Fall/Winter 2026
Following the unveiling of the Fall/Winter 2026 collection with a runway show in Dubai on February 1, Alberta Ferretti continues its narrative of light, femininity, and suspended elegance with a special presentation at Palazzo Donizetti in Milan on February 24.
Conceived as an immersive installation, the Milan presentation extends and deepens the visual language introduced in Dubai. If the runway show revealed a contemporary Portrait of a Lady through movement and presence, Palazzo Donizetti becomes the space where light itself assumes a central, transformative role.
Here, light is not simply illumination—it is protagonist. Garments displayed on mannequins gradually reveal themselves through a progressive interplay of shadow and radiance, unfolding in stages as if emerging from within. The installation reflects on the idea that light gives form to matter, just as intention gives meaning to dress.
For this presentation, Alberta Ferretti collaborated with Italian light art pioneer Nino Alfieri. Through the use photosensitive paint, Alfieri creates a luminous scenography that evolves in real time, anticipating a museum-like exhibition of selected creations originally shown on the Dubai runway. His intervention transforms the space into a living canvas, where light becomes both medium and narrative device.
At the heart of the installation, the Dubai runway show is projected inside a black box. The floor, designed with a perspectival LED composition, recalls the geometry of the Dubai catwalk, immersing visitors within the original atmosphere while reframing it through a new spatial dimension. The dialogue between projection and architecture creates a suspended environment—intimate yet expansive.
The final room hosts a luminous LED runway installation where additional creations from the collection appear to float within a frame of light. Suspended in a seemingly weightless dimension, the garments hover between presence and abstraction, reinforcing the collection’s emphasis on softness, fluidity, and quiet authority.
Throughout the presentation, light becomes metaphor and structure. It shapes perception, outlines silhouettes, and reveals texture—echoing the essence of the Fall/Winter 2026 collection designed by Lorenzo Serafini.
As in Dubai, femininity is expressed through nuance rather than
spectacle; covering becomes a form of revelation; presence supersedes performance.
At Palazzo Donizetti, Alberta Ferretti invites guests into a suspended dimension where garments are not simply displayed, but narrated. In this interplay between shadow and radiance, the collection finds a new rhythm—one that underscores the brand’s enduring commitment to grace, intention, and the transformative power of light.
