# Leather Trend, Spring 2027 · Milan Fashion Week

Source: https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/milan/leather
Data refreshed: September 29, 2026

Leather appeared in 9.4% of looks at the Milan Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows, up from 7.7% in SS26. 38 designers showed the trend across 185 looks.

## Numbers

- Share of looks: 9.4%
- Share in SS26: 7.7%
- Change: +1.8 pts (rising)
- Looks: 185
- Designers: 38
- Rank: #4 of 20 key fabrics by share of looks

## In the press

Leather came up in 37 articles from Daily Front Row, Wallpaper*, Monocle and 8 more. In the data it was in 9.4% of looks, up from 7.7% in SS26.

- Daily Front Row, 2026-09-28: [14 Breakout Trends From Milan Fashion Week Spring 2027](https://fashionweekdaily.com/trends-milan-fashion-week-spring-2027/). Roomy leather jackets returned as a nostalgic look, pictured at Prada, Diesel, Gucci and Bottega Veneta.
- Wallpaper*, 2026-09-28: [These were the best shows of Milan Fashion Week S/S 2027](https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/best-shows-milan-fashion-week-ss-2027-review-round-up). Tod's showed stout leather pieces with geometric perforations, and Sportmax added heavier nappa leather.
- Monocle, 2026-09-28: [Best in show: The top 10 collections from Milan Fashion Week](https://monocle.com/fashion/ten-best-shows-milan-fashion-week-spring-summer-2027/). Leather featured in distressed jackets at Prada, leather-and-nylon mixes at Marni and an olive crocodile dress at Ferragamo.
- Harper's Bazaar, 2026-09-28: [In Milan, a Little Grit and a Lot of Glamour](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/a73927887/milan-fashion-week-spring-2027-trend-report-review/). Marni used distressed leathers on mod shifts, and Tod's tacked scarf-like blocks of coloured leather onto skirts and dresses.
- Vogue Arabia, 2026-09-28: [5 Key Fashion Trends We Spotted Across Milan Fashion Week S/S 2027](https://www.voguearabia.com/article/fashion-trends-milan-fashion-weeks-ss27). At Gucci, the statement leather jacket was given more volume.
- InStyle, 2026-09-28: [The Best Designer Looks of Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2027 From Prada, Gucci, and More](https://www.instyle.com/best-milan-fashion-week-looks-spring-summer-2027-12142549). Tod's uses leather for flap skirts with color blocking, pleats and perforations.
- The Business of Fashion, 2026-09-27: [Milan Day Five: The Shape of Identity](https://www.businessoffashion.com/reviews/fashion-week/bottega-veneta-ferragamo-dolce-gabbana-act-no1-spring-summer-2027/). At Bottega Veneta, leather becomes very light, joined by ribbon, straw and crochet.
- Vogue, 2026-09-26: [Ermanno Scervino Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/ermanno-scervino). Hand-patinated nappa tailcoats are made to feel as light as shirts.
- Vogue, 2026-09-26: [Ferragamo Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/salvatore-ferragamo). Leather pieces with Gancini fastenings look cracked and sun-weathered.
- Vogue, 2026-09-26: [Bottega Veneta Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/bottega-veneta). At Bottega Veneta, Louise Trotter wrapped small intrecciato leather scarves around the waist and patched large-scale intrecciato into summer looks.
- Vogue, 2026-09-26: [Philipp Plein Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/philipp-plein). Leather and beige suede drive the women's tailoring, from jackets to long coats.
- WWD, 2026-09-26: [The Attico Spring 2027: Pillow Talks](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/attico/review/). Skinny leather trousers have zips running up the back.
- WWD, 2026-09-26: [Elisabetta Franchi Spring 2027: Mixing It Up](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/elisabetta-franchi/review/). Elisabetta Franchi added corset lacing to the back of glossy leather coats and trenches, and put a structured leather bustier over bike shorts.
- WWD, 2026-09-26: [Bottega Veneta Spring 2027: Lightening Up](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/bottega-veneta/review/). Louise Trotter has leaned into Bottega Veneta woven leather, and even the set carried leather parrot tulips.
- WWD, 2026-09-26: [Ermanno Scervino Spring 2027: All That Glitters](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/ermanno-scervino/review/). Ermanno Scervino styled loose tuxedo shirts open over leather or pouf miniskirts.
- WWD, 2026-09-26: [Ferragamo Spring 2027: Pocket Calls](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/salvatore-ferragamo/review/). Leather safari vests without sleeves and leather jackets with Gancini clasps stand out.
- Vogue, 2026-09-25: [The Attico Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/attico). Leather features alongside military tailoring and masculine shirts.
- Vogue, 2026-09-25: [Elisabetta Franchi Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/elisabetta-franchi). Elisabetta Franchi rendered small jaguar spots and eel-skin effects in leather, as well as PVC and jersey.
- Vogue, 2026-09-25: [Sportmax Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/sportmax). A blazer and hoodie, both in red leather, go with slim black capris.
- Vogue, 2026-09-25: [Tod's Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/tod-s). Leather is cut out, hand-treated or worked into fabric-like intarsia, and fluid leather dresses and skirts appear.
- Vogue, 2026-09-25: [Institution By Galib Gassanoff Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/institution-by-galib-gassanoff). Crackled leather is hand-finished and hand-dyed.
- WWD, 2026-09-25: [Institution by Galib Gassanoff Spring 2027: Anything but Flat](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/institution/review/). Institution showed crackled leather trench coats cut at the waist, with tube-like sleeves.
- WWD, 2026-09-25: [Moschino Spring 2027: Rank and File](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/moschino/review/). Toreador-style tassels trim leather trousers and breeches.
- WWD, 2026-09-25: [Sportmax Spring 2027: The Heat Is On](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/sportmax/review/). Suede skirts as long as blankets and plenty of black leather appear.
- WWD, 2026-09-25: [Tod’s Spring 2027: Making It Your Own](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/tods/review/). Perforated leather recurs on trenches, knits and handbags.
- Vogue, 2026-09-24: [Marni Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/marni). Raw calfskin turns sweet sack shapes into something harder, close to brutalist.
- WWD, 2026-09-24: [Etro Spring 2027: Fuzzy Halo](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/etro/review/). The Etro team reworked paisley as tonal patches on suede blousons, which the critic rates as the best versions.
- WWD, 2026-09-24: [MM6 Maison Margiela: A Sixth Sense](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/mm6-maison-martin-margiela/review/). Handsome suede and leather car coats stand out.
- WWD, 2026-09-24: [Marni Spring 2027: Color Me Quirky](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/marni/review/). Many shift dresses come in leather; the closing look is black leather with arcs of aquamarine beads.
- WWD, 2026-09-24: [Onitsuka Tiger Spring 2027: Full Tank of Character](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/onitsuka-tiger/review/). Onitsuka Tiger hung fringe from suede jackets for a rugged Western note.
- W Magazine, 2026-09-23: [For Jil Sander Spring 2027, Simone Bellotti Walks the Line Between Severity and Softness](https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/jil-sander-spring-2027-runway-photos). The show opened on a collarless leather jacket fastened all the way down the front, a shape repeated later.
- Vogue, 2026-09-23: [Etro Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/etro). Suede blousons from the Etro design team grounded the floaty, diaphanous pieces.
- Vogue, 2026-09-23: [Jil Sander Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/jil-sander). The show opens on a black leather coat dress without a collar.
- Vogue, 2026-09-23: [Onitsuka Tiger Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/onitsuka-tiger). The Honda tie-in brings perforated leather miniskirts and shorts that recall biker jackets.
- Vogue, 2026-09-23: [Durazzi Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/durazzi). Very thin nappa contrasts with fluid silk, and raw-edged eel skin adds subtle relief.
- WWD, 2026-09-22: [Prada Spring 2027: Skirting Around](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/milan/prada/review/). Leather car coats sprayed with paint, worn with pleated skirts, show Simons' hand.
- The Impression: [Prada Spring 2027 Fashion Show Review](https://theimpression.com/prada-spring-2027-fashion-show-review/). Boxy leather jackets were one of the tops paired with the skirts.

Summaries are written by T-Fashion. Read each article at the source.

## Top designers by look count

- Tod's: 18
- Prada: 16
- Elisabetta Franchi: 10
- 35 more designers in T-Fashion

## Worn with

- Jacket (apparel): 39% of the trend's looks
- Skirts (apparel): 29% of the trend's looks
- Black (color): 34% of the trend's looks
- Chocolate (color): 13% of the trend's looks
- Animal (pattern): 6% of the trend's looks

## Runway looks

11 of 185 looks. Every look is in T-Fashion.

- Tod's look 13, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/tod-s/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0013-1ba569e6.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Institution By Galib Gassanoff look 11, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/institution-by-galib-gassanoff/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0011-d4a36093.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Rowen Rose look 20, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/rowen-rose/ready_to_wear/photos/0020-bb5dceaf.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Ferragamo look 42, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/ferragamo/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0042-42ac35b8.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- The Attico look 4, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/the-attico/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0004-515b3955.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Gucci look 35, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/gucci/ready_to_wear/photos/0035-348d2c6e.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Diesel look 4, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/diesel/ready_to_wear/photos/0004-a330cc10.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Sportmax look 8, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/sportmax/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0008-8cf38935.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Max Mara look 3, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/max-mara/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0003-355e872e.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Durazzi look 26, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/durazzi/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0026-c677467f.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Dolce & Gabbana look 5, Milan: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/milan/dolce-gabbana/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0005-e6ce10db.jpg?format=auto&width=640

## FAQ

**How popular was leather at the Milan Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows?**

Leather appeared in 185 looks from 38 designers. That is 9.4% of all looks T-Fashion analyzed for the Milan Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows.

**Is leather a trend for spring 2027?**

Rising on the runways. Its share of looks is 9.4%, up from 7.7% in SS26.

**Which designers showed the most leather for SS27?**

Tod's (18 looks), Prada (16 looks) and Elisabetta Franchi (10 looks).

**How does T-Fashion measure this?**

T-Fashion tags every look of every Spring/Summer 2027 show. The share of looks is the number of looks with the fabric divided by all womenswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with SS26.

## Related trends

- [Taffeta](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/milan/taffeta): 4.7% of looks
- [Mesh](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/milan/mesh): 4.1% of looks
- [Satin](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/milan/satin): 21.7% of looks
- [Chiffon](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/milan/chiffon): 9.1% of looks
- [Ribbed](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/milan/ribbed): 3.0% of looks
- [Denim](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/milan/denim): 5.7% of looks
- [Organza](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/milan/organza): 3.2% of looks
- [Sweater Knit](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/milan/sweater-knit): 3.6% of looks

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