Giorgio Armani Cruise 2027: Smooth Operator

by · WWD
Giorgio Armani Resort 2027 CollectionCourtesy of Giorgio Armani

For the first time, Giorgio Armani paraded its cruise collection — the first designed by Silvana Armani — alongside its spring menswear, headed up by Leo Dell’Orco.

As women’s creative director, Armani continues to put the accent on daywear, exalting her late uncle’s legacy of languid tailoring, subdued colors and graceful Milanese chic.

WWD also previewed the collection, displayed on racks in the company’s palazzo on Via Borgonuovo, which allowed close inspection of fluid fabrics like Cupro, and sly masculine elements, such as jacket linings in neckwear patterns, and versions of herringbone and houndstooth fabrics.

Armani concentrated on slightly elongated “boyfriend” jackets, or body-skimming, soft-shouldered cardigan silhouettes, some in subtle glen checks flecked with sparkle; others knit with a corrugated texture. Blousons and boxy jeans-jacket shapes looked fresh.

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Pants were uniformly full and fluid, except for evening, when they took on a disco attitude in lamé-like fabrics and pegged shapes. Armani offered sparkly separates for evening, plus a few gowns, venturing into lilac and powder-blue shades.

There was an ‘80s feeling to the collection, with some batwing sleeve constructions and inverted triangle shapes on tops and dresses. But it wasn’t jarring.

“I like to imagine a woman who does not seek attention, yet never goes unnoticed, thanks to the care she puts into her appearance and the natural way she wears garments with lines that are both precise and soft,” Armani told WWD. “It is a vision that naturally resonates with the idea of a Mediterranean market as a place of encounter and exchange, where everything can be found and intertwined in a continuous balance between identity and openness.”

This sure-handed, focused collection served as a reminder of Armani’s contributions to fashion as subdued, gentle luxury continues to win favor amid unsettling times.