Paris Fashion Week FW26 · Runway show Womenswear
Mame Kurogouchi
38 looks, shown 3 March 2026 in Paris. Known this season for glossy / dewy, ankle boots, crinkled / plissé.
The show
The collection, look by look
Womenswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 · FW26Every 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 1 of 38
Floor-length ivory belted wrap coat with knit bonnet and shearling slippers
A cocooning ivory robe-coat reads like luxurious domesticity taken outdoors; the crocheted bonnet, black gloves and fuzzy slippers push quiet luxury toward something eerily intimate and austere.
What set Mame Kurogouchi apart
Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.
The palette
Share of garment area across 38 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).
Silhouettes
Share of the 38 tagged looks.
What the collection was made of
Share of the 38 looks described by our AI taggerTraditions in the collection
Cultural influences →2 of Mame Kurogouchi's 76 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Japan.
- Pankou / frog closures · China · East Asia2 looks
Japan → China
“Row of white knotted cord frog fastenings across the chest of the white jacket, in traditional Chinese pankou form.”
- Tang jacket · China · East AsiaLook 34
Japan → China
“Collarless, slightly overlapping front fastened by frog closures, loose straight body and dropped shoulders evoke a Chinese tang-style jacket; lengthened and reworked with lace insertions.”
The character of the clothes
Mame Kurogouchi's clothes were darker, more muted, cooler and smoother than most of the season.
- DarkerLighterdarker than 75% of collections
- MutedVividmore muted than 90% of collections
- CoolerWarmercooler than 98% of collections
- SmoothTextured & printedsmoother than 79% of collections
- CasualFormal
- ClassicDaring
- ExperimentalWearable
Mame Kurogouchi against every other house measured so far
Also in Paris, Fall/Winter 2026
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Mame Kurogouchi, in context
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