The Boglioli Fall 2026 Menswear presentation ran from 2-8pm on Friday, January 16th at the brand’s Milan showroom. Heading to the city for a few presentations at Milan Menswear Fashion Week, my flight landed at Milan Linate airport at around 2:30 that afternoon – kinda tight, but enough time to get to the showroom if everything went smoothly.
I waited for everyone to disembark and then wheelchair assistance helped me off the plane: the usual airport routine when travelling with a broken hip. I found the taxi stand outside and made my way to my hotel.
After checking in, I changed out of my comfortable flight outfit into something more suitable for a Milan presentation, and made my way across the city to the showroom.
I checked in with the PR team at the entrance and climbed a grand staircase to a white door marked with a golden “Boglioli” plaque. Inside, the team greeted me with news: Boglioli is to open a flagship on Bond Street in London this March, making it the brand’s third flagship store after Milan and New York.
The Boglioli Fall 2026 Menswear presentation was arranged across three connected rooms. The first felt cosy and warm – a glass table, a bicycle, and a fireplace with a TV mounted on the wall above the hearth. A rail of clothes ran parallel to the wall.
Through a doorway, the second room was the hospitality space, with drinks being offered at a table in the centre. There were more rails along each wall; the layout encouraged people to move around the room and interact with the clothing rather than stand in one place and observe.
The third room, behind the fireplace in the first space, housed the most luxurious pieces including a 100% cashmere cargo jacket (inspired by 1980s Levi’s denim jackets, I was told) and a mauve blazer with shawl lapels.
But to start, a note on the first thing to catch my eye: those glass cylinders.
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Boglioli Fall 2026 Menswear – A Colour Story Made Tactile
The Boglioli Fall 2026 Menswear presentation opened with an immediate visual statement: glass cylinders filled with pigment powders arranged like an artist’s palette on a glass table. A video playing on the TV above the fireplace showed the dyeing process – these were more than decorative props, these were the pigments used to colour the collection.
More cylinders, larger ones, were arranged on the hearth and some nearby shelves: these were labelled with at times curious names. Pigeon 20: a pale, dusty pink. Giallo Margherita: butter yellow. Terra Verde Antica: pale sage green.
The different colours used reflect the four themes within the Fall 2026 Menswear collection which take inspiration from the city of Milan: Back to Milano, Lunch in Galleria, Autumn in Brera, and Bagai Club.
The colours that stood out to me the most were the dusty pink, navy blues, khaki, and warm neutrals like brown and camel.
Other colours feature too: cocoa and mauve in the Bagai Club chapter; sage green inspired by the foliage of Brera in Autumn.
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Knitwear, Texture, and Detail
A trend that I noticed at Milan Menswear Fashion Week was represented here too in the Boglioli Fall 2026 Menswear collection: knitwear in variegated yarn.
Another interesting knitwear technique used was two-tone rib, where navy blue and white created contrast on an ultra-soft round neck.
Coats came in many different fabrics and textures, including this classic herringbone.
A navy and black coat’s houndstooth tartan design only became apparent up close.
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Into the Rain
When I’d circled the showroom enough times and taken what I thought were enough photos – though of course there are never enough photos during fashion week – I thanked the team and made my way down the staircase into what had become a dark, rainy Milan evening.
The hotel was a 20-minute walk, but I needed a taxi, so I tried calling one. After twenty minutes in the rain with none arriving I was starting to consider walking anyway when I noticed taxis pulling up consistently down the road: there was a hotel.
I ducked inside, apologized to the receptionist for not being a guest, and asked if she could help me get a taxi. She did, kindly, and within minutes I was headed back. By the time I made it to my room, all I wanted was bed and my book. I’d brought Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights on my tablet, and it felt appropriately atmospheric for a rainy January night in Milan.
Tomorrow: another presentation, but for now, Brontë and sleep. Here are a few more photos just to round off the event:
London College of Fashion alumna (PGCert Fashion Buying & Merchandising). 15 years in fashion across styling, buying & merchandising, trend forecasting, e-commerce, and marketing. Includes roles at Vivienne Westwood and multi-brand retail stocking 50+ brands including Adidas, Nike, and Puma.
