When Sleepwear Becomes a Statement: Dolce & Gabbana Reframes Pyjamas for their SS26 collection

For Spring/Summer 2026, Dolce & Gabbana builds an entire idea around one garment: The Pyjama. Across both the men’s and women’s collections, the designers focus on the garment and explore how far it could travel once removed from the bedroom. They used it to explore a new way of dressing, one that feels relaxed and personal. The house dove into its 1990s archive and retrieved a time-honored staple, then shook it from nostalgia and reframed it to fit the modern eye.

The garments carry a spontaneous, just-rolled-out-of-bed attitude, suggesting comfort and ease. Loose striped drawstring trousers and piped shirts appear in light pastel tones. The cotton base preserves the relaxed character established in both the collections and the embroidery introduces delicacy. At first glance the women’s garments echoe the men’s striped cotton pyjamas, but they are not identical repetitions. Dolce & Gabbana transformed the women’s garments through decorations that allows the relaxed pieces to carry character, while keeping their effortless quality. The Pyjama sets kept authentic details such as drawstring waists, piping, patch pockets and loose shirt silhouettes but they’re cut in fluid, elongated proportions so they drape like suiting.

The wearer embraces individuality and spontaneity. The designers themselves describe the approach of the Spring/ Summer collection as instinctive dressing. They call it a “no-fashion fashion.”

The textures, soft cotton, pastel stripes, and delicate embroidery all support the same message: style can exist without trying. The styling is deliberately “undressed: shirts left open over lace bras and sheer turtlenecks, trousers pooled over shoes, layered under leather jackets and oversized coats. Accessories like, sunglasses, structured handbags and the fur trim slippers, creates beautiful contrast to show that this is a fashion statement.

The pyjama functions as a statement about how people want to dress now.

Dolce and Gabbana intentionally combines craft with casualness. Once private, The Pyjama has become a public statement. This collection demonstrate that sleepwear can perfectly wander into daywear and collided with tailoring.

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