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Paris Fashion Week SS27 · Runway show Womenswear

Barbara Bui

By Barbara Bui. 44 looks, shown 3 October 2026 in Paris. Known this season for sunglasses, statement earrings, savile row tailoring.

Founded 1987 · barbarabui.com ↗

44Looks
1.3%Of the week's looks
35th / 79Largest show
BlackLead colour

The collection, look by look

Womenswear Spring/Summer 2027 · SS27

Every look in runway order as a column of the colours measured from its garments. Hover or use the arrow keys to read each one; play to walk the show.

Look 1Look 44
BlackChocolate brownCharcoalTanBeigeIvoryCoralGrey
Look 11

Look 1 of 44

Oversized stone trench over matching jacket, pinstripe shorts and thong sandals

A study in tonal layering: the trench and jacket echo each other in the same stone cloth, while abbreviated pinstripe shorts and flat thong sandals pull city tailoring toward summer ease.

Ivory 74%Charcoal 9%Black 9%Beige 8%
Shape
asymmetric · oversized · relaxed
Pieces
blazer · shirt · tailored shorts · trench coat
Fabric
cotton · wool · pleated
Details
cut-away · oversized collar · pleats · shoulder emphasis
Styling
sandals · layered · open · tucked in
Mood
elegant · relaxed

Who designs Barbara Bui

barbarabui.com ↗

Founder and designer

Barbara Bui

Since 1987 · about 39 years

French, born 1956

Born in Paris to a Vietnamese father and a French mother, Bui studied literature at the Sorbonne. In the early 1980s she ran Kabuki, a boutique on rue de Turbigo selling her own work beside other young designers. She launched her own label with a Paris runway show in 1987, and the company was later listed on the Paris stock exchange.

Their runway style →

What set Barbara Bui apart

Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.

Sunglasses eyewearStatement earrings accessorySavile row tailoring referenceStatement earrings jewellerySunglasses accessoryBlazer garment

The palette

Share of garment area across 44 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Inverted triangle / strong shoulder34%
  • Oversized32%
  • High-rise32%
  • Straight / tubular30%
  • Hourglass / cinched waist27%

Share of the 44 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 44 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Shirt43%
  • Blazer39%
  • Trousers30%
  • Wide-leg trousers20%
  • Slip dress11%

The character of the clothes

Barbara Bui's clothes were darker, more classic and more wearable than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighterdarker than 81% of collections
  • MutedVivid
  • CoolerWarmer
  • SmoothTextured & printed
  • CasualFormal
  • ClassicDaringmore classic than 90% of collections
  • ExperimentalWearablemore wearable than 92% of collections

Barbara Bui against every other house measured so far

Also in Paris, Spring/Summer 2027

Paris field notes →
  1. 1Balenciaga72 looksIvory
  2. 2Undercover70 looksCharcoal
  3. 3Loewe67 looksBlack
  4. 4Dior66 looksBlack
  5. 5Elie Saab64 looksTan
  6. 6Maison Margiela62 looksBlack

The fortnightly digest

Barbara Bui, in context

Every house is measured against every other, across every fashion week. The fortnightly digest sends you what moved, and who moved it.