Rarely is a fashion month so strongly influenced by Debuten such as this spring/summer 2026 season. What starts surprisingly calmly in New York and London, escalates in Milan and Paris into a true climax of the designer carousel. The chair dance of recent years, in which creative directors changed from fashion house to fashion house, finds its peak this season. With so much news you can quickly lose the overview – that is why FashionUnited has summarized the most important debuts and data for you.
New York Fashion Week
The New York Fashion Week opens the fashion month – and that surprisingly quiet. Hardly any changes at the top, hardly any debuts.
Only Balenciaga-Alumnus Nicholas Aburn provides a fresh wind. On Friday he presents his first collection for Area, after he took over the leadership of co -founder Piotrek Panszczyk at the beginning of this year.
Also at Proenza Schoumer there was news, albeit without a big catwalk debut. On Wednesday morning at ten o’clock the label showed its first collection since the appointment of Rachel Scott. It was not yet completely her signature – the studio designed, she advised. A taste of what is to come.
London Fashion Week
Even quieter than in New York is the London Fashion Week this season. Instead of exciting designer pairs at a large fashion house, the once celebrated event, which has lost much creative attraction to Milan and Paris in recent years, concentrates on a ‘next era of British fashion’.
Under Laura Weir, the general manager of the British Fashion Council, London Fashion Week has to be revived. Her ambitious plan? The structure of a sustainable fashion economy for designers in the United Kingdom and worldwide.
Milan Fashion Week
What London is missing, Milan and Paris are more than good. On September 23, the eyes of the fashion world focused on Demna Gvasalia, who for the first time reveals his vision for Gucci – a debut that is already among the most expected of the season.
Only a day later, on September 24, Simone Bellotti will further concrete his ideas for Jil Sander, after he had already given a first look in the form of a video.
Teasers seem to be a trend this season. While Bellotti used an image film, Dario Vitale for Versace and Louise Trotter for Bottega Veneta at the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival gave a taste of their future work.
Vitale shows a presentation for Versace on 26 September, a day later Louise Trotter follows for Bottega Veneta. She is the only woman who makes a debut this season on the big catwalks of Milan.
Paris Fashion Week
Just like in Milan, some of the most renowned fashion houses in Paris reveal new creative visions. The kick -off is given by Miguel Castro Freitas with his debut for Mugler on October two. The Portuguese designer is one of the few relatively unknown names that have been the head of a large fashion house in the recent designer carousel.
Very different is the designer duo that performs for Loewe for the first time on three October. Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, the founders of Proenza Schouler, officially follow Jonathan Anderson. Anderson will in turn show his women’s clothing collection for Dior on an October, not a real debut, since he already presented his first men’s clothing collection in June, but the first view of his interpretation of the female codes of the house.
Only a day later does one of the most long -awaited comebacks follow. Pierpaolo Piccioli, who had withdrawn since his departure from Valentino in March 2024, takes over the creative leadership at Balenciaga. A return also marks the appointment of the Dutch designer Duran Lantink as creative director of Jean Paul Gaultier. After years of circulation at the French brand, a single designer takes the reins again. He shows his first collection on October 5.
However, the crown on work is undoubtedly the biggest event, not only of the season, but perhaps from the whole year. Matthieu Blazy presents his first show for Chanel. Ten months after his appointment and almost six years after the death of Karl Lagerfeld, the expectations of the former Bottega Veneta designer are greater than ever.
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