of Influence
The conversation that matters
The fashion industry is entering a more disciplined era. Growth is uneven. Capital is selective. Influence is no longer concentrated in a single geography or platform.
The 2026 RLC Fashion Summit convenes the leaders shaping what comes next. In Milano, CEOs, founders, investors, and innovators will examine four defining shifts: the changing map of global growth, the evolving economics of luxury, the innovation frontiers opened by artificial intelligence, and the challenge of preserving distinction in an age of saturation.
Set against the backdrop of a shifting global order, RLC brings together international and national voices to explore how distinction is preserved, value is created, and cultural power is sustained in a rapidly changing landscape.
Featured Speakers
Key Themes
The New Geography
of Growth
The shifting map of global opportunity and what it means for expansion, influence, and long-term positioning.
The shifting map of global opportunity and what it means for expansion, influence, and long-term positioning.
The Reinvention
of Desire
In a world of saturation and access, how do brands preserve distinction, desirability, and cultural power?
In a world of saturation and access, how do brands preserve distinction, desirability, and cultural power?
The New Economics
of Luxury
How pricing power, margin discipline, and value concentration are redefining growth in a maturing market.
How pricing power, margin discipline, and value concentration are redefining growth in a maturing market.
AI and the
Innovation Frontiers
From design to distribution, AI is reshaping how fashion is imagined, produced, and scaled.
From design to distribution, AI is reshaping how fashion is imagined, produced, and scaled.
A Convergence of Influence
The global fashion industry stands at a rare inflection point. Emerging markets are rebalancing global demand. AI and disrupted supply chains are redefining operating models. Sustainability imperatives are colliding with rising cost and shifting political priorities. And traditional centers of influence are giving way to new strategic regions.
The RLC Fashion Summit is a space to confront these structural shifts—openly, collaboratively, and with the urgency they require.
150
Attendees
80%
Brands/Retailers
20+
Industry Leading
Speakers
This event is invitation-only for senior business executives and world leaders.
To apply to attend please click here
This event is invitation-only for senior business executives and world leaders.
To apply to attend please click here
Venue
Hosting the Summit at the iconic Four Seasons Hotel Milano, located in the heart of the city’s prestigious Quadrilatero della Moda, places delegates at the center of one of the world’s most influential luxury districts.
Who Attends
Join leaders shaping the future of fashion, luxury, retail, investment, and policy. The RLC Fashion Summit is a strategic platform exploring the structural forces redefining the global fashion economy.
CEOs and Presidents of global brands
Senior leaders in retail, luxury, and beauty
Global developers, operators, and tech leaders
Investment & private equity executives
Public sector officials & trade ministries
What leaders say about RLC Fashion Summit?
RLC is a powerful platform to build bridges across regions, creating unique cross- fertilization and networking opportunities. Milan stands at the heart of the global luxury and fashion industry.
Luca Solca
Managing Director and Global Head of Luxury Goods, Bernstein
RLC is a powerful platform to build bridges across regions, creating unique cross- fertilization and networking opportunities. Milan stands at the heart of the global luxury and fashion industry.
Luca Solca
Managing Director and Global Head of Luxury Goods, Bernstein
Hosting RLC in Milan creates a particularly meaningful moment for the global fashion industry, bringing together the right leaders and voices from across the ecosystem to connect, exchange ideas, and build the right relationships.
Marco Bizzarri
Entrepreneur & investor
Hosting RLC in Milan creates a particularly meaningful moment for the global fashion industry, bringing together the right leaders and voices from across the ecosystem to connect, exchange ideas, and build the right relationships.
Marco Bizzarri
Entrepreneur & investor
The industry is deeply grateful to RLC for connecting brands, retailers and partners in Milano, creating an invaluable space to share experiences and lead together.
Patrick Chalhoub
Executive Chairman, Chalhoub Group
The industry is deeply grateful to RLC for connecting brands, retailers and partners in Milano, creating an invaluable space to share experiences and lead together.
Patrick Chalhoub
Executive Chairman, Chalhoub Group
RLC is a powerful platform to build bridges across regions, creating unique cross-fertilization and networking opportunities. Milan stands at the heart of the global luxury and fashion industry.
Luca Solca, Managing Director and Global Head of Luxury Goods, Bernstein
Hosting RLC in Milan creates a particularly meaningful moment for the global fashion industry, bringing together the right leaders and voices from across the ecosystem to connect, exchange ideas, and build the right relationships.
Marco Bizzari, Entrepreneur & investor
Attending Companies
