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Fashion Field Notes
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Fall/Winter 2026 · 11 – 16 Feb 2026

New York

23Shows
990Looks catalogued
23Designers
BlackColour of the week

What stood out in New York

The season's trends →

32% more often than in other cities

Ivory

1 in 8 New York looks featured ivory.

New York12%Other cities9%

in 18 of 23 shows

Proenza Schouler lookAltuzarra lookTanner Fletcher lookSandy Liang look

44% more often than in other cities

Denim blue

6% of New York looks featured denim blue.

New York6%Other cities4%

in 10 of 23 shows

Sandy Liang lookPrabal Gurung lookUlla Johnson lookAknvas look

32% more often than in other cities

Olive

7% of New York looks featured olive.

New York7%Other cities5%

in 17 of 23 shows

Tory Burch lookUlla Johnson lookCucculelli Shaheen lookTanner Fletcher 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. 1Michael Kors65 looksBlack
  2. 2Carolina Herrera64 looksBlack
  3. 3Thom Browne63 looksCharcoal
  4. 4Tanner Fletcher61 looksIvory
  5. 5Ulla Johnson57 looksBlack
  6. 6Khaite53 looksBlack
  7. 7Oscar de la Renta48 looksBlack
  8. 8Altuzarra43 looksBlack
  9. 9Tibi43 looksNavy
  10. 10Area42 looksBlack
  11. 11Proenza Schouler42 looksBlack
  12. 12Tory Burch42 looksBlack

The palette

  • Black29%
  • Charcoal13%
  • Chocolate brown6%
  • Ivory / cream6%
  • Beige / camel5%
  • Navy4%

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

What was worn together

  • Black over black23%1.9× expected
  • Charcoal over charcoal7%3.3× expected
  • Charcoal over black4%
  • Navy over black3%
  • Black over charcoal2%
  • Chocolate brown over chocolate brown2%7.0× expected

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

New York against the season

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

Column was 74% more common in New York as in other cities.

  • Column+74%
  • Hourglass+34%
  • High-rise+27%
  • Draped+27%
  • Inverted triangle+9%
  • Asymmetric+6%
  • Straight+4%
  • Oversized−20%

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

New York 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

New York's clothes were the most textured of any city.

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

Shine

New York sat mid-pack on shine.

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

← SmootherMore textured →↑ Shinier↓ More matteParisLondonTokyoMilanCopenhagenNew York

Traditions on the New York runway

Cultural influences →

36 looks across 15 of 35 shows drew on a specific dress or craft tradition (2.3% of the looks).

From where

What, and who

The character of the clothes

New York was the most vivid and most textured city of the season so far.

  • DarkerLighter
  • MutedVivid
  • CoolerWarmer
  • SmoothTextured & printed

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

The fortnightly digest

New York is one of 17 cities we read

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