Paris Fashion Week FW 2026/27: What to Expect

Paris Fashion Week FW 2026/27 Women's Ready-to-Wear returns March 2nd with 68 runway shows across nine days. After a Haute Couture Spring 2026 season flooded with creative director debuts, the Ready-to-Wear season brings just one: Antonin Tron at Balmain. But the calendar carries weight beyond numbers. Pieter Mulier shows his final collection for Alaïa before taking the helm at Versace in July. His departure marks the end of a five-year tenure that quietly reshaped the Maison.

Paris Fashion Week FW 2026/27 Key Highlights

The Returns: Off-White returns to Paris after a season in New York. Giambattista Valli is back on schedule after canceling his January couture show. Pierre Cardin returns to the calendar.

The Debuts: Litkovska and Situationist make their runway debuts. Co, Eenk, and Time appear on the presentation schedule for the first time.

The Absentees: Valentino sits out entirely, decamping to Rome on March 12. Coperni is absent due to shareholder conflict with Tomorrow London. Sacai skips womenswear for a transitional season, presenting a lookbook instead. Maison Margiela, Vetements, Casablanca, Christopher Esber, Leonard, and Thom Browne are also missing. Browne will show in San Francisco at the GQ Bowl. Meryll Rogge debuts at Marni in Milan before returning to Paris in June.

The Sophomore Class: Jonathan Anderson at Dior, Matthieu Blazy at Chanel, Mark Thomas at Carven, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez at Loewe, Miguel Castro Freitas at Mugler, Pierpaolo Piccioli at Balenciaga, and Duran Lantink at Jean Paul Gaultier all present their second womenswear collections.

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