Giorgio Armani’s archive arrives in stores this season. The second chapter of ARMANI/Archivio marks the first time men’s looks from the 1979 to 1994 collections have been faithfully reproduced for sale. Those years established Armani’s approach to modern dress, when tailoring loosened, trousers rose higher, and formality opened up.
ARMANI/Archivio 2026 Campaign
Photographed by Eli Russell Linnetz, the ARMANI/Archivio campaign places Alexander Heenan, Sean Linden, and Kylan Archer-Wright inside the house’s rich lineage with a measured, almost offhand composure. Jackets fall close to the body, shoulders relaxed, and ties loosened just enough.
The effect recalls the early Armani years, when the late designer pulled the canvas from the jacket, softened the shoulder, and the suit turned personal. Linnetz shoots with a stripped-back clarity that borrows from the original Giorgio Armani campaigns and commits the mood to the present.
A leather bomber layers above a tie, a single-breasted jacket falls open on a washed shirt, a tweed suit keeps its shape and softens at the edges. The proportions stay consistent with long lines, high waists, and a steady balance. Nearly five decades on, the Armani shoulder still shapes the modern suit.
These same proportions live on in Giorgio Armani’s spring 2026 collection, reinterpreted for travel destinations.
