Renaissance of Grit and Grace by KNLWS for S/S 26, Milan Fashion Week | FashionTV | FTV

Ignite your fearless edge with KNWLS’ spring/summer 2026 collection, where British rebellion crashes into Italian allure at Milan Fashion Week! KNWLS’ S/S 26 show marked a seismic Milan debut on September 24, 2025, at a pulsating venue in the heart of the city’s fashion district, injecting London’s raw sensuality into Milan Fashion Week’s calendar. Designers Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault, the power duo behind the brand since 2017, have traded London’s fog for Milan’s sun-kissed streets, where they’ve been working on other projects, to unveil a 40-look manifesto of poised provocation. Complete with a bombshell Nike collaboration that fuses athletic tech with corseted drama, the collection is poised to make a splash. The collection’s inspiration pulses from a Renaissance revival laced with ’90s grit, where slim, draped silhouettes and nods to medieval armor collide with the unapologetic swagger of vintage football boots and ballet’s sharp poise, all distilled through Knowles and Arsenault’s lens of “severe sensuality.” “We’re reimagining heritage with a fearless twist – poise meets punk, where every seam screams self-possession,” the duo shared, channeling the dusty-pink opulence of Milan’s Poldi Pezzoli Museum paintings into fluttery dresses with pouf shoulders, reflective plaid bustier jackets, and cargo minis from Nike’s weatherproof weaves, and Flyknit corsets echoing the Fenom bra’s athletic hug.

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