MILAN, Italy — Can you please spell Gabbana? Well, after a detour into casualwear for their menswear collection, the Dolce & Gabbana design duo focused most of their attention on eveningwear for Spring/ Summer 2026. It’s a category they’ve had some success with in the short timeframe between seasonal collections.
But there was more glam and less intimate pleasures to be had as well, chief among them actors Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci taking a front-row seat at the Milan Metropol Theatre to shoot a scene for The Devil Wears Prada’s sequel. Streep wore Priestly’s traditional sunglasses and a soft peach-toned vinyl raincoat as she made her way into the theater, guided by security and accompanied by Stanley Tucci, who wore a smoke-grey double-breasted suit and played the art director in the movie.
With showtracks by Italian singer Patty Pravo, Streep’s character consulted with Tucci, their heads tilting as models strutted. Confirmation from Dolce & Gabbana’s press team specified that the scene was filmed appropriately for the sequel, which will be shot in Milan in October.
Standouts from the SS26 collection featured a wealth of PJs, riffing on menswear and cleverly constructed with rhinestones and sheer lacey fabrics. A boudoir vein meets the playfulness of volumes both across coats and trousers: the classic codes of the house’s tailoring are subverted and reinterpreted in a looser key to add range, while details in dresses, such as beading and embroideries, came suspended from shirts and roomy separates more peculiarly but not less charmingly—here, silhouettes were kept simple and unstructured.
The real feat was how the atmosphere felt. As the show came to a close, Streep and Tucci were escorted backstage as scrums tempted to snap photos of this seminal moment in fashion history. That’s all.
by Chidozie Obasi