Paris is where the season gets decided. The spring/summer 2027 womenswear shows ran from 28 September to 6 October 2026, with 68 shows and 33 presentations on the official schedule. Here is a short recap of the collections people are still talking about.
Chanel and Dior: history, made light
At Chanel, Matthieu Blazy looked back at the house's history with Gabrielle Chanel almost as a character in the story, according to The National. Sheer knit slips, fringed cardigans and the tweed jacket shared the runway, and the show opened and closed with a model carrying an original 2.55 bag.
Jonathan Anderson's Dior treated air as a material, working in lace, mousseline and organza. The accessories were just as considered, with a new Bow sandal and a silver minaudière shaped like a walnut.
Balenciaga, Celine and the rest of the week
Pierpaolo Piccioli's Balenciaga applied atelier techniques to things everyone owns: T-shirts, jeans, leather jackets. One pale pink taffeta ballgown turned out, on a second look, to be an oversized T-shirt.
At Celine, Michael Rider kept things relaxed, with collarless leather capes, slouchy trousers, a sundial print dress and beaded knitwear.
Anthony Vaccarello's Saint Laurent went gold, referencing the 1991 Rive Gauche finale, and sent the collection out without handbags. Loewe, under Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, showed at the Château de Vincennes on a maze-like runway. Alessandro Michele staged Valentino in a library and asked guests to donate a book.
On the final day, Nicolas Ghesquière's Louis Vuitton closed the week, with weightless silks, jersey and cashmere and deconstructed tailoring.
The themes
Looking across the week, three ideas kept coming back. Lightness, with sheer fabrics at Louis Vuitton, Dior and Hermès. Real clothes, with tees, jeans and caps lifted to couture level at Balenciaga and Valentino. And archives, as Chanel, Saint Laurent and Schiaparelli dug into their own pasts.
The second one is the most interesting from a streetwear point of view. When the most expensive houses in the world spend their time perfecting a T-shirt, it says something about where value sits right now. Not in novelty for its own sake, but in everyday pieces done properly.
Our image for this one was shot on a wet street at night. A coach jacket over a black tee, nothing more. The Hit Rock Bottom coach jacket is heavyweight cotton twill with snap buttons and elastic cuffs, the kind of piece that has been quietly part of street style for decades.
It is simple, it moves with you and it looks right on a wet street at midnight or in a café the next morning. Paris spent a week reminding everyone that the basics matter. We agree, and we build our whole range around that idea.
See the Hit Rock Bottom Coach Jacket or browse the full collection.