Rambaldi Spring 2026 Ready to Wear Runway, Fashion Show & Collection Review

Marco Rambaldi is finding it hard to leave home, and he’s not alone. The designer who built his brand on nostalgia, old crafts — namely crochet — and happy memories of Nonno and Nonna’s kitchen took inspiration from adolescents who are on the cusp of adulthood, and struggling to grow up.

To reinforce that point, he left boxes of Fisher-Price “Little People” figures on every seat, and wine bottles with candles stuffed in the necks, an attempt to bridge the worlds of adolescence and adulthood.

“They find comfort in fairy tales, and characters like Pippi Longstocking,” Rambaldi said of the season’s muses. He said he chose Piazza Tomasi di Lampedusa as the venue to underline the importance of the town square, and the comfort of the wider community.

To wit, a diverse cast of models, including the Italian Paralympic athlete Veronica Yoko Plebani, wound their way around the glass-walled space, where some guests were seated, and into the piazza outside, where others were standing. Rambaldi made everyone feel welcome.

There were no surprises in this sweet collection. Crochet, made with reclaimed yarns, played a starring role, with the designer fashioning doily designs into crop tops, trousers, long skirts and even tank tops, some with the word “Rambaldi” picked out across the front.

He added white crochet edges to the rippling tiers of miniskirts and black ones to the waistbands, seams and edges of leather trousers, jackets, and skirts, part of a partnership with the Italian fashion fair Lineapelle.

Little round doilies adorned woven straw bags, and there were even crochet laces on Rambaldi’s new, chocolate brown sneakers done with Bata.

Home is really where Rambaldi’s heart is. He transformed tablecloths into long skirts edged with fringe and used needlepoint mesh as inspiration for delicate printed shirts. He even layered a chunky cream cardigan — just in case there’s a draft, darling — around the shoulders of one of the wedding gowns.

There was a lot to see here and some of the looks had far too many layers. Next season Rambaldi neeeds to peel them back, like an onion in Nonna’s kitchen, so the audience can savor each one.