Paris Fashion Week, one of the busiest weeks of the entire fashion month circuit, has come to a close for another season. In Paris, we see most of the luxury brands present their seasonal collections, and this year, it was all about witnessing the one-year anniversaries of many of the designers that were part of the great reshuffling: Matthieu Blazy at Chanel, Pierpaolo Piccioli at Balenciaga, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez at Loewe, and Jonathan Anderson at Dior. Now that these designers, amongst others, have settled in, what are they trying to say?
Much of what was being said was communicated via the trends: collars were skewed to signal at disorderliness, big belts to hark back to nostalgia for a simpler time. Form was explored through silhouettes that exaggerated the hips, while intellectualism was offered up via professor-style check and tweed blazers.
For the full rundown, see the key trends we spotted at Paris Fashion Week, below.
Heavy Metal
From left to right: Valentino, Acne Studios, Celine.Big belts have been everywhere this season, and they just kept coming on the Paris runways. From Celine to Christopher Esber, Acne Studios and Valentino, oversized belts and belt buckles are the accessory to know from the Spring/Summer 2027 season. At Celine, it was about reversal and opposites. Large, layered, maximalist looks were belted with mere leather strings, while simple, austere looks were accessorized with ginormous belts for contrast. At Christopher Esber and Acne Studios, it was all about the ornate buckles, which gave off both a Renaissance and Western effect.
Double Vision
From left to right: Chanel, Julie Kegels, Balenciaga.Sheer layering was a focal point for the Spring/Summer 2027 season. On plenty of runways, we saw multiple sheer separates layered together to create a dreamy, airy effect: layered silk mousseline and organza blazers paired with transparent shirts and skirts, or at Julie Kegel's show, iridescent organza slip dresses and skirts layered over solid separates. At Chanel, Matthieu Blazy offered simple sheer jersey knit underwear with metallic, open knit tanks and skirts layered over top for a new take on naked dressing.
Off The Collar
From left to right: Julie Kegels, Loewe.It was a big season in the collar department! At Loewe, Julie Kegels, Maison Margiela, and August Barron, collars were skewed, twisted, reversed, and gathered to create an off-beat feeling—something that we interpreted as the bucking of perfection and a representation of a globally disorderly moment in time. From a fashion lens, these moments of imperfection only added to a feeling of chic effortlessness.
Class Act
From left to right: Loewe, Chanel, Christian Dior.A surprising trend of the season was the checked sports coat or "professor jacket", which showed up at Miu Miu, Chanel, and Dior, perhaps signaling a return to codes of intellectualism in the age of brain rot and AI slop. At Miu Miu, checked blazers were paired with pleated plaid skirts and jeans, while at Dior it was all about Anderson's recurring transparent jacket silhouette. Matthieu Blazy's Chanel was about all types of women in all different phases of life, and his checked jackets were similarly paired with skirts of the same material, offering the classic Chanel Tailleur.
Hip To It
From left to right: Alaia, Christian Dior, Ann Demeulemeester.While peplum has been taking over our feeds this season, which is the obvious choice of exaggerated silhouettes, we also saw a lot of pannier-style skirts with exaggerated hips. At Alaïa, Dior, and Ann Demeulemeester, for example, creative directors explored dramatic hips in this unexpected way, pairing the pannier silhouette with the dropped waist trend of seasons past.