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Paris Fashion Week SS27 · Runway show Womenswear

Noir Kei Ninomiya

37 looks, shown 3 October 2026 in Paris. Known this season for face paint / prosthetics, platforms, platforms.

37Looks
1.5%Of the week's looks
36th / 58Largest show
BlackLead colour

The show

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 37
BlackSilverCharcoalGreyChocolate brownBurgundyBeigeWhite
Look 11

Look 1 of 37

Pearl-strand cage headpiece with lilac perspex spokes over black mini dress

A wearable chandelier: radiating lilac perspex ribs and cascading pearl strands engulf the head and torso, turning the body into a moving installation and reducing the dress beneath to a shadow.

Black 52%Charcoal 29%Grey 19%
Shape
sculptural · tiered · voluminous
Pieces
cape · dress
Fabric
fringe · plastic · fringed · sequinned
Details
beading · fringe · padding
Styling
ankle boots · layered
Mood
dramatic · glamorous · whimsical

What set Noir Kei Ninomiya apart

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

Face paint / prosthetics makeupPlatforms accessoryPlatforms footwearVeil / headpiece accessoryVictorian eraSculptural / editorial hair

The palette

Share of garment area across 37 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Tiered / layered volume70%
  • Sculptural / architectural51%
  • A-line35%
  • Asymmetric30%
  • Balloon / bubble24%

Share of the 37 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 37 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Dress35%
  • Shirt30%
  • Blouse24%
  • Skirt24%
  • Midi skirt22%

Traditions in the collection

Cultural influences →

1 of Noir Kei Ninomiya's 72 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 AsiaLook 22

    Japan → China

    “Red cord knotted into looped five-petal flower shapes, the characteristic Chinese knotted-button (pankou) form, repeated in two rows across a black harness rather than used as closures.”

The character of the clothes

Noir Kei Ninomiya's clothes were darker, more muted, warmer, more textured, more daring and more experimental than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighterdarker than 89% of collections
  • MutedVividmore muted than 94% of collections
  • CoolerWarmerwarmer than 78% of collections
  • SmoothTextured & printedmore textured than 75% of collections
  • CasualFormal
  • ClassicDaringmore daring than 99% of collections
  • ExperimentalWearablemore experimental than 97% of collections

Noir Kei Ninomiya 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

Noir Kei Ninomiya, in context

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