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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.

38Looks
1.5%Of the week's looks
34th / 57Largest show
BlackLead colour

The show

The collection, look by look

Womenswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 · 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 38
BlackSilverCharcoalGreyForest greenNavyTealDenim blue
Look 11

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.

Grey 78%Silver 22%
Shape
column · inverted triangle · oversized · wrap
Pieces
overcoat · top (unspecified)
Fabric
wool · fuzzy
Details
belts · lacing · shoulder emphasis
Styling
mules · belted over · layered
Mood
austere · elegant · serene

What set Mame Kurogouchi apart

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

Glossy / dewy makeupAnkle boots footwearCrinkled / plissé surfaceSerene moodAnkle boots accessorySilver colour

The palette

Share of garment area across 38 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Oversized68%
  • Column66%
  • Straight / tubular50%
  • Inverted triangle / strong shoulder18%
  • Wrap13%

Share of the 38 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 38 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Top (unspecified)39%
  • Wide-leg trousers26%
  • Maxi skirt24%
  • Coat24%
  • Knit sweater18%

Traditions 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

Paris field notes →

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Mame Kurogouchi, in context

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