Emporio Armani and Our Legacy Work Shop return for a new collaboration, building on the foundation they established in 2023. Their latest Spring Summer 2025 project pushes the partnership further by introducing womenswear and exploring vintage Armani textiles through updated forms. The collection extends their shared interest in materials with history, items that carry stories through fabric, form, and wear.
Giorgio Armani, reflecting on his design philosophy, notes, “I love things that age well – things that don’t date, that stand the test of time both in terms of durability and wearability.” This idea runs through every piece, grounding the collaboration in careful sourcing and subtle evolution.
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Photographer Alasdair McLellan captured the campaign on Pantelleria, the volcanic island that Giorgio Armani has long considered a personal retreat. The shoot matches the tone of the clothing, quiet, textured, and shaped by sun and stillness.
Pantelleria’s remote setting informed the collection’s sense of escape. Robe-inspired silhouettes, slipper-like footwear, and soft tailoring reference the comfort of hotel rooms and slow days spent outdoors. Relaxed garments like the Toga Coat, inspired by the kimono, define the overall rhythm of the pieces: light, intentional, and subtly referential.
The collection draws heavily from the Emporio Armani archive. Our Legacy Work Shop reinterprets these fabrics and trims through their own lens, reshaping classic materials into new configurations. Many items use original Armani textiles, while others feature recreated vintage fabrics developed specifically for this collection.
“To design within the boundaries of what already exists is a challenge – but also an opportunity,” says Cristopher Nying, creative director of Our Legacy. “These fabrics carry history. Seeing them return in a new form made the entire process unexpectedly rewarding.”
This approach to working within constraints gives the collection structure. Each piece carries a trace of its past life while stepping into a fresh context.
Womenswear enters the collaboration for the first time, expanding its reach without disrupting the visual rhythm established in 2023. Returning silhouettes appear in updated cuts and materials, creating continuity across the two chapters.
Subtle nods to East Asian garments appear throughout. The collarless Sciovolo Shirt and the robe-like structure of the Toga Coat reflect these influences, as do the pocket motifs inside the Ampolla Blazer. These details remain quiet rather than performative, adding nuance without shifting the overall identity.
Among the more playful touches, the collection features a deck of cards, a vacation essential, printed with the signature cat motif first seen in the original collaboration.
Our Legacy’s WORK SHOP functions as the experimental core of the Swedish brand, a space where textiles and form evolve through experimentation. Emporio Armani brings its own track record of reinvention, built around an elegant design language and urban rhythm. The collaboration draws energy from both approaches, combining Armani’s fabric archive with WORK SHOP’s exploratory instincts.
The brands will debut the collection with an exclusive installation at the Armani/Manzoni store in Milan on May 16. Additional installations will appear in DSM locations across London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and Ginza.
The collection will also be available through OUR LEGACY stores in Stockholm, London, Berlin, and Seoul, at WORK SHOP Stockholm, and with select global retailers including SSENSE, NET-A-PORTER, MR PORTER, I.T HYSAN ONE, SKP S, and Maison Dongliang.
