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Fashion Field Notes
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Spring/Summer 2027 · 31 Aug – 4 Sept 2026

Tokyo

Layered volume and quiet experimentation.

24Shows
692Looks catalogued
24Designers
BlackColour of the week

What stood out in Tokyo

The season's trends →

80% more often than in other cities

White

1 in 5 Tokyo looks featured white.

Tokyo22%Other cities12%

in 22 of 24 shows

Seivson lookpillings lookyoshiokubo looksupport surface look

79% more often than in other cities

Grey

1 in 5 Tokyo looks featured grey.

Tokyo21%Other cities12%

in 20 of 24 shows

support surface lookSonia Carrasco lookOrimi lookWisharawish look

34% more often than in other cities

Silver

1 in 5 Tokyo looks featured silver.

Tokyo21%Other cities15%

in 22 of 24 shows

RequaL≡ lookyushokobayashi lookEnföld lookSeivson look

The signature combination

White over silver

White tops with silver bottoms appeared 2.3× more often than the city's colours alone would predict.

16 looks across 8 shows

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. 1yoshiokubo48 looksCharcoal
  2. 2support surface45 looksDenim blue
  3. 3Enföld42 looksBlack
  4. 4pillings40 looksWhite
  5. 5Charinyeh39 looksBlack
  6. 6Wisharawish38 looksCharcoal
  7. 7Yukihero Pro-Wrestling38 looksBlack
  8. 8WHiTENOOK37 looksBlack
  9. 9Orimi36 looksCharcoal
  10. 10Megmiura Wardrobe34 looksBlack
  11. 11RequaL≡33 looksGrey
  12. 12Sonia Carrasco32 looksGrey

The palette

  • Black16%
  • Charcoal13%
  • White12%
  • Silver10%
  • Grey9%
  • Ivory / cream6%

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

What was worn together

  • Black over black8%2.4× expected
  • Charcoal over charcoal7%3.2× expected
  • White over white5%2.6× expected
  • Charcoal over black3%
  • White over silver3%2.3× expected
  • Silver over white3%1.8× expected

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

Tokyo against the season

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

Tiered was 2.2× as common in Tokyo as in other cities.

  • Tiered2.2×
  • Asymmetric+48%
  • Draped+40%
  • Boxy+31%
  • Oversized+30%
  • High-rise−3%
  • Inverted triangle−20%
  • Straight−28%

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

Tokyo in the season's story

All five shifts →

9 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.

Black & charcoalEvery other colourWhite, cream & pale grey
Florence Jun48%20%
Milan Men's · Jun22%21%
Paris Men's · Jun42%16%
Berlin Jul33%17%
Copenhagen Aug25%27% ◂ lighter
Tokyo Aug30%29%
Mexico City Oct47%13%
São Paulo Oct22%30% ◂ lighter
Lagos Oct18%20% ◂ lighter
Source: Fashion Field Notes · colours measured from 7,548 runway looks, June–October 2026Embed this · GIF

9 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 were the last three; Lagos was the most vivid of all.

7.7FlorenceJun
13.7MilanMen's · Jun
10.9ParisMen's · Jun
14.2BerlinJul
14.3CopenhagenAug
10.8TokyoAug
15.0Mexico CityOct
15.8São PauloOct
21.9LagosOct
Source: Fashion Field Notes · colours measured from 7,548 runway looks, June–October 2026Embed this · GIF

Texture and shine

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

Texture

Tokyo's clothes were more textured than most cities.

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

Shine

Tokyo sat mid-pack on shine.

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

← SmootherMore textured →↑ Shinier↓ More matteBerlinCopenhagenFlorenceLagosMexico CityMilanParisSão PauloTokyo

Traditions on the Tokyo runway

Cultural influences →

108 looks across 25 of 54 shows drew on a specific dress or craft tradition (5.9% of the looks).

From where

What, and who

The character of the clothes

Tokyo sat close to the middle of the season, if a little lighter and muted.

  • DarkerLighter
  • MutedVivid
  • CoolerWarmer
  • SmoothTextured & printed

Tokyo the other 8 cities measured so far · from the colours of every garment

The fortnightly digest

Tokyo is one of 17 cities we read

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