The Giorgio Armani exhibition, Milano, per Amore, opened yesterday at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, offering visitors a unique opportunity to explore the designer’s five-decade-long career. Running until January 11th, 2026, this fashion exhibition presents more than 120 garments, set against the backdrop of Italian masterpieces spanning from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century, creating a dialogue between art history and fashion.
Giorgio Armani exhibition: a journey through five decades of style
Curated in collaboration with ARMANI/Archivio, the exhibition highlights Giorgio Armani’s defining motifs: tailored greige suits, understated evening dresses, and innovative use of texture, color, and finish. The garments are displayed on invisible mannequins, allowing the designs themselves to suggest the human form. The selection emphasizes Armani’s work from the 1990s while tracing his broader stylistic evolution, illustrating his remarkable ability to merge functional rigor with creative invention.
Art history and fashion: dialogue within the Pinacoteca di Brera
The exhibition transforms the Pinacoteca’s historic rooms into a space where fashion converses with Italian art. In one gallery, greige tailoring is showcased against gray walls, while silvery evening gowns are displayed in alabaster-white rooms. A navy sweater paired with a bias-cut silk skirt, famously worn by Juliette Binoche at Cannes, presides over a small teal-painted gallery, exemplifying Armani’s mastery of material, cut, and color. By juxtaposing clothing with the museum’s art, the exhibition demonstrates how fashion can function as a cultural and aesthetic lens.
Selected works and thematic highlights
Among the highlights, the 1990s collections exemplify Armani’s refined approach to tailoring and minimal decoration. Eveningwear showcases his exploration of fluidity and light reflection, while menswear emphasizes subtle variations in tone and texture, reflecting Armani’s trademark restraint. Each piece is presented to engage visitors not only visually but also conceptually, connecting the design to broader themes of elegance, function, and innovation.
The Milano, per Amore exhibition also marks a first for the Pinacoteca, integrating fashion into its educational mission and emphasizing the role of garments as a tool for understanding society, culture, and creativity across time. Through this immersive experience, visitors witness the enduring impact of Giorgio Armani’s vision and the dialogue between art history and fashion in shaping contemporary aesthetics.
Giorgio Armani. Milan for Love
Photography by AGNESE BEDINI, MELANIA DALLE GRAVE, DSL STUDIO
