Everything You Need to Know About Vogue World: Milano

After exuberant iterations in New York, London, Paris, and Los Angeles, it was only right that Vogue World journeyed to Italy—and this year, it’s doing just that.

Last November, Vogue Italia announced that the global fashion celebration would next take place in Milan, on the first day of Milan Fashion Week. Its overarching theme? Uplifting “craftsmanship and the human touch” in the age of technology.

“We are so excited that Milan will be the next city to host Vogue World in 2026,” Francesca Ragazzi, Vogue Italia’s head of editorial content, said in a statement. “This extraordinary event offers a unique opportunity to celebrate with a global audience the timeless story of Made in Italy, a story of genius and craftsmanship. It feels particularly meaningful to do so at this moment in time, in the era of artificial intelligence.”

Here’s everything you need to know about Vogue World 2026:

When is Vogue World: Milano?

Just a few months after its turn co-hosting the Winter Olympic Games, Milan will serve as the setting for Vogue World’s sweeping celebration of handicraft on Thursday, September 22, 2026.

Where will Vogue World: Milano be held?

On February 24, after a luncheon at Marchesi co-hosted by Prada and Vogue, Vogue World’s iconic next setting was announced at a press conference in Sala Alessi at Palazzo Marino.

That setting? Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the historic, glass-topped shopping arcade at the heart of the city, between La Scala and the Duomo. “Milan is one of the great European capitals of craftsmanship, where heritage and modernity meet, and where art, literature, opera and industry have long converged,” Anna Wintour, Condé Nast’s chief content officer and Vogue’s global editorial director, noted in a statement. “There could be no better place for Vogue World to honor everything that is extraordinary about this city than the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.”

What’s going to happen during Vogue World: Milano?

Over a series of thematic acts, Vogue World: Milano will survey and celebrate fashion’s ability to “preserve heritage, drive innovation, and shape the future.” From the brocade work of the Renaissance period to industrial wool, screen-based imagery to textiles, “a continuous dialogue between hand and machine” will emerge—with leading Italian fashion houses, master artisans, and international talent helping to tell that story.

How will Vogue World: Milano differ from previous versions of the event?

Though its point has always been to fête fashion, each iteration of Vogue World has done so through a slightly different lens. Vogue World’s 2022 debut included a fashion show and street fair intended to revitalize New York Fashion WeekFashion WeekA series of seasonal events where designers debut their latest collections, setting the tone for upcoming fashion trends and showcasing creativity, craftsmanship, and innovation across the global fashion industry.Go to Fashion Week Glossary after COVID. In 2023, Vogue World took the form of an evening at the theater in London, benefiting the city’s performing arts scene. In 2024, Vogue World: Paris paid tribute to fashion and sports at the Place Vendôme, with more than 500 models, athletes, and performers participating. Then, last year, Vogue World traveled to Hollywood, where it explored fashion’s long love affair with the movies.

Who is helping to bring Vogue World: Milano to life?

The team behind Vogue World: Milano is headed up by Ragazzi, Wintour, and a dazzling roster of creative talent. Juan Costa Paz, of the Paris-based creative studio Convoy, serves as creative director; the fashion is being spearheaded by Lady Amanda Harlech; and Judith Clark, a professor of fashion and museology at University of the Arts London, has come onboard as the show’s curator. Marco Balich of Balich Wonder Studios, meanwhile, is serving as executive producer, partnering with Marie Julie Craeymeersch of Mode and the Moon on overall production direction.

What will Vogue World: Milano’s charitable component look like?

Since 2022, Vogue World has raised several million dollars in support of charitable organizations across the globe. This year, Vogue World: Milano will support a new initiative to revitalize the Quarto Oggiaro Library in northwestern Milan. Vogue has promised an investment of at least €2 million to inaugurate a new center at the library designed to promote fashion, music, and artistic talent, as well as to serve as a cultural hub where creativity, expertise, technology, and a sense of community come together. “With this project, we aim to nurture the talent of Quarto Oggiaro’s young creatives by offering them tools, spaces, and opportunities for expression and collaboration,” says Stefano Parise, director of the Libraries Department of the City of Milan.

“The theme of [Vogue World: Milano] revolves around the value of the human element and the need to preserve the meaning of doing, learning, and creating in an increasingly digital world,” Francesca Ragazzi said in a statement on June 15. “The redevelopment of the Quarto Oggiaro Library—one of Milan’s priorities—embodies this vision by transforming a place historically dedicated to knowledge into a contemporary cultural hub where creativity, curiosity, and community come together in a vibrant way.”

“For us, investing in the Quarto Oggiaro Library means investing in the next generation,” added Milan City Councilor for Culture Tommaso Sacchi. “Libraries today are no longer just places for books: they are social and cultural spaces where people study, meet, exchange ideas, and spend time together. Vogue World: Milano allows us to rethink this library on a much larger scale, making it more open, more welcoming, and more useful to the community around it. A city’s cultural life cannot exist only in its historic center: It has to reach the neighborhoods where everyday life actually happens.”

“We are thrilled by the opportunity to collaborate on this project,” said Barbara Tripodo, the library’s director. “We are confident that the redevelopment of the library will have a significant impact on neighborhood life, enriching it with renewed spaces for social interaction, innovation, and the development of new creative energy.”

Will Vogue World: Milano be livestreamed?

Yes! As in years past, you’ll be able to watch the full show right here on vogue.com. Stay tuned for further details.

With the support of Prada, ALO, and Eli Lilly & Company.

This article was originally published on Vogue.com.