Canali’s Spring Summer 2027, titled On the Spice Route, is built around the ancient trade routes connecting Indonesia, India, East Africa and the Mediterranean. Creative Director Alessio Lillocci’s first collection for the brand, he used those routes as the full structural map for the collection, with each geographical stop producing a distinct shift in fabric, palette and weight.
The collection opens on the Indonesian islands and travels toward India. Fabrics are lightweight and built to work across changing climates, rendered in sesame, star anise and cinnamon tones. A full-grain suede blouson is worn over carrot-fit cotton canvas trousers, with knitwear in micro-perforated pure cotton or cotton-silk blends completing the look. Canali’s fabric research has gone further this season, with fibres chosen with greater care and each material treated according to its own nature.
Knitwear is one of the defining categories this season, evolving through structured stitches, openwork techniques and precious yarns, including a new Nuvola cotton yarn conceived to amplify lightness and comfort.
Suits in this section come in warm tones and are worn with V-neck knitwear and bucket hats. Outerwear borrows technical attributes from utility dressing. On the trouser side, the carrot fit interprets volume through contemporary proportions while keeping the refinement that is central to the Canali wardrobe.
Along the East African coast, linen takes over as the primary fabric, both pure and in blends. Trousers come in nutmeg and knitwear in cardamom. Japanese denim, used almost exclusively in this section, is worked with coloured wefts and indigo warps.
Crossing the Mediterranean toward Greece, blue dominates the Mediterranean section of the collection. Shades run from myrtle blue to salt of Persia, and the blue blazer is the focal piece of this chapter, produced across multiple constructions and weights. Canali describes it as a contemporary reading of one of menswear’s most established items. Outerwear in this section comes in reversible wool and nylon cloths. Ultra-light nappa leathers are combined with technical constructions across several pieces.
The collection’s final stop is the Italian island of Alicudi. Linen crêpe suits carry micro-chalk stripes, and Sea Island cotton pieces reach their lightest weights. Bermuda shorts, linen and cotton knitwear, and fabrics weighted toward natural fibres complete a wardrobe that is relaxed without losing its polish. Black appears here as an important new direction for Canali, a colour traditionally associated with a more fashion-forward code, now brought into the collection through pieces that are refined, effortless and deeply elegant.
The footwear category features both SoftGoodyear builds, a construction method that makes the sole more flexible and easier to break in than a standard welted shoe, alongside new hybrid styles, boat shoes, sandals, and espadrilles, all made with lightness and comfort as the main criteria. Belts, small leather goods, and accessories are all included in the collection and each item was designed with as much care and attention to detail as every other category in this brand.
One of Italy’s longest-standing menswear houses, Canali was founded in 1934 by Giovanni Canali in Trieste and has spent over nine decades working within Italian tailoring. SS27 covers raw materials selected with greater care, constructions that honour the quality of each fabric, and a focus on the finest expressions of every textile across eight stops and four distinct climates.
