The best outfits and beauty looks from the second night of Sanremo 2026 Which is better: Ditonellapiaga's coquettish style or Levante's radiant elegance?

After an endless and monotonous first night, Sanremo 2026 moves forward like a tired diva who refuses to take off her lipstick at midnight: she sighs, adjusts her feather boa, and carries on. The second night of the Festival di Sanremo 2026, Wednesday, February 25, opens with a parade of co-hosts, including a pop priestess like Laura Pausini and the flamboyant Achille Lauro, revival choruses, smiling Olympians, and a retro variety-show vibe so thick you can almost smell the mothballs. Past 10 p.m., the liveliest moment comes courtesy of Elettra Lamborghini who, after performing, calls out “bilateral parties” that allegedly keep her from sleeping at the hotel. The competing artists follow one another at a brisk pace, making this edition’s trends crystal clear. Did you notice them too? Black or white, double-breasted jackets, bling-bling gowns, cool-toned make-up, shimmer eyeshadows, and that rampant blush blindness that seems to have infected half the cast. So, between a Pausini–Lauro duet, a tribute to Ornella Vanoni, and a few jokes from Lillo, we too can head to bed, dreaming that at least half of Thursday’s performers will wow us with more impactful outfits. Even though we know reality will be far crueler.

The best outfits and beauty looks from the second night of Sanremo 2026

Laura Pausini

Brand: Giorgio Armani

Look: Fully in command of the stage, Laura Pausini opts for a super-sparkling total black by Giorgio Armani. The suit, covered in micro-crystals, combines palazzo pants with a bustier-jacket featuring a tailcoat-style back and lace-effect embroidery. Dark heels on her feet, Damiani diamonds at her neck and fingers. Her second look, more fluid, plays with tailored trousers and a silk velvet long coat by Emporio Armani, elevated by pieces from the Mimosa High Jewelry collection. Extra-long glass hair with a razor-sharp middle part, black smokey eye with a hint of purple, and ballet slipper lips. What do you think? Did you prefer her first-night looks?

Angelica Bove

Brand: Emporio Armani

Look: Competing among the Newcomers with the song Mattone, Angelica Bove makes her Sanremo 2026 debut in a white suit that, fringes aside, slightly recalls the one worn in the video for This Is Love by PJ Harvey. Styled by Carolina Cervara, the early-2000s archival Emporio Armani tux features a fitted jacket worn on bare skin and palazzo trousers. Pointed silver heels complete the look. Beauty-wise: raw, slightly Seventies. Wispy fringe, bed hair, and barely-there luminous make-up.

Patty Pravo

Brand: Simone Folco

Look: Patty “La Divina” switches from black to total red. The burgundy velvet gown by Simone Folco is adorned with tone-on-tone stones and paired with Bvlgari jewelry. Her beauty look remains unchanged: long platinum hair, porcelain skin, bold eyeliner, and generous mascara for a feline gaze that asks no permission. It’s the triumph of theatrical Sanremo, the one fueled by memory and legend. You either love it or you don’t.

Tommaso Paradiso

Brand: Emporio Armani

Look: Tommaso Paradiso brings I romantici to the Ariston in Emporio Armani, once again, black. Tonight he wears a made-to-measure wool shirt and T-shirt, AW26-27 trousers, and that absent-minded poet air. The bandage on his left hand becomes a pop detail with a nod to One Piece. For his second performance, he switches to full black, ditching the jacke, and the superfluous. Tousled hair and understated grooming.

Elettra Lamborghini

Brand: Tony Ward

Look: Elettra Lamborghini turns up the heat in a silver gown by Tony Ward: streaks, sheerness, structured shoulders, and a plunging neckline. Diamonds and emeralds amplify the baroque effect. Her make-up, created with KIKO Milano products, focuses on full-coverage foundation, creamy contouring, intense highlighter, and a feline eye enhanced with sparkling lids. Cool nude lips balance the look. It’s the apotheosis of 2026 glitter glam. Too bad the dress makes us think of scissors, needles, and hot glue.

Ermal Meta

Brand: Trussardi

Look: Ermal Meta stays loyal to his undone bow and chooses a custom total look by Trussardi. Tonight’s choice: flocked denim, a chevron wool coat with nappa collar and belted waist. Python ankle boots, a long jacket, and a name embroidered on the cuff, a tribute to the Palestinian girls mentioned in Stella stellina. When tailoring remains coherent with itself.

Levante

Brand: Giorgio Armani

Look: Levante enchants in a light blue longuette dress by Giorgio Armani, embroidered with aquamarine micro-sequins and dégradé crystals on a square neckline. Pumps by Gianvito Rossi and Damiani jewels complete the ensemble. Her beauty look, curated with Armani Beauty, features luminous satin skin, warm neutral eyes, and blurred lips created by layering Lip Power #202 and Lip Power Matte #207, finished with Luminous Silk Glow Blush #60 for a matte touch. No wavy lob tonight, but an elegant chignon. Sharp vampy burgundy nails, the only scratch in a retro siren portrait. Can we call her the best dressed?

Bambole di Pezza

Brand: John Richmond

Look: While hairstyles remain expressions of individual identity, tonight’s outfits are coordinated in garçonne style, with slight variations on the theme. Styled by Susanna Ausoni, the suits play with black and white, all by John Richmond. Despite good intentions, the result isn’t the strongest.

Chiello

Look: Chiello takes the Ariston stage in leather jacket and trousers, a striped shirt with a burgundy base, and an early-2000s emo Brit-indie aesthetic that nods to The Horrors. Two-tone spiked hair with an asymmetrical fringe, by @eingel_geranio, enhances his outsider imagery. And the song isn’t half bad either.

Fulminacci

Brand: Ami Paris

Look: Fulminacci continues his liaison with Ami Paris: olive jacket, salmon shirt, pinstriped trousers. Carefully studied oversized silhouettes, wrong-but-right color combinations, a postwar photo-album effect. A retro look that seems casual but is calibrated to the millimeter.

Ditonellapiaga

Brand: Dsquared2

Look: Ditonellapiaga closes the night in a custom black balloon minidress by Dsquared2, paired with a candy-pink puff-sleeve bolero adorned with bows, Casadei shoes, and Miluna jewelry. Bold make-up with inky black cat-eye, glitter eyeshadow, and scarlet lipstick. Flame-red nails and a glitter hair clip reading “Che fastidio!” Hers is pure coquette style, a pop game that manages to be both cute and sharp.