Fashion weeks and events • 2026

Animal fur is no longer permitted on the Official NYFW Schedule from September 2026.

Christopher Kane's first Mulberry runway is planned for London Fashion Week in September 2026.

Alexander McQueen is scheduled to present Spring/Summer 2027 at London Fashion Week on 20 September 2026.

Ib Kamara exited Off-White after leading the brand’s creative direction following Virgil Abloh’s death. He had joined as art and image director in 2022 before becoming official creative director, with responsibility across design, campaigns and the brand’s visual presentation.

Rabanne appointed Olivier Rousteing as creative director, succeeding Julien Dossena. The former Balmain creative director is expected to present his first collection for the house at Paris Fashion Week in March 2027 for Autumn/Winter 2027.

Pierpaolo Piccioli is scheduled to present his first Balenciaga haute couture collection in Paris on 8 July 2026.

Julien Dossena left Rabanne after leading the house since 2013. His tenure revived the fashion line, reworked Paco Rabanne’s material futurism for contemporary ready-to-wear and carried the brand through its 2023 simplification from Paco Rabanne to Rabanne.

Thom Browne is scheduled to stage its first official Milan menswear runway show on 22 June 2026.

Ralph Lauren is listed for two live menswear show slots during Milan Moda Uomo SS27 on 19 June 2026 at Via San Barnaba 27.

DSM Kei Ninomiya was named Guest Designer for Pitti Uomo 110.

JiyongKim is the Special Guest at Pitti Uomo 110 and will stage a Florence-specific project event at Fortezza da Basso.

Simone Rocha was named Guest Designer for Pitti Uomo 110.

Target named Isaac Mizrahi its first creative director at large, a newly created advisory role spanning design mentorship, product innovation, storytelling and partnerships. The appointment returns Mizrahi to the retailer after his influential Isaac Mizrahi for Target collaboration, which ran from 2002 to 2009 and helped define the designer-mass-retail model.

<p>Nesselrath joined from Saint Laurent, where he had risen to Head Designer, Womenswear in 2024. Carven announced his first runway for Spring/Summer 2027, leaving the June appointment as the current structural fact until his own collection appears.</p>

The 60-look Common Material retrospective brought two decades of twenty-seven names work to the runway at City Gallery Wellington on 6 June 2026.

Zegna moved its Summer 2027 presentation outside the Milan menswear window and staged La Villeggiatura at Malibu Pier on 5 June 2026.

Diane von Furstenberg appointed Henry Zankov artistic director on 27 May 2026 with responsibility across collections and visual identity.

madre natura returned to Australian Fashion Week on 12 May 2026 as part of the state-supported The Frontier group runway.

A.P.C. has appointed Ludivine Poiblanc as artistic director, drawing from her career as a stylist and creative director for titles including The Wall Street Journal Magazine and from advisory work on product and visual identity. She takes over after Jean and Judith Touitou’s long founder-led creative structure; Judith Touitou had been A.P.C.’s artistic director for nearly 30 years, while Jean Touitou founded the Paris label in 1987.

Pip Edwards was appointed on 20 April 2026 as guest creative director for L’IDÉE’s ICONIQUE Australian Fashion Week presentation, with a remit limited to the show.

Withdrew from the PFW AW26 calendar (planned 6 March) shortly after cancelling the January 2026 couture show.

Sacai issued a lookbook instead of staging a runway show for AW26.

The Paris calendar absence preceded Maison Margiela’s combined ready-to-wear and Artisanal show in Shanghai on 1 April 2026.

Coperni skipped PFW AW26, citing financial and strategic reasons.

Off-White returned to the Paris schedule after showing in New York the previous season.

Valentino sat out PFW AW26 and showed in Rome instead.

Situationist made its debut for its 10-year anniversary on the official Paris Fashion Week calendar.

Pangaia's AW26 presentation was the first season developed from its Milan studio under Kevin Grandal.

The adidas Originals partnership was first unveiled on Simone Rocha's AW26 runway.

Joseph returned to the London Fashion Week catwalk after last showing in September 2017.

William Costelloe led Paul Costelloe's first collection since Paul Costelloe's death.

Veronica Leoni staged Calvin Klein Collection's Fall 2026 runway show at New York Fashion Week.

Rachel Scott presented her first full Proenza Schouler collection during New York Fashion Week.

Germanier closed Paris Haute Couture Week as a Guest House on 29 January 2026.

Valentino appeared on the Spring/Summer 2026 Paris Haute Couture Week calendar as a Corresponding Member.

The presentation placed Purple Label and Polo Ralph Lauren together at Palazzo Ralph Lauren during Milan menswear.

SOSHIOTSUKI presented IN FLORENCE as guest designer at Pitti Uomo 109 on 15 January 2026, staging its first European runway show at the Refettorio di Santa Maria Novella. The collection brought Otsuki’s reverse-importation idea back to Italy through grey tailoring, softened corporate silhouettes and Japanese construction details.

Stefano Gabbana’s 1 January 2026 resignation from his management positions at Dolce & Gabbana marks a real governance shift at the house, even if it stops short of a creative break. The company stressed that his creative activities remain unchanged, which makes this less a clean exit than a withdrawal from formal corporate power inside one of Italian fashion’s most tightly identified founder-led businesses.