Spring/Summer 2027 · 12 – 17 Oct 2026
Mexico City
Artisan embroidery meets clean modern shapes.
What stood out in Mexico City
The season's trends →
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.
The palette
- Black29%
- Charcoal17%
- Red5%
- Ivory / cream5%
- Silver4%
- Grey4%
Share of garment area, measured from the clothes in every look (skin and set excluded).
What was worn together
- Black over black22%1.6× expected
- Charcoal over charcoal5%2.6× expected
- Charcoal over black4%
- Black over charcoal4%
- Silver over black3%
- Red over red2%6.6× expected
Top colour over bottom colour, share of looks. “Expected” is how often the two colours would meet by chance.
Mexico City against the season
From our AI description of every look · hover a row for the numbersAsymmetric was 30% more common in Mexico City as in other cities.
- Asymmetric+30%
- High-rise+27%
- Oversized+25%
- Inverted triangle+25%
- Boxy+14%
- Fitted+12%
- Column−5%
- Straight−16%
Mexico City other cities · share of looks · right-hand figure is how much more (or less) often
Mexico City in the season's story
All five shifts →12 fashion weeks · June–October 2026
Dark gave way to light
Share of garment area. Copenhagen, São Paulo and Lagos wore more white, cream and pale grey than black and charcoal; no fashion week before August did.
12 fashion weeks · June–October 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; Lagos was the most vivid of all.
Texture and shine
Measured from the surface of the clothes in every look · hover a city for its numbersTexture
Mexico City sat mid-pack on texture.
Knits, pleats, prints and embellishment push a city right.
Shine
On shine, Mexico City was more lustrous than most cities.
Satin, leather, vinyl, sequins and lamé push a city up.
Traditions on the Mexico City runway
Cultural influences →7 looks across 4 of 9 shows drew on a specific dress or craft tradition (2.6% of the looks).
From where
What, and who
- Charro / sombrero · Thoro
- Hanbok · Centro
- Hinomaru / rising sun motif · Efecto Perfecto
- Lucha libre mask motif · Efecto Perfecto
- Pankou / frog closures · Centro
- Tabi · Nin Studio
The character of the clothes
Mexico City was the darkest city of the season so far, and warmer and smooth than most.
- DarkerLighter
- MutedVivid
- CoolerWarmer
- SmoothTextured & printed
Mexico City the other 9 cities measured so far · from the colours of every garment
The fortnightly digest
Mexico City is one of 17 cities we read
Get the fortnightly digest: how Mexico City compares with every other fashion week on colour, silhouette and fabric, as the season moves.