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ust Cavalli’s Spring 2026 collection reiterated the idiom that subtlety has no place in expression. Creative Director Daniele Lombardo amplified the label’s wild energy even further by showing at the stunning Villa D’Este in Lake Como—a locale often attributed to low-key extravagance over the label’s edgy provocations. But that was exactly the idea.
“The idea was to disrupt the postcard-perfect version of La Dolce Vita,” Lombardo noted, while gesturing to the brand’s LA-meets-Italy swagger. And the result was an emphatic clash of codes: sporty silhouettes folded into red-carpet spectacle, animal prints leapt across pastel palettes, all creating a maximalist collection that was categorically not safe.
The show opened with silk separates, moved to tropical garden tracksuits, then to cut-out dresses in gold palm prints. Even in more restrained instances, the embellishments were exuberant. There was a heavy dose of sportswear as well, with ‘80s-inspired colour-blocked tracksuits, Lycra cycling shorts, and tennis-inspired pieces, all filtered through the Cavalli lens. Sheers, feathers, and explicitly high-octane finishes ensured that visual excess was both opulent and inevitable. Amidst the drama of the villa, the brashness of the collection was even more identifiable. All the other designers were influenced by understated luxury, while Just Cavalli was, as always, off in the opposite direction. It was quirky, self-indulgent, and purely extravagant. And for the Cavalli brand? Exactly on point.
– Images: Courtesy of Just Cavalli