football as a cultural and identity language. Among the gems is also the collaboration with Thebe Magugu, which blends street references, sports heritage, and global vision. Because today, football is also played off the field.
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Michael Kors’ summer speaks French, or rather smells of Saint-Tropez. The brand has launched a capsule with illustrator Christina Zimpel, an artist Michael Kors has long admired for her ability to convey joy, color, and optimism through drawing. For the maison, Christina created two original artworks inspired by Saint-Tropez: a bright beach and a stylized version of the city’s iconic bell tower. The prints come to life on caftans, shirt dresses, bucket hats, and tote bags with an effortless twist, immediately evoking a getaway to the French Riviera. An artistic, light, and very summer mood capsule.
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For spring-summer 2026, the brand Imperial launches a capsule with illustrator Beatrice Arnaboldi, author of the project “Che ansia sia con te” (May anxiety be with you), which has become a small social cult in recent years. The result? A fashion and intelligent collection that becomes almost a conversation to wear. Among t-shirts and essential pieces, language transforms into immediate micro-messages, suspended between contemporary irony and digital culture. A fashion that doesn’t just want to dress, but also to tell moods, thoughts, and identity. We love it!
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What could be more Italian than a stroll in the city center, among shop windows, cafes, and a bit of dolce vita? Zanellato tries to answer with A’Spasso, the new shopper bag designed to accompany daily life with elegance and practicality. Inspired by a bag that belonged to Beppe Zanellato and found in an old family album, today it returns in a contemporary version with soft leathers, woven details, and transformative silhouettes. A capacious but never excessive bag, designed to hold books, impulsively bought flowers, and everything that makes a normal day beautiful. After all, isn’t true luxury having the time to go for a walk?
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There are anniversaries celebrated with a party, and others with a gesture of love. For its 150 years, Villa Milano chooses to honor the city with a floral pop-up in the heart of Brera, transforming flowers and seeds into symbols of memory, beauty, and future. Each composition tells an emotion, a bond, a promise kept over time, just as the maison’s jewelry has always done. A poetic and delicate project, where Italian craftsmanship and symbolic language meet in the most Milanese way possible: with discreet elegance and great attention to detail.
