Colors, Paris Men's Fashion Week FW26 menswear
Charcoal appeared in 17.5% of looks at the Paris Men's Fashion Week FW26 menswear shows, up from 12.1% in FW25. 87 designers showed it across 543 looks.
- Share of looks
- 17.5%
- Change vs FW25
- +5.4 pts
- 12.1% → 17.5%
- Looks
- 543
- of 3,105
- Designers
- 87
- of 123
Number 3 of 35colors by share of looks. Also measured in all cities (16.1%), Milan (17.1%), New York (10.6%), London (9.0%), Copenhagen (20.9%). Other seasons: SS27 (5.5%), SS26 (12.8%).
Updated October 2, 2026
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Looks
11 of 543 looks, across designers.
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Gabriela Hearst, look 25 -
Fear Of God, look 11 -
Stein, look 20 -
Matières Fécales, look 45 -
Junya Watanabe, look 36 -
Givenchy, look 14 -
Cfcl, look 2 -
Magliano, look 6
+532 looks
This page shows a sample. Every look is in T-Fashion, filterable by designer, city and color.
In the press
Charcoal came up in 6 articles from Vogue, 10 Magazine, Whitewall and 2 more. In the data it was in 17.5% of looks, up from 12.1% in FW25.
Summaries are written by T-Fashion. Read each article at the source.
Vogue · Jan 24, 2026 · Show review
Undercover Fall 2026 Menswear CollectionCharcoal appeared as an occasional accent in the mostly black palette.
10 Magazine · Jan 24, 2026 · Show review
Junya Watanabe Man: Menswear AW26The long, narrow coats were mostly black, with charcoal and camel too.
Whitewall · Jan 27, 2026 · Season review
Paris Men’s Fashion Week Fall Winter 2026Undercover used charcoal with dark brown and navy, limiting brighter accents to red and yellow.
Numéro Netherlands · Jan 22, 2026 · Season review
PARIS FASHION WEEK MENSWEAR FALL/WINTER 2026: DAY 2Lemaire retained charcoal within its palette, adding brighter colors to familiar earthy shades.
Design Scene · Jan 26, 2026 · Show review
CFCL Presents VOL.12 MEN Fall Winter 2026 CollectionCharcoal, with brown, beige, cream and light blue, repeats across the muted palette.
Design Scene · Jan 24, 2026 · Show review
Officine Générale Fall Winter 2026: Essentialism at École DuperréCharcoal greys punctuated the brown palette.
Designers
Looks with charcoal, by designer.
- 1 undercover 34
- 2 Dior Men 22
- 3 Feng Chen Wang 21
84 more designers
Each with their looks, in T-Fashion. This preview shows the top three.
Ranking
Share of looks among colors. The tick marks FW25.
The full ranking of 35 colors
This preview shows the top three.
Worn with
Share of the 543 looks with charcoal that also had each detail.
Everything worn with charcoal
This preview shows the top two per group. T-Fashion has every color, garment, detail, fabric and pattern.
Charcoal in full
| On this page | In T-Fashion |
|---|---|
| 11 looks | All 543 looks, filterable by designer, city and color |
| Top 3 designers | All 87 designers, each with their looks |
| Top pairings | Every pairing by color, garment, detail, fabric and pattern |
| Snapshot as of the last update | Updated as each show is analyzed |
| – | Moodboards, concepts and tech packs from the same looks |
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Questions
- How popular was charcoal at the Paris Men's Fashion Week FW26 menswear shows?
- Charcoal appeared in 543 looks from 87 designers. That is 17.5% of all looks T-Fashion analyzed for the Paris Men's Fashion Week FW26 menswear shows.
- Is charcoal a trend for fall 2026?
- Rising on the runways. Its share of looks is 17.5%, up from 12.1% in FW25.
- Which designers showed the most charcoal for FW26?
- undercover (34 looks), Dior Men (22 looks) and Feng Chen Wang (21 looks).
- How does T-Fashion measure this?
- T-Fashion tags every look of every Fall/Winter 2026 show. The share of looks is the number of looks with the color divided by all menswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with FW25.