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Paris Haute Couture Week Fall/Winter 2026: Inside the Schedule
Four days, 25-plus houses and a front row stacked with pop's biggest names defined this season's couture calendar.
Paris Haute Couture Week for Fall/Winter 2026-2027 ran from 6 to 9 July under the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, opening with Schiaparelli and closing four days later with Fendi and Adeline André.
In between, the calendar packed in Chanel's second Matthieu Blazy collection, Jonathan Anderson's Dior show at the Musée Rodin, Pierpaolo Piccioli's long-anticipated Balenciaga couture debut and Duran Lantink's first collection for Jean Paul Gaultier alongside longstanding names like Giorgio Armani Privé, Elie Saab and Viktor & Rolf. The week's front rows drew an unusually starry crowd, including Taylor Swift, Zendaya, Rihanna and members of Blackpink and Seventeen, underlining how thoroughly couture's audience has expanded beyond the traditional client base of private buyers and editors.
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Anaelle Lise
Fashion editor and writer covering design, image-making and the creative networks connecting Southeast Asia.
