Runway Season in Europe: What London and Paris Will Decide for 2026 Style

Runway Season in Europe: What London and Paris Will Decide for 2026 Style


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London and Paris are about to anchor the most closely watched stretch of the Fall/Winter 2026–27 fashion calendar. London Fashion Week runs February 19–23, 2026, with the schedule and designers highlighted on the British Fashion Council’s official hub.

Paris Fashion Week’s women’s ready‑to‑wear shows follow from March 3–11, 2026, with dates and key events outlined via Fashion Week Online. Editors and buyers will treat both as the clearest preview yet of how designers see next winter dressing.

In London, the British Fashion Council is promising a packed schedule of around 38 shows and a dozen presentations, mixing heavyweight names with buzzy newcomers. Burberry is slated to close the week on February 23, while Paul Costelloe opens on the 19th in a tribute slot after the Irish designer’s death.

The lineup also includes notable returns—Joseph is back on the runway after years away, and Temperley London is marking its 25th anniversary with its first LFW show since 2019—alongside emerging labels like Agro Studio, Clara Chu and Raw Mango.

Trend‑wise, recent London seasons have leaned into “contrasts in harmony”: sharp tailoring and embellished details offset by soft pastels, sheer layers and metallic finishes. Expect more of that tension this time around, with Victorian‑tinged silhouettes at brands like Erdem and Simone Rocha sitting next to futuristic fabrics and chartreuse pops on younger runways.

Street‑style watchers will also be looking for how those runway ideas translate outside the shows, from embellished dresses over jeans to sheer skirts grounded with heavy boots.

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Happy couture week to all who celebrate! This morning at the Petit Palais in Paris, Daniel Roseberry kicked things off with his spring 2026 couture collection at Schiaparelli.

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Paris will pick up the baton in early March, with women’s ready‑to‑wear scheduled for March 3–11 and preview events beginning March 1. The Paris calendar layers on top of January’s men’s and haute couture weeks, turning the city into a month‑long barometer of where luxury fashion is headed.

Legacy houses like Louis Vuitton, Dior and Chanel will dominate the conversation, but the schedule also leaves room for labels such as Études, Auralee and Sacai, which often seed the tailoring, outerwear and sneaker shapes that filter into mainstream fashion a year later.

For readers, the takeaway is that February and March belong to London and Paris, and what happens on those runways rarely stays there for long. The silhouettes, fabrics and color stories set on these stages will echo everywhere from fast‑fashion rails to next year’s awards‑season red carpets.


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