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Fashion Field Notes
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Fall/Winter 2026 · 27 – 30 Jan 2026

Copenhagen

17Shows
442Looks catalogued
17Designers
BlackColour of the week

What stood out in Copenhagen

The season's trends →

46% more often than in other cities

Navy

1 in 9 Copenhagen looks featured navy.

Copenhagen12%Other cities8%

in 12 of 17 shows

Gestuz lookHenrik Vibskov lookNicklas Skovgaard lookSson look

54% more often than in other cities

Silver

1 in 11 Copenhagen looks featured silver.

Copenhagen10%Other cities6%

in 9 of 17 shows

The Garment lookCaro Editions lookSson lookNicklas Skovgaard look

Every show, by colour

One bar per collection, split into the colours measured from its garments. Sort the shows, or tap a colour to rank the houses that wore it.

Who wore
  1. 1Gestuz37 looksCharcoal
  2. 2Nicklas Skovgaard35 looksBlack
  3. 3Henrik Vibskov33 looksNavy
  4. 4OpéraSport32 looksBlack
  5. 5Baum und Pferdgarten31 looksBlack
  6. 6MKDT Studio31 looksBlack
  7. 7The Garment31 looksBlack
  8. 8Herskind30 looksBlack
  9. 9Caro Editions29 looksSilver
  10. 10Studio Constance27 looksBlack
  11. 11Paolina Russo26 looksBlack
  12. 12Skall Studio24 looksBlack

The palette

  • Black30%
  • Charcoal12%
  • Chocolate brown9%
  • Navy8%
  • Tan5%
  • Ivory / cream4%

Share of garment area, measured from the clothes in every look (skin and set excluded).

What was worn together

  • Black over black17%1.6× expected
  • Charcoal over charcoal4%3.6× expected
  • Charcoal over black4%
  • Navy over navy4%6.0× expected
  • Chocolate brown over chocolate brown4%6.0× expected
  • Black over charcoal2%

Top colour over bottom colour, share of looks. “Expected” is how often the two colours would meet by chance.

Copenhagen against the season

From our AI description of every look · hover a row for the numbers

Hourglass was 51% more common in Copenhagen as in other cities.

  • Hourglass+51%
  • Inverted triangle+37%
  • Asymmetric+32%
  • Oversized+28%
  • High-rise+7%
  • Draped+5%
  • Column+1%
  • Straight−4%

Copenhagen other cities · share of looks · right-hand figure is how much more (or less) often

Copenhagen in the season's story

All five shifts →

8 fashion weeks · January–March 2026

Dark gave way to light

Share of garment area in dark and light neutrals at each fashion week.

Black & charcoalEvery other colourWhite, cream & pale grey
Milan Men's · Jan45%8%
Paris Men's · Jan55%9%
Copenhagen Jan43%12%
New York Feb44%12%
London Feb49%11%
Milan Feb45%10%
Paris Mar53%10%
Tokyo Mar41%18%
Source: Fashion Field Notes · colours measured from 10,971 runway looks, January–March 2026Embed this · GIF

8 fashion weeks · January–March 2026

The season saved its colour for last

Average vividness of the clothes at each fashion week (colour saturation, 0 is grey). The three most vivid weeks are highlighted; New York was the most vivid of all.

10.9MilanMen's · Jan
9.2ParisMen's · Jan
11.7CopenhagenJan
12.6New YorkFeb
10.5LondonFeb
11.5MilanFeb
10.3ParisMar
10.6TokyoMar
Source: Fashion Field Notes · colours measured from 10,971 runway looks, January–March 2026Embed this · GIF

Texture and shine

Measured from the surface of the clothes in every look · hover a city for its numbers

Texture

Copenhagen sat mid-pack on texture.

Knits, pleats, prints and embellishment push a city right.

Shine

On shine, Copenhagen was the most matte of any city.

Satin, leather, vinyl, sequins and lamé push a city up.

← SmootherMore textured →↑ Shinier↓ More matteParisLondonNew YorkTokyoMilanCopenhagen

Traditions on the Copenhagen runway

Cultural influences →

55 looks across 19 of 51 shows drew on a specific dress or craft tradition (3.7% of the looks).

From where

What, and who

The character of the clothes

Copenhagen sat close to the middle of the season, if a little warmer and smooth.

  • DarkerLighter
  • MutedVivid
  • CoolerWarmer
  • SmoothTextured & printed

Copenhagen the other 5 cities measured so far · from the colours of every garment

The fortnightly digest

Copenhagen is one of 17 cities we read

Get the fortnightly digest: how Copenhagen compares with every other fashion week on colour, silhouette and fabric, as the season moves.