Emporio Armani Turns Underwear Into a Summer State of Mind

Emporio Armani revisits the art of understated masculinity for spring-summer 2026, pairing minimal silhouettes with the warmth of Mediterranean leisure.

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Published May 27, 2026

Henry Rank reclines shirtless on a rose-pink upholstered armchair in a sun-washed Mediterranean interior, wearing white Emporio Armani cotton trunks with a beige logo waistband stamped with the eagle motif, blonde tousled hair swept back, bare feet resting on a turquoise and floral patterned tile floor
Henry Rank settles into a rose-colored armchair for Emporio Armani’s spring-summer 2026 underwear campaign. Photo: Bruno Staub / Emporio Armani

Emporio Armani strips masculinity back to essentials for spring-summer 2026, finding sensuality in softness. Photographed by Bruno Staub, the campaign places models Henry Rank and Jack Wardill inside sun-washed interiors and tiled courtyards reminiscent of an old Mediterranean pensione. It is the type of setting Luca Guadagnino would frame so heat and stillness set the mood.

Emporio Armani Spring/Summer 2026 Underwear

Henry Rank relaxes, arms folded behind his head, wearing white and pale blue pinstripe Emporio Armani boxer shorts patterned with tiny navy swallows and a navy Emporio Armani logo waistband, blonde wavy hair against the pillow
Henry Rank relaxes against the edge of a bed in Emporio Armani’s pinstripe boxers. Photo: Bruno Staub / Emporio Armani
Jack Wardill stands against a pink studio backdrop with hands tucked behind his back, wearing an open oversized gray and white pinstripe Emporio Armani shirt over matching wide-leg pinstripe trousers with a drawstring waist, bare chest visible beneath the open shirt, dark curly hair
Jack Wardill fronts the Emporio Armani spring-summer 2026 campaign in a gray pinstripe shirt and trouser set. Photo: Bruno Staub / Emporio Armani

Emporio Armani treats contemporary essentials as the uniform of a slow summer morning, softly worn and slightly undone. The minimal silhouettes keep the focus on fabrication and proportion, and the muted palette pushes texture to the forefront.

Henry Rank holds a plank position on a turquoise floral Mediterranean tile floor beside a fringed white bedspread, wearing white printed Emporio Armani boxer shorts with tiny dark swallow motifs and a navy Emporio Armani logo waistband, blonde wavy hair falling forward
Henry Rank holds a plank in Emporio Armani’s printed cotton boxer. Photo: Bruno Staub / Emporio Armani

White boxer briefs, pajama stripes in lightweight cotton, ribbed tanks, and soft, draped knitwear extend a lineage Armani started in the 1980s, when the brand first turned underwear into an extension of lifestyle.

Henry Rank stands barefoot on stones in a Mediterranean courtyard surrounded by wisteria and greenery, a chalk-white facade above a dark gray lower wall behind him, wearing a navy jacquard-pattern Emporio Armani camp-collar long-sleeve shirt left half-open over matching navy drawstring pajama trousers, blonde tousled hair
Henry Rank steps into a wisteria-shaded courtyard in the navy jacquard set, the camp-collar shirt left half-buttoned. Photo: Bruno Staub / Emporio Armani
Jack Wardill reclines on a pale yellow ribbed armchair in a sun-washed white interior, arms folded behind his head, wearing a navy Emporio Armani tank with white contrast piping and the brand logo across the chest paired with matching navy briefs, dark curly hair and brown eyes
Jack Wardill wears a navy tank with white piping, the Emporio Armani logo set at the chest. Photo: Bruno Staub / Emporio Armani

For another angle on the brand’s current moment, the Armani Jeans capsule pulls from a different chapter of the Emporio archive.

Henry Rank stands shirtless against a magenta pink studio backdrop, wearing an open olive-brown lightweight knit Emporio Armani cardigan over matching pleated drawstring olive-brown trousers, one hand lifting the trouser fabric at the hip, blonde tousled hair
Henry Rank models an open cardigan and pleated drawstring trousers from Emporio Armani spring-summer 2026. Photo: Bruno Staub / Emporio Armani
Jack Wardill leans against a color-blocked Mediterranean wall in chalk-white and pale gray with a yellow column at the edge, one hand raised flat to the surface, wearing a cream and tan vertical-stripe Emporio Armani boatneck top with wide-cut beige and brown striped drawstring linen trousers, dark curly hair
Jack Wardill leans against a chalk-white wall in Emporio Armani’s cream and tan vertical-stripe boatneck over wide drawstring trousers in linen. Photo: Bruno Staub / Emporio Armani
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