Raw yarns, natural materials and playful layering for a new knitwear paradigm
The search for beauty begins with raw yarns, winds its way through creative overlaps and brings back an idea of elegance traced by tradition. Here is the journey that combines the main knitwear trends for the future Spring/Summer 2026, as they emerged in the recent editions of major industry events.
Taste becomes light, intention conscious; and as the boundaries between seasons blur, knitwear evolves toward cross-cutting garments capable of accompanying us throughout a lifetime.
Lace poised between memory and modernity
The absolute protagonist of the season is lace, which comes back to tell a tale of femininity that is as sophisticated as versatile. As a quintessential classic element, lace evokes ancient gestures of practices passed down in families, but today it is renewed thanks to modern weaves, strategic inserts, and see-through effects.
Used throughout a whole garment or as a refined detail, lace becomes the perfect symbol of how knitwear does not forget tradition, but reinterprets it with a contemporary look.
The sensuality of see-through clothing and overlaps
Beside lace, the trend of see-through clothing is established. Impalpable and light, it becomes the basis of incredibly bold and peculiar overlaps, capable of reflecting intimate emotions and the nuances of the wearer’s identity.
However, it is not just a matter of style: overlaps also meet the concrete need for garments to be suitable for changing climates and hybrid seasons. This is where knitwear demonstrates all its functional and narrative power.
The return of natural with materials, colors and atmospheres
In the name of an increasingly urgent attention to sustainability, new collections embrace natural and plant-based yarns such as linen, hemp and silk. Fibers are also often left natural, undyed, to enhance their authentic appearance and even the imperfections that make them unique.
See-through clothing is joined by raw textures, light wools, original blends of summer and winter fibers. The contrast is not only aesthetic, but perhaps above all symbolic: a balance between comfort and style, innovation and respect for materials.
Uncovering roots through colors
Finally, color palettes are divided between two extremes: on the one hand, the already mentioned raw and neutral tones of untreated yarns, on the other, vibrant and earthy nuances – among which, for instance, flame orange, deep purple, deep green and full blue – that evoke the strength of nature and the vitality of summer.
It is in this dialogue of opposites that the Spring/Summer 2026 knitwear finds its voice; a voice made of freedom, research, and pure beauty, capable of transcending time and seasons.