Maria Grazia Chiuri makes her debut as the maison's creative director with an autumn/winter show at GNMAC on 9 July, followed by a public exhibition on the Fendi-Lagerfeld legacy.Fendi is to stage its couture show for autumn/winter 2026–27 at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GNAMC) in Rome on the evening of 9 July, marking the first couture collection by the house's newly appointed creative director, Maria Grazia Chiuri.The GNAMC is home to the largest and most comprehensive collection of Italian and international art from the 19th century to the present day, with almost 20,000 works spanning from Neoclassicism to the historic avant-gardes. Founded in 1883, it has been housed since 1915 in the monumental Palazzo delle Belle Arti, near Villa Borghese. Chiuri was appointed to the Fendi helm as chief creative officer last October, joining from Dior, and made her runway debut at Milan Fashion Week last February. A native of Rome, she has spoken of the city as central to her creative identity: she had already chosen it as the setting for her final collection at Dior, shown at Villa Albani Torlonia in May 2025. The July event will coincide with a private preview for guests of the exhibition After un Percorso di Lavoro. Fendi / Karl Lagerfeld 1985. After Steps Through Work, dedicated to the long creative partnership between the Roman maison and the late designer, who served as its artistic director from 1965 until his death in 2019. The exhibition will open to the public from 10 July to 25 October 2026. Its title is a deliberate historical reference, echoing an original archival show held at the GNAMC in 1985 that celebrated the collaboration between Fendi and Lagerfeld. This will be the third time Fendi has staged its couture show in Rome. In 2016 Lagerfeld designed the house's Haute Fourrure show on the water of the Trevi Fountain - a first for the Baroque monument, whose restoration Fendi had supported - to mark the brand's 90th anniversary. In 2019, designer Silvia Venturini Fendi presented the collection at the Temple of Venus, accompanied by a pledge of €2.5 million for the restoration of that site. Photo credit: YASEMIN OZDEMIR / Shutterstock.com

Fendi is to stage its couture show for autumn/winter 2026–27 at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GNAMC) in Rome on the evening of 9 July, marking the first couture collection by the house's newly appointed creative director, Maria Grazia Chiuri. The GNAMC is home to the largest and most comprehensive collection of Italian and international art from the 19th century to the present day, with almost 20,000 works spanning from Neoclassicism to the historic avant-gardes. Founded in 1883, it has been housed since 1915 in the monumental Palazzo delle Belle Arti, near Villa Borghese. Chiuri was appointed to the Fendi helm as chief creative officer last October, joining from Dior, and made her runway debut at Milan Fashion Week last February. A native of Rome, she has spoken of the city as central to her creative identity: she had already chosen it as the setting for her final collection at Dior, shown at Villa Albani Torlonia in May 2025. The July event will coincide with a private preview for guests of the exhibition After un Percorso di Lavoro. Fendi / Karl Lagerfeld 1985. After Steps Through Work, dedicated to the long creative partnership between the Roman maison and the late designer, who served as its artistic director from 1965 until his death in 2019. The exhibition will open to the public from 10 July to 25 October 2026. Its title is a deliberate historical reference, echoing an original archival show held at the GNAMC in 1985 that celebrated the collaboration between Fendi and Lagerfeld. This will be the third time Fendi has staged its couture show in Rome. In 2016 Lagerfeld designed the house's Haute Fourrure show  - a first for the Baroque monument, whose restoration Fendi had supported - to mark the brand's 90th anniversary. In 2019, designer Silvia Venturini Fendi , accompanied by a pledge of €2.5 million for the restoration of that site. Photo credit: YASEMIN OZDEMIR / Shutterstock.com