For Spring-Summer 2026, Romeo Gigli, under the creative direction of Alessandro De Benedetti, unveils Severance, a collection born from a cut, an inner separation that stitches itself back into a celebration of fragile yet powerful beauty. It’s a narrative of silk and memory, where liquid draperies knot into trilobed organzas threaded with colonial stripes, irregular pleats trembling like memories against the skin. Surfaces embroidered with rope leaves become maps of the body, while ergonomic structures, almost self-worn, shape volumes through re-stitched hems and hidden crinolines that bloom into spirals, evoking buds suspended in time. The color palette – butter, sky, dusty, coral cream, sand, ivory, yellow white, black, red – paints a landscape of the soul, a whisper of tones that caress rather than dominate, emerging in transparencies and shy contrasts. Fabrics, from reed lace to Swiss cotton, silk voile, jute canvas, crepon organza, and metal duchesse, are poetic instruments, a tactile language in dialogue with the body.
Silhouettes, never rigid, turn sculptural yet intimate, evoking rather than defining. Among the standout pieces, the Cloud Busting Dress in dusty silk voile floats like a mystical thought, while the Willow Dress in black or ivory reed lace, with its honeycomb bodice, embodies gentle sanctity. The Violante Dress, long or mini, in coral, sky, or yellow, conceals silk wheels in a circular structure whispering rebirth. The Electra Dress in coral cream and butter sways between sculpture and motion, and the Rosanthe Dress in dusty or ivory feels like an unspoken poem. The Skirt Dress Memole in sky or ivory organza and gauze inhabits the border between dream and deconstruction, while the Sofia Coppola Jacket in white canvas blends cinematic poise with androgynous delicacy.
The Crossed Tailleur reimagines power with fluid elegance, and the Bryan Shirt in chiffon and Swiss cotton is a blank page rewritten daily. The Sahara Jacket in reed lace or stretch cotton sand dismantles into a vest and micro top, revealing a multifaceted personality. In Severance, every garment is an emotional crossing, a geography to wear that doesn’t cover but reveals, doesn’t decorate but narrates, transforming fashion into a ritual of healing and beauty.
