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Colors, Paris Fashion Week FW26 womenswear

Steel appeared in 7.5% of looks at the Paris Fashion Week FW26 womenswear shows, about the same as FW25 (7.3%). 120 designers showed it across 418 looks.

Share of looks
7.5%
Change vs FW25
+0.2 pts
7.3% → 7.5%
Looks
418
of 5,607
Designers
120
of 161

Number 5 of 32colors by share of looks. Also measured in all cities (6.9%), New York (5.4%), Milan (8.6%), London (5.1%), Copenhagen (7.4%). Other seasons: SS26 (7.8%).

Updated October 2, 2026

Mugler, FW26 womenswear, Steel, look 15

14-1323 TCX, #FAAA94

Mame Kurogouchi, FW26 womenswear, Steel, look 25

Looks

11 of 418 looks, across designers.

  • Stella Mccartney, look 42
  • Issey Miyake, look 7
  • Rick Owens, look 12
  • Co, look 1
  • Alainpaul, look 28
  • Stein, look 14
  • Zomer, look 28
  • Victoria Beckham, look 35

+407 looks

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

In the press

Steel came up in 2 articles from Numéro and 10 Magazine. In the data it was in 7.5% of looks, about the same as FW25 (7.3%).

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

  1. Numéro · Mar 9, 2026 · Show review

    Au défilé Lacoste, on rêve à un jour de pluie

    Lacoste included cold gray within a palette inspired by rainy weather.

  2. 10 Magazine · Mar 7, 2026 · Show review

    Lanvin: Ready-To-Wear FW26

    Lanvin used slate alongside charcoal and deep brown in a restrained opening palette.

Designers

Looks with steel, by designer.

  1. 1 undercover 18
  2. 2 Thom Browne 16
  3. 3 Kiko Kostadinov 14

117 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.

All 32
  1. 1 Black 56.5%
  2. 2 Chocolate 22.3%
  3. 3 White 10.3%
  1. 5 Steel 7.5%

Worn with

Share of the 418 looks with steel that also had each detail.

Garments

  • Pants 26%
  • Jacket 17%

Fabrics

Patterns

Everything worn with steel

This preview shows the top two per group. T-Fashion has every color, garment, detail, fabric and pattern.

Steel in full

What this page shows and what T-Fashion holds
On this page In T-Fashion
11 looks All 418 looks, filterable by designer, city and color
Top 3 designers All 120 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 steel at the Paris Fashion Week FW26 womenswear shows?
Steel appeared in 418 looks from 120 designers. That is 7.5% of all looks T-Fashion analyzed for the Paris Fashion Week FW26 womenswear shows.
Is steel a trend for fall 2026?
Steady on the runways. Its share of looks is 7.5%, about the same as FW25 (7.3%).
Which designers showed the most steel for FW26?
undercover (18 looks), Thom Browne (16 looks) and Kiko Kostadinov (14 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 womenswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with FW25.