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10 Trends Defining Autumn-Winter 2026-2027 Fashion, From the Runway to the Red Carpet
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In brief
Black is described as the season's lead color on the Dior, Chanel and Loewe runways, while jacquard patterns, leopard-print faux fur and archival red-carpet revivals are the other themes repeated most across autumn-winter 2026-2027 fashion-month coverage. The list below ranks the ten trends and celebrity style moments cited most consistently by fashion publications covering the collections and the September 2026 Venice Film Festival.
Autumn-winter 2026-2027 collections showed in New York, London, Milan and Paris earlier this year, and the season's first major red-carpet test came at the Venice Film Festival, held in September 2026. The ten entries below are the trends and celebrity looks that recurred most often across runway-trend roundups and festival-fashion coverage, ranked by how frequently they appeared across the designer collections and festival looks reviewed for this piece.
Runway trends: color, pattern and texture
- All-black styling as the season's lead color, shown deliberately rather than as a fallback by Jonathan Anderson at Dior, Matthieu Blazy at Chanel, and Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez at Loewe, according to Grazia USA's review of the collections.
- Leopard-print, cool-toned faux fur — a trend AOL's fashion-month report named 'Snowy Leopards' — shown at Bottega Veneta, Carolina Herrera and Tom Ford, with the print also appearing on the red carpet in a leopard-print shirt collar worn by Patrick Schwarzenegger in a look from Haider Ackermann's Tom Ford collection at Venice, according to Dazed's festival coverage.
- Bold jacquard patterns used across both outerwear and formalwear at Michael Kors, Dior and Giorgio Armani, per AOL's fashion-month trend coverage.
- A relaxed, roomier take on tailoring with androgynous, 1990s-inflected proportions at Boss, Emporio Armani and Givenchy under Sarah Burton, AOL reported.
- Dark, romantic floral prints set against black backgrounds, shown in knitwear at Ralph Lauren and in pixelated prints at Dries Van Noten, per AOL's fashion-month trend coverage.
- Voluminous, playful plaid and check patterns at Chloé, Acne Studios and Loewe, AOL reported.
- Cartoonish, heavily textured fringe at Chanel, Loewe and Rick Owens, per AOL's fashion-month trend coverage.
- Gold lamé and 1980s glamour references at Gucci, Ferragamo and Mugler — a note echoed on the red carpet by Kendall Jenner's golden vintage Giorgio Armani look at Venice, according to Dazed's festival coverage.
Celebrity style moments: Venice Film Festival, September 2026
The Venice Film Festival offered the first large-scale celebrity showcase of the autumn-winter season's design language, with several looks drawing directly on archival pieces and historical silhouettes rather than new-season garments.
- Archival and vintage revival on the red carpet: Irina Shayk wore an archival Givenchy tailcoat gown from the label's Autumn/Winter 2015 collection, and John Malkovich wore an oversized suit with an Elizabethan-style ruff from Dior by Jonathan Anderson, Dazed reported.
- Sheer, romantic gowns as a recurring festival silhouette: Phoebe Bridgers wore a see-through lilac gown by Alexander McQueen for the premiere of her acting debut, Primetime, while Laura Dern wore a drop-waist ball gown by Dior, according to Dazed.
| Trend | Runway houses | Source |
|---|---|---|
| All-black styling | Dior, Chanel, Loewe | Grazia USA |
| Leopard print / 'Snowy Leopards' faux fur | Bottega Veneta, Carolina Herrera, Tom Ford | AOL / Dazed |
| Jazzy jacquards | Michael Kors, Dior, Giorgio Armani | AOL |
| Relaxed tailoring | Boss, Emporio Armani, Givenchy | AOL |
| Dark florals | Ralph Lauren, Dries Van Noten | AOL |
| Voluminous plaid | Chloé, Acne Studios, Loewe | AOL |
| Gold lamé / '80s glamour | Gucci, Ferragamo, Mugler | AOL |
Several reports on the season noted a shared direction: designers leaned on texture and archival reference — fur, fringe, jacquard, lamé — rather than introducing entirely new silhouettes, a pattern that carried over into how celebrities styled both current-season and archival pieces at Venice.
Questions
- What is the main color trend for autumn-winter 2026-2027?
- Black, described as the season's deliberate lead color rather than a fallback, at Dior, Chanel and Loewe, according to Grazia USA's review of the collections.
- Which prints and textures defined the autumn-winter 2026-2027 runways?
- AOL's fashion-month trend report named jacquard patterns, leopard-print faux fur ('Snowy Leopards'), voluminous plaid, dark florals, cartoonish fringe and gold lamé as among the most repeated textures and prints across the season's shows.
- What did celebrities wear at the 2026 Venice Film Festival?
- Standout looks included Phoebe Bridgers in a sheer lilac Alexander McQueen gown, Kendall Jenner in a golden vintage Giorgio Armani look, Irina Shayk in an archival Autumn/Winter 2015 Givenchy tailcoat, and John Malkovich in an Elizabethan-ruff suit by Dior, according to Dazed's festival coverage.
- Did any runway trend carry over to red-carpet looks?
- Yes — leopard print appeared both on the Tom Ford, Bottega Veneta and Carolina Herrera runways and on Patrick Schwarzenegger's Tom Ford-collection shirt collar at Venice, while the gold lamé/1980s glamour seen at Gucci and Mugler echoed in Kendall Jenner's golden Armani look.
- Were archival or vintage pieces part of this season's trend?
- Yes — at the 2026 Venice Film Festival, Irina Shayk wore an archival Givenchy piece originally from the label's Autumn/Winter 2015 collection rather than a current-season design, a detail noted in Dazed's coverage of the festival's red carpet.
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