Is rust a trend for fall 2026?

T-Fashion measured rust among the 25 colors at the New York Fashion Week FW26 womenswear shows. Its share of looks, its change against FW25, its rank and the designers who showed it are in T-Fashion.

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 womenswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with FW25.

Rust Color Trend, Fall 2026 · New York Fashion Week

Colors, New York Fashion Week FW26 womenswear

Rust is one of the 25 colors T-Fashion measured at the New York Fashion Week FW26 womenswear shows. The page shows runway looks and press coverage; its share of looks, change against FW25 and the designers behind it are in T-Fashion.

Share of looks
Change vs FW25
Looks
Designers

One of 25colors measured. Its rank, share of looks and change are in T-Fashion. Also measured in Paris, Milan. Other seasons: SS26.

Updated October 2, 2026

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Looks

11 looks, across designers.

Simkhai, look 7
Michael Kors Collection, look 25
Bibhu Mohapatra, look 8
Tory Burch, look 26
Lafayette 148, look 4
Calvin Klein Collection, look 32
Fforme, look 13
Diotima, look 20

Every look

This page shows a sample. Every look is in T-Fashion, filterable by designer, city and color.

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In the press

Rust came up in 2 articles from Marie Claire and The Harvard Crimson. How its share of looks moved is in T-Fashion.

Summaries are written by T-Fashion. Read each article at the source.

Marie Claire · Feb 19, 2026 · Trend report
The 10 New York Fashion Week Color Trends Set to Define Fall 2026, According to Pantone
Warm terracotta layers with texture appeared at Ulla Johnson and Loveshackfancy.
The Harvard Crimson · Mar 3, 2026 · Show review
PRIVATE POLICY NYFW Fall/Winter 2026 Collection Review: Noodles, (Lunar) New Year, and New Designs
The Harvard Crimson describes Private Policy giving skirts and jackets an industrial texture in rusty brown.

Designers and cities

Who showed rust, and where.

The designers and fashion weeks behind rust

Each with their looks, in T-Fashion.

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Ranking

Share of looks among colors. The tick marks FW25.

All 25

1 Black 56.4%
2 Chocolate 23.2%
3 White 9.6%

The full ranking of 25 colors

This preview shows the top three.

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More New York womenswear trends

All 107

Black

56.4% of looks · +0.9 pts

Key colors

Chocolate

23.2% of looks · +4.0 pts

Key colors

Wine

2.3% of looks · +0.9 pts

Key colors

Midnight Blue

6.1% of looks · +0.9 pts

Key colors

Pine Green

Numbers in T-Fashion

Key colors

Rust in full

What this page shows and what T-Fashion holds
On this page	In T-Fashion
11 looks	Every look, filterable by designer, city and color
Photos and press	Share of looks, change, rank, designers and cities
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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Is rust a trend for fall 2026?: T-Fashion measured rust among the 25 colors at the New York Fashion Week FW26 womenswear shows. Its share of looks, its change against FW25, its rank and the designers who showed it are in T-Fashion.
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 womenswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with FW25.