March 6, 2026
Foley In Fashion
Fashion, Technology, and the Milan 2026 Olympics: A Runway for Innovation
With the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at center stage, Milan is well placed to highlight a fashion innovation that is already accelerating in the city: technical textiles and smart textiles that deliver performance, protection, and new functionality while remaining fashion ready. This shift is not simply about adding technology to garments. It is about textiles themselves becoming the innovation platform, where fiber engineering, finishing techniques, and digital development tools converge to produce materials that can be marketed through tangible benefits, such as comfort, durability, thermal management, and visibility.