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Fabrics, Paris Men's Fashion Week SS26 menswear

Velvet appeared in 3.9% of looks at the Paris Men's Fashion Week SS26 menswear shows, up from 1.6% in SS25. 13 designers showed the trend across 30 looks.

Share of looks
3.9%
Change vs SS25
+2.3 pts
1.6% → 3.9%
Looks
30
of 765
Designers
13
of 51

Number 13 of 13fabrics by share of looks. Also measured in all cities. Other seasons: SS27, FW26.

Updated October 2, 2026

MaXhosa Africa, SS26 menswear, Velvet, look 30
Enfants Riches Déprimés, SS26 menswear, Velvet, look 6
Nina Ricci, SS26 menswear, Velvet, look 25

Looks

11 of 30 looks, across designers.

  • Jean Paul Gaultier, look 25
  • Tom Ford, look 13
  • Lanvin, look 21
  • Xuly.Bët, look 33
  • Vogue World, look 85
  • Casablanca, look 36
  • Rag & Bone, look 11
  • Jean Paul Gaultier, look 52

+19 looks

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

In the press

Velvet came up in coverage from Numéro. In the data it was in 3.9% of looks, up from 1.6% in SS25.

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

  1. Numéro · Oct 7, 2025 · Show review

    Alessandro Michele offers a luminous, poetic interlude at Valentino

    Velvet ensembles were part of the lineup.

Designers

Looks with velvet, by designer.

  1. 1 Maxhosa Africa 9
  2. 2 Jean Paul Gaultier 4
  3. 3 Enfants Riches Deprimes 3

10 more designers

Each with their looks, in T-Fashion. This preview shows the top three.

Ranking

Share of looks among fabrics. The tick marks SS25.

All 13
  1. 1 Twill 51.9%
  2. 2 Poplin 22.4%
  3. 3 Jersey 13.9%
  1. 13 Velvet 3.9%

Worn with

Share of the 30 looks with velvet that also had each detail.

Colors

Garments

  • Pants 43%
  • Jacket 23%

Patterns

Everything worn with velvet

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

Velvet in full

What this page shows and what T-Fashion holds
On this page In T-Fashion
11 looks All 30 looks, filterable by designer, city and color
Top 3 designers All 13 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 velvet at the Paris Men's Fashion Week SS26 menswear shows?
Velvet appeared in 30 looks from 13 designers. That is 3.9% of all looks T-Fashion analyzed for the Paris Men's Fashion Week SS26 menswear shows.
Is velvet a trend for spring 2026?
Rising on the runways. Its share of looks is 3.9%, up from 1.6% in SS25.
Which designers showed the most velvet for SS26?
Maxhosa Africa (9 looks), Jean Paul Gaultier (4 looks) and Enfants Riches Deprimes (3 looks).
How does T-Fashion measure this?
T-Fashion tags every look of every Spring/Summer 2026 show. The share of looks is the number of looks with the fabric divided by all menswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with SS25.