Paris Fashion Week SS27 · Runway show Womenswear
Junko Shimada
19 looks, shown 1 October 2026 in Paris. Known this season for resort / vacation, linen, denim blue.
The collection, look by look
Womenswear Spring/Summer 2027 · SS27Every 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.
1Look 1 of 19
Painted pine-tree linen jacket over willow-print lavender maxi skirt
Japanese screen painting translated onto washed linen: gnarled pines climb the boxy jacket while weeping willow fronds trail down a sweeping lavender skirt, turning the garden show setting into a continuation of the clothes.
What set Junko Shimada apart
Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.
The palette
- Denim blue15%
- Navy15%
- Silver13%
- Sky / powder blue9%
- White9%
- Black8%
Share of garment area across 19 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).
Silhouettes
Share of the 19 tagged looks.
What the collection was made of
Share of the 19 looks described by our AI taggerTraditions in the collection
Cultural influences →4 of Junko Shimada's 36 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Japan.
- Tartan / kilt · Scotland · European folk & regional dress2 looks
Japan → Scotland
“Woven multi-colour sett of royal blue, navy and brown with fine crossing overcheck lines in a tartan-style repeat, though plaid trousers are also common in generic Western dress.”
- Japanese pine-tree painting motif · Japan · East AsiaLook 1
Home tradition
“Gnarled brown pine trunk with clustered needle tufts in stylised fan shapes, composed across the garment like Japanese screen or kimono painting.”
- Haori · Japan · East AsiaLook 1
Home tradition
“Loose, straight-cut hip-length open jacket with wide rectangular sleeves and a continuous band-like front edge, worn unfastened over the dress.”
- Espadrille / alpargata · Spain · European folk & regional dressLook 3
Japan → Spain
“Braided jute rope soles with canvas toe and long ribbon laces crossed and tied around the ankle, the traditional lace-up alpargata form. Material and colour are updated.”
The character of the clothes
Junko Shimada's clothes were lighter, more vivid, cooler, more textured, more casual, more classic and more wearable than most of the season.
- DarkerLighterlighter than 82% of collections
- MutedVividmore vivid than 79% of collections
- CoolerWarmercooler than 95% of collections
- SmoothTextured & printedmore textured than 95% of collections
- CasualFormalmore casual than 90% of collections
- ClassicDaringmore classic than 86% of collections
- ExperimentalWearablemore wearable than 89% of collections
Junko Shimada against every other house measured so far
Also in Paris, Spring/Summer 2027
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Junko Shimada, in context
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