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New York Fashion Week FW26 · Runway show Womenswear

Oscar de la Renta

48 looks, shown 11 February 2026 in New York. Known this season for appliques / 3D flowers, tan, sequins / paillettes.

48Looks
4.8%Of the week's looks
7th / 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 48
BlackChocolate brownTanBeigeIvoryCharcoalBurgundyOlive
Look 11

Look 1 of 48

Cinched brown tweed blazer worn bare with botanical flower brooches

Sharp hourglass tailoring in nubby tweed is softened by lifelike flower-stem brooches climbing the lapel, a romantic counterpoint to the powerful plunging, shirtless blazer.

Chocolate brown 53%Grey 31%Charcoal 10%Ivory 6%
Shape
hourglass · inverted triangle · fitted
Pieces
blazer · trousers
Fabric
tweed · bouclé
Details
appliques · rosettes · shoulder emphasis
Styling
matching set · tonal head to toe
Mood
elegant · powerful · romantic

What set Oscar de la Renta apart

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

Appliques / 3D flowers detailTan colourSequins / paillettes materialChocolate brown colourGlamorous moodBeige / camel colour

The palette

Share of garment area across 48 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

  • Column38%
  • Fitted / bodycon25%
  • Straight / tubular25%
  • A-line25%
  • Hourglass / cinched waist25%

Share of the 48 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 48 looks described by our AI tagger
  • Dress52%
  • Knit sweater29%
  • Gown19%
  • Skirt15%
  • Midi skirt15%

Traditions in the collection

Cultural influences →

2 of Oscar de la Renta's 158 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in United States.

  • Dirndl / tracht · Austria · European folk & regional dressLook 59

    United States → Austria

    “Fitted button-front bodice cut low and square over a ruffle-edged white chemise with puffed sleeves, plus a full gathered skirt. Reads as an Alpine dirndl (Austria or Bavaria), reworked in white cutwork.”

  • Trachten jacket / janker · Austria · European folk & regional dressLook 33

    United States → Austria

    “Short boxy jacket with contrasting black velvet-look collar and lapels embroidered with small flowers, plus black welt pocket trims, recalling Alpine trachten jackets.”

The character of the clothes

Oscar de la Renta's clothes were warmer, more textured and more formal than most of the season.

  • DarkerLighter
  • MutedVivid
  • CoolerWarmerwarmer than 88% of collections
  • SmoothTextured & printedmore textured than 82% of collections
  • CasualFormalmore formal than 88% of collections
  • ClassicDaring
  • ExperimentalWearable

Oscar de la Renta against every other house measured so far

Also in New York, Fall/Winter 2026

New York field notes →
  1. 1Michael Kors65 looksBlack
  2. 2Carolina Herrera64 looksBlack
  3. 3Thom Browne63 looksCharcoal
  4. 4Tanner Fletcher61 looksIvory
  5. 5Ulla Johnson57 looksBlack
  6. 6Khaite53 looksBlack

The fortnightly digest

Oscar de la Renta, in context

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