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New York Fashion Week FW26 · Runway show Womenswear

Carolina Herrera

64 looks, shown 11 February 2026 in New York. Known this season for slingbacks, stilettos, stilettos.

64Looks
6.5%Of the week's looks
2nd / 23Largest show
BlackLead colour

The collection, look by look

FW26

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 64
BlackNavyCharcoalSilverRedGreyPinkWhite
Look 11

Look 1 of 64

Cropped leopard double-breasted jacket over black ribbon-loop pencil skirt

A cocooned, collarless leopard jacket with rounded balloon sleeves meets a pencil skirt shingled in looped black ribbon. The effect is ladylike polish made tactile and sculptural.

Black 60%Charcoal 31%Grey 9%
Shape
balloon · cocoon · straight · fitted
Pieces
jacket · knit sweater · midi skirt
Fabric
knit · satin-back crepe · wool · fringed
Details
fringe · padding · animal print
Styling
stilettos · layered
Mood
elegant · glamorous · powerful

What set Carolina Herrera apart

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

Slingbacks footwearStilettos footwearStilettos accessoryBows detailBold lip makeupHigh heel_height

The palette

Share of garment area across 64 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Column45%
  • Straight / tubular42%
  • Fitted / bodycon31%
  • Hourglass / cinched waist25%
  • Inverted triangle / strong shoulder22%

Share of the 64 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 64 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Dress36%
  • Jacket17%
  • Midi skirt17%
  • Knit sweater17%
  • Skirt13%

Traditions in the collection

Cultural influences →

2 of Carolina Herrera's 173 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in United States.

  • Traje de flamenca · Spain · European folk & regional dress2 looks

    United States → Spain

    “Polka-dot (lunares) fabric, body-hugging ruched bodice to hip, then cascading tiered volants flaring below; off-shoulder neckline with oversized ruffled sleeves typical of flamenca dress.”

  • Lunares polka dots · Spain · European folk & regional dressLook 62

    United States → Spain

    “Black lunares on cream ground used across a flamenca-shaped silhouette, pointing to Andalusian traje de flamenca rather than generic polka dots.”

The character of the clothes

Carolina Herrera's clothes were more vivid, cooler, more textured, more formal and more classic than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighter
  • MutedVividmore vivid than 75% of collections
  • CoolerWarmercooler than 93% of collections
  • SmoothTextured & printedmore textured than 98% of collections
  • CasualFormalmore formal than 89% of collections
  • ClassicDaringmore classic than 78% of collections
  • ExperimentalWearable

Carolina Herrera against every other house measured so far

Also in New York, Fall/Winter 2026

New York field notes →
  1. 1Michael Kors65 looksBlack
  2. 2Thom Browne63 looksCharcoal
  3. 3Tanner Fletcher61 looksIvory
  4. 4Ulla Johnson57 looksBlack
  5. 5Khaite53 looksBlack
  6. 6Oscar de la Renta48 looksBlack

The fortnightly digest

Carolina Herrera, in context

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