Santoni presents its Spring Summer 2026 collection through Forms and Matter, a project that investigates materials, color, and gesture as a shared language between craft and art. Artist Lorenzo Vitturi extends this vision with fifteen images and four sculptures, commissioned by the Maison to translate its mastery into visual and sculptural form.
The Adriatic Sea provides the starting point. Its mutable tones, luminous reflections, and rhythm of land and water connect both Santoni’s Le Marche origins and Vitturi’s own territory. This dialogue sets the stage for the collaboration, presented in Milan at the Galleria Meravigli. Santoni’s leatherwork and artisanal processes encounter Vitturi’s exploration of materiality, creating a narrative rooted in place but alive in experimentation.
Origine leather was painted and immersed in the Venetian lagoon, where it interacted with water, air, and light to form temporary sculptural shapes that dissolved within moments. These fleeting transformations reflected on the nature of metamorphosis, celebrating raw material as both subject and medium.
In the studio, Vitturi extended the collaboration into sculpture. Santoni’s iconic materials, dyed Origine leather, sole leather, and Seta calfskin, were stitched and moulded alongside blown Murano glass, Venetian beads, and Peruvian wool yarn. This convergence produced pieces that stage a dialogue between distant crafts. The precision of cutting and stitching interacts with the fragility of glass, creating objects that embody both strength and delicacy.
The collection itself reflects the same principles of transformation and artistry. Women’s designs bring a sense of freedom and lightness: pumps shimmer with sequins that recall sunlight across Adriatic waters, the Carla loafer appears in dynamic proportions, and the Yorker sneaker connects athletic rhythm with artisanal grace. Slingbacks, stilettos, and sandals continue the theme, with iridescent surfaces, macramé, and translucent textures expanding the narrative.
For men, Santoni refines its signature forms. The double buckle and lace-ups return in Origine calfskin enriched with Velatura shading, echoing Vitturi’s chromatic compositions. The Carlo loafer, offered in both classic and driver versions, appears in supple Seta and Nemus. Goodyear Reverse construction lightens traditional silhouettes, while perforations and woven details reference sculptural interplay of solid and void. Sneakers such as the Montecarlo, crafted in Carezza leather with Arancio Santoni accents, introduce a chromatic connection to Vitturi’s imagery.
Men’s Vanguard line presents backpacks, weekend bags, and briefcases in supple leathers with Velatura effects. Women’s handbags, sculptural and tactile, are shaped through Serpentine cords and refined finishes. Each accessory continues the conversation between technique, craft, and artistry.
Through Forms and Matter, Santoni demonstrates that creation extends beyond the shoe or the accessory. It lives in the dialogue between artisans and artists, between roots and experimentation. Vitturi’s fifteen images and four sculptures reinforce this approach, translating Santoni’s mastery into forms that balance permanence with ephemerality.
