Taking the reins at Versace was never going to be easy, but Dario Vitale’s Spring/Summer 2026 debut silenced all doubts — delivering a bold, confident vision that proved his creative strength.

The Spring Summer 2026 collection was an exploration of the fundamental essence of the House, rearticulated to reflect a contemporary reality — outrageous and uncomplicated elegance designed for a life led by feeling.

Desire, sensuality and curiosity. Placing humanity and its impulses at the heart of Versace.

The Spring Summer 2026 show held at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the oldest art museum in Milan.

The Pinacoteca becomes a private residence, or a series of apartments, within the larger space—and there’s nothing more intimate than being invited to enter someone’s home.

Bathed in naturalistic light, centuries of masterpieces serve as the historical backdrop for a collection that embodies those values and Versace’s inherent maximalism.

Each room, across two floors, filled with the traces of a life lived. Artefacts of lived experience, high and low.