Antonio Marras spring/summer 2027: polka dot knee-highs, argyle socks and floral hosiery, look by look

Antonio Marras took his spring/summer 2027 collection to the Vincenzo Muccioli garden in Milan, open to the public: MF Fashion had announced the show for 23 September at 12.30, streamed live on the brand's channels. In the official gallery of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana we count 62 looks, and in 16 of them the legs are dressed. Here the hosiery is one more print to mix with the others: polka dots, argyle, florals. The piece that stands out most is a sheer white polka dot knee-high with a black band just below the knee. We went through the looks one by one, in the order they walked.

The collection: the day after the wedding

The title is "Nozze di un Mezzogiorno di Mezz'Estate", a midsummer noon wedding. Moda & Motori Magazine describes an imaginary wedding between Antiogu and Ippolita after the night of San Giovanni in Alghero, and a collection that bears the marks of the party: "a garment becomes interesting when it is lived in". For MAM-e the collection tells "what remains the day after": "a wine stain, a trace of lipstick, myrtle, salt or perfume".

The palette, MAM-e writes, moves "from night to day through shades of honey, sand, nude and powder"; Moda & Motori adds powder pink and pale blue, then military green, mud and black. Silks and chiffons sit next to cotton and denim, and "embroidery, patches, crystals and pleats turn even everyday clothes into precious pieces". On the runway: Persian rugs laid on the paving and a long wedding-lunch table. None of the sources we read mentions hosiery: what follows comes from the photos.

Polka dot knee-highs with a black band: looks 2 and 3

The knee-high opens the show. In look 2 it is white and sheer, with small black dots and an opaque black band just below the knee, under short floral trousers, with gold loafers. In look 3 the same knee-high sits under black shorts and a printed jacket, again with gold loafers.

Looks 2 and 3: the polka dot knee-high with a black band. Photo: Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.

The white polka dot returns in look 4, under a long dotted skirt, and in look 11, under a gold brocade skirt with pale ballet flats.

Polka dots in black: looks 1 and 52

The same idea also comes in black, as tights. In look 1, the opener, the tights are sheer black with small dots, under a cream dress with black flowers, with pointed gold pumps. In look 52, near the end, they return under a white skirt with large black blotches, with silver pumps.

Looks 1 and 52: black polka dots, at the start and at the end. Photo: Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.

Argyle knee socks: looks 21 and 37

The second motif is argyle, on socks that reach the knee. The men wear them most, with shorts and derbies or loafers: in look 21 they are grey and brown, under striped shorts; they return in looks 13, 15, 25 and 30. In look 37 the argyle moves to womenswear, in pale grey, under an embroidered skirt with a scalloped hem, with white ballet flats tied at the ankle.

Looks 21 and 37: argyle for him and for her. Photo: Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.

Floral hosiery: looks 22 and 28

The third motif is blue and ochre florals, the same as on the printed jackets and skirts. In look 22 the floral knee-high sits under a skirt in the same print and a sand jacket, with loafers; in look 28 the knee-high has a grey band at the top, under a floral coat, with silver loafers. In look 24 the print climbs the whole leg, under sheer cropped trousers.

Looks 22 and 28: the hosiery in the same print as the clothes. Photo: Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.

Look 6, menswear, wears a plain white sock with the gold loafers instead, under brocade Bermuda shorts. The other looks are bare-legged or in long trousers, with jewelled sandals, loafers and ankle boots.

How to read these legs now

No source gives the yarn or the denier. Three practical points:

• A small dot on a sheer ground. Marras's white polka dot knee-high works because the dot is small and the ground is sheer: from a distance it reads as texture. The black band below the knee makes it look deliberate. For polka dots in winter, see our piece on polka dot tights.
• Hosiery in the same print as the clothes. In looks 22 and 28 the knee-high repeats the flowers of the jacket or skirt: the simplest way to wear printed hosiery without it looking like a costume.
• Argyle with a men's shoe. The argyle knee sock goes with derbies and loafers; in look 37, with a tie-up ballet flat too. For more knee socks, see Kiko Kostadinov.

For the rest of Milan, read our Milan Fashion Week report and the look-by-looks of Jil Sander, Anteprima, Fendi, Dolce&Gabbana and Elisabetta Franchi.

The photos

The numbering follows the official gallery of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, 62 photos in show order. The photos in this article are from that gallery. The count of 16 looks with hosiery (6 polka dot, 6 argyle, 3 floral, one white sock) is ours, from the photos.