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Fashion Field Notes
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Spring/Summer 2027 · 10 – 15 Sept 2026

New York

Polished minimalism, built for the commute.

12Shows
566Looks catalogued
12Designers
BlackColour of the week

What stood out in New York

The season's trends →

46% more often than in other cities

Silver

1 in 5 New York looks featured silver.

New York21%Other cities14%

in 10 of 12 shows

Sandy Liang lookThom Browne lookMichael Kors lookProenza Schouler look

93% more often than in other cities

Olive

1 in 12 New York looks featured olive.

New York8%Other cities4%

in 9 of 12 shows

Prabal Gurung lookSandy Liang lookAltuzarra lookOscar de la Renta 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 Herrera63 looksBlack
  3. 3Thom Browne61 looksSilver
  4. 4Oscar de la Renta59 looksBurgundy
  5. 5Altuzarra48 looksBlack
  6. 6Khaite47 looksBlack
  7. 7Proenza Schouler41 looksBlack
  8. 8Tory Burch41 looksNavy
  9. 9Prabal Gurung39 looksBlack
  10. 10Sandy Liang37 looksSilver
  11. 11Collina Strada35 looksBlack
  12. 12Brandon Maxwell30 looksBlack

The palette

  • Black22%
  • Silver11%
  • Charcoal6%
  • Ivory / cream6%
  • Beige / camel6%
  • Red4%

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

What was worn together

  • Black over black18%1.9× expected
  • Silver over silver7%4.1× expected
  • Black over silver3%
  • Black over chocolate brown2%
  • Ivory over black2%
  • Beige over beige2%7.6× 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

A-line was 52% more common in New York as in other cities.

  • A-line+52%
  • Column+47%
  • Straight+30%
  • Fitted+28%
  • Draped+20%
  • Asymmetric+4%
  • High-rise−8%
  • Oversized−48%

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 →

9 fashion weeks · July–October 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
Berlin Jul33%17%
Copenhagen Aug25%27% ◂ lighter
Tokyo Aug30%29%
New York Sept29%22%
Milan Sept31%18%
Paris Sept35%21%
Mexico City Oct47%13%
São Paulo Oct22%30% ◂ lighter
Lagos Oct18%20% ◂ lighter
Source: Fashion Field Notes · colours measured from 9,920 runway looks, July–October 2026Embed this · GIF

9 fashion weeks · July–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.

14.2BerlinJul
14.3CopenhagenAug
10.8TokyoAug
16.6New YorkSept
12.4MilanSept
12.9ParisSept
15.0Mexico CityOct
15.8São PauloOct
21.9LagosOct
Source: Fashion Field Notes · colours measured from 9,920 runway looks, July–October 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 more textured than most cities.

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

Shine

On shine, New York was more lustrous than most cities.

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

← SmootherMore textured →↑ Shinier↓ More matteBerlinCopenhagenLagosMexico CityMilanParisSão PauloTokyoNew 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 sat close to the middle of the season, if a little textured.

  • DarkerLighter
  • MutedVivid
  • CoolerWarmer
  • SmoothTextured & printed

New York the other 8 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.