Raffia has left the beach in current menswear. Vogue's street-style report from Florence, Milan and Paris explicitly casts straw hats and bags as urban accessories; Giorgio Armani introduces woven rope details and rattan footwear uppers, Dolce & Gabbana combines raffia with leather and suede, and Etro uses woven caps. For a long men's skirt, this is more than a seasonal add-on. The irregular fibre creates a dry, crafted counterpoint to disciplined pleats, quiet wrap panels and Italian tailoring. The key is restraint: one woven element, one clear function, no resort staging. Summer texture becomes constructive rather than decorative. Men Can.
July 18, 2026 · Editorial · Raffia / Rattan / long men's skirt / SS27 / Men Can
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1) From beach code to city material
Woven fibre feels modern only when it sheds its souvenir role. The current SS27 examples do precisely that: a compact cap with tailoring, a bucket hat within a calm summer uniform, a mixed-material weekender made for the city. With a long men's skirt, this means no tropical print and no costume narrative—just clean architecture beside a visibly hand-worked surface.
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2) One woven zone is enough
A long skirt already contributes surface and movement, so a single woven zone is sufficient—at the head, in the hand or at the shoe. A raffia cap frames face and shoulder; a bag places volume at the side; a rattan loafer gives the hem a light finish. Several woven pieces at once turn structure into a theme. Authority comes from selection.
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3) Scale should answer the skirt line
Fine weaving reads graphically and works with sharp pleats, narrow lapels and polished leather. Coarser fibres need quieter partners: a broad wrap, an unstructured jacket, a substantial jersey. Size matters too. A small cap adds definition and a generous travel bag creates balance; a middling beach tote often feels accidental between the two.
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4) Leather, linen and dry wool provide the frame
AP's account of raffia combined with leather and suede offers the most useful formula. Leather contains the fibre, suede absorbs its warmth, and linen echoes its dry irregularity. Dark wool supplies the strongest contrast. The accessory remains grown-up while the men's skirt stays the architectural centre of the outfit.
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5) Men Can: craft, not costume
A man in a long skirt need not confuse naturalness with neutrality. A woven cap or rattan shoe demonstrates material awareness without softening the silhouette. When waistband, hem and shoulder are resolved, texture becomes part of a masculine wardrobe—self-assured, summer-ready and grounded in the calm of Italian making.
Styling
Styling Box: Four urban woven accents
Four exact combinations show how a single woven element can accompany a long men's skirt from tailoring to utility.
Milan: Raffia cap + charcoal pleats
A long charcoal pleated skirt, ecru fine-knit polo, dark espresso blazer, natural raffia cap and black derbies.
The compact woven surface draws the eye upward; skirt and jacket keep the look formal.
Paris: Raffia weekender + navy wrap
An ink-navy wrap skirt, white linen shirt, cropped navy waistcoat, black boots and a generous leather, suede and raffia weekender.
The bag sits to the side, leaving the wrap construction and long line entirely legible.
Florence: Rattan loafers + sand linen
A long sand linen wrap, ivory knitted tank, tobacco suede overshirt and brown loafers with leather-framed rattan uppers.
Rattan and linen share a dry texture; dark leather gives the hem precision.
Copenhagen: Black raffia + olive utility
A long olive utility skirt with box pleats, heavy charcoal T-shirt, black technical overshirt, boots and a finely woven black raffia hat.
Black weaving removes the resort code and connects the natural fibre to utility.
Men Can: One woven accent is enough: the clear skirt line remains the centre.
Sources
In brief
Vogue: Establishes raffia hats and bags as an urban street-style signal in Florence, Milan and Paris, explicitly beyond the beach.
Vogue Runway: Connects rattan, woven rope details and footwear uppers at Giorgio Armani with linen, fluid lines and Mediterranean menswear.
AP News: Documents a large leather, suede and raffia travel bag at Dolce & Gabbana, together with further woven leather craft.
Monocle: Places woven bucket hats within Giorgio Armani's Italian summer wardrobe as relaxed but deliberate accents.
Numéro Netherlands: Describes Etro's woven raffia caps beside lightweight tailoring and suede within a cultivated traveller look.
Explore long men's skirts, wrap silhouettes and Italian construction logic in the Nino Cappello shop and lookbook.
Milan: Raffia cap + charcoal pleats
Paris: Raffia weekender + navy wrap
Florence: Rattan loafers + sand linen
Copenhagen: Black raffia + olive utility