The 2026 Fall Fashion Trend Report

As much as it pains us to prepare for fall, the time has come to begin thinking about the colder months. The Fall 2026 fashion trends have been offering up something for everyone this season. Fur has returned with a mighty bang, as have shrouds and shapes of all kinds.

For those who were particular fans of the summer goth, a dark romance fall is on the cards for a soft landing into the cooler months, as displayed at Alexander McQueen and Ann Demeulemeester back in March, celebrating a free feminine spirit with and air of gothic romance. Back to minimalism—there was an emphasis on suiting for Fall 2026 amongst luxury houses that are experimenting with the new skirt suit, asymmetric hems, off-kilter buttons, and different proportions.

The styling tricks were rooted in layering and story building, all clever and telling in various ways, with fringe accents and art deco details. Below, we unpack the top Fall 2026 trends, and how to shop them now.

This fall, texture is a focal point. On the Fall/Winter 2026 runways, we saw a plethora of fur coats, appliqué motifs, shearling, and new techniques that mimicked unique textures. At Louise Trotter’s Bottega Veneta, the collection overflowed with fur, pile, shearling and fringe. At Chanel Haute Couture, it was about scarecrow-esque jackets and floral appliqué dresses. Meanwhile, Nicholas Ghesquiere showed a series of shearling and fur looks at Louis Vuitton to create a textural heaven. The fur coat is going nowhere this fall!

If summer was about the girls, fall is for the ladies. This season, ladylike silhouettes, namely the skirt suit, returns to the trend cycle for a very powerwoman, Upper East Side approach to dressing. On the runway for Fall/Winter 2026, we saw examples at Ferragamo, Tom Ford, Jil Sander and more.

At Paris Fashion Week’s Fall/Winter 2026 runway season earlier this year, check prints, tartan, and gingham appeared in countless collections, giving us the sense that it’s going to be a very check-forward season once the temperature drops. Chemena Kamali’s Chloé Fall/Winter 2026 show was frenzied with check and tartan prints, while Burberry’s Daniel Lee naturally chimed in across the pond. At Acne Studios it was all about different check prints that were styled together, creating a busy, yet matchy moment.

I am a romantic goth at heart, so the dark romance trend evokes a lot of joy when I think about it, which I did a lot of during the Fall/Winter 2026 shows. The collections explored dark romance through a lot of moody lace, corsetry, asymmetric hems and high necks. Ann Demeulemeester’s Stefano Gallici offered up silk and chiffon bodice dresses, while Anthony Vaccarello leaned into jewel-toned lace minis and separates at Saint Laurent. Over at McQueen, feathered high necked bolero-style shrugs were layered atop corsets and lace to create moody tension.

The roaring ‘20s are back! According to the trend cycle. In New York earlier this year, we saw examples of such on the Khaite and Kallmeyer runways, with plenty of references from Chanel, too, which has always lived in an art deco world from a silhouette perspective. Dropped waists, shift dresses, and intricate beading is the eveningwear trend we’ll be seeing a lot of in Fall.

Proportion-play offers a sense of drama this season without straying too far from what we know. At Chanel Fall/Winter 2026, it was all about ultra-dropped waists, while at Dior and Loewe there was a focus on mini skirts with high-low trains trailing behind them, Tory Burch and Saint Laurent explored oversized shoulder pads, while peplum continued to be a central theme this season.

It’s been a big year for fringe! On runways far and wide, fringe has popped up throughout every season, and fall is looking no different for the western-inspired trend. From the ‘20s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, every type of fringe was on display for the Fall/Winter 2026 shows.

Shrouds were everywhere at NYFW earlier this year, and it made sense given the horrible weather conditions we were all subject to last winter. At Ralph Lauren, shroud-like capes in knitted fabrics were draped over the shoulders, Ashlyn offered structured tops and dresses which kept arms neatly at the sides. At FFORME, fur shrouds were built into knitwear, keeping the arms close to the body. Shroud is just another way to play with proportions, and we are on board.