Paris Fashion Week · SS27 · 28 Sep – 6 Oct 2026
Paris
Soft tailoring, sheer layers and a return to the bow.
The field note
Paris turned down the volume this season. The strongest shows were quiet ones: dropped waists, washed silks, and a recurring bow at the nape that felt more grown-up than girlish.
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.
- 1Giorgio Armani390 looksBlack
- 2Dior338 looksBlack
- 3Undercover251 looksCharcoal
- 4Elie Saab241 looksBlack
- 5Rick Owens211 looksCharcoal
- 6Dries Van Noten191 looksBlack
- 7Junya Watanabe Man174 looksCharcoal
- 8Louis Vuitton161 looksCharcoal
- 9Schiaparelli159 looksBlack
- 10Acne Studios157 looksBlack
- 11Willy Chavarria157 looksBlack
- 12Isabel Marant156 looksBlack
The palette
- Black27%
- Charcoal15%
- Grey7%
- Ivory / cream5%
- White5%
- Beige / camel5%
Share of garment area, measured from the clothes in every look (skin and set excluded).
What was worn together
- Black over black20%1.9× expected
- Charcoal over charcoal6%2.5× expected
- Charcoal over black6%
- Black over charcoal3%
- Ivory over ivory2%5.9× expected
- Navy over navy2%9.5× expected
Top colour over bottom colour, share of looks. “Expected” is how often the two colours would meet by chance.
Paris against the season
From our AI description of every look · hover a row for the numbersSculptural was 2.1× as common in Paris as in other cities.
- Sculptural2.1×
- Inverted triangle+57%
- Column+45%
- Draped+32%
- Asymmetric+24%
- Oversized+18%
- Straight+9%
- High-rise−4%
Paris other cities · share of looks · right-hand figure is how much more (or less) often
Paris in the season's story
All five shifts →25 fashion weeks · January–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.
25 fashion weeks · January–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
Paris sat mid-pack on texture.
Knits, pleats, prints and embellishment push a city right.
Shine
On shine, Paris was less lustrous than most cities.
Satin, leather, vinyl, sequins and lamé push a city up.
The character of the clothes
Paris sat close to the middle of the season, if a little warmer and smooth.
- DarkerLighter
- MutedVivid
- CoolerWarmer
- SmoothTextured & printed
Paris the other 12 cities measured so far · from the colours of every garment
The fortnightly digest
Paris is one of 17 cities we read
Get the fortnightly digest: how Paris compares with every other fashion week on colour, silhouette and fabric, as the season moves.