Paris Fashion Week 2026: Dates, Schedule and Who Shows When
Paris Fashion Week runs September 28 to October 6, 2026, showing Spring/Summer 2027 womenswear. With 101 houses on the official FHCM calendar, 68 shows and 33 presentations, it is the biggest women's edition in the event's history. Julie Kegels opens on September 28 and Louis Vuitton closes on October 6. Dior shows September 29, Chanel October 5, and Drew Henry debuts at Courreges on September 30. Sources: FHCM, Vogue, Complex, Wallpaper.
The context
Paris Fashion Week runs from September 28 to October 6, 2026, and it arrives at a size the city has never staged before. The Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode has 101 houses on the official calendar, 68 runway shows and 33 presentations, which makes this the largest women’s edition in the event’s history. The collections on show are Spring/Summer 2027, roughly six months ahead of the shops.
The bookends are telling. The week opens on Monday, September 28 with Julie Kegels, a young Belgian designer rather than a heritage house, and closes on Tuesday, October 6 at 18:30 with Louis Vuitton, which almost always takes the final slot. Between them sit the appointments that organise the schedule: Christian Dior at 14:30 on September 29, Saint Laurent at 21:00 the same evening, and Chanel at 20:00 on October 5. That second day, Dior in the afternoon and Saint Laurent at night, is the week’s first real crush.
Two debuts carry the news value. Drew Henry shows his first collection for Courreges on September 30, arriving from Burberry where he was senior design director. Kai Nesselrath follows at Carven on October 1, after a decade at Saint Laurent, most recently as head designer. Both houses are mid-size with strong archives and uncertain recent trajectories, the kind of brief where a debut collection actually decides something.
The calendar has also refilled. Valentino, Maison Margiela, Sacai, Ester Manas, Christopher Esber and Casablanca all return after at least one season away, and Maxhosa Africa joins for the first time. Founded by Laduma Ngxokolo, the South African label turns Xhosa beadwork patterns into knitwear and has been worn by Beyonce and Michelle Obama. September 30 and October 4 are the heaviest days, stacking The Row, Balmain, Valentino, Mugler and Jean Paul Gaultier.
For everyone without an invitation, and the shows are strictly invitation only, the accessible part of the week is the periphery: brand activations and exhibitions across the city, plus the federation’s SPHERE showroom at the Palais de Tokyo, open September 30 to October 6, where buyers go looking for the labels that cannot yet afford a runway. Sources: FHCM, Complex, Design Scene, Wallpaper, Fashion Week Daily, Grazia.
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True or false?
Shows are invitation only and each house controls its own list. The public-facing part of the week is the pop-ups, exhibitions and the SPHERE showroom. (FHCM)
Chanel shows on October 5 at 20:00. Louis Vuitton has the closing slot on October 6 at 18:30, as it usually does. (FHCM)
101 houses on the official calendar, 68 shows and 33 presentations. No previous womenswear edition has been larger. (FHCM)
Drew Henry, previously senior design director at Burberry, presents his first collection on September 30. (Fashion Week Daily)
These are Spring/Summer 2027 collections. They reach shops roughly six months after the runway, which is the whole point of the calendar. (FHCM)
Valentino is back on the official schedule this season, alongside Maison Margiela, Sacai and Casablanca. (Complex)