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Colors, SS26 menswear

Steel appeared in 11.2% of looks at the SS26 menswear shows, up from 10.1% in SS25. 95 designers showed it across 235 looks.

Share of looks
11.2%
Change vs SS25
+1.1 pts
10.1% → 11.2%
Looks
235
of 2,100
Designers
95
of 141

Number 6 of 32colors by share of looks. Also measured in Paris (9.5%), Milan (13.1%), London (10.6%), New York (12.8%). Other seasons: FW26 (12.0%).

Updated October 2, 2026

Lanvin, SS26 menswear, Steel, look 12

14-1323 TCX, #FAAA94

Jil Sander, SS26 menswear, Steel, look 3

Looks

11 of 235 looks, across designers.

  • Thom Browne, look 32
  • Valentino, look 31
  • Burberry, look 53
  • Giorgio Armani, look 33
  • Bottega Veneta, look 41
  • Coach, look 35
  • Phan Đăng Hoàng, look 28
  • Niccolò Pasqualetti, look 20

+224 looks

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In the press

Steel came up in 2 articles from Dazed and House of Solo. In the data it was in 11.2% of looks, up from 10.1% in SS25.

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

  1. Dazed · Jul 1, 2025 · Season review

    SS26 men's: Here's everything you missed from this season's shows

    Saul Nash used reflective grey with pale yellow and lilac.

  2. House of Solo · Jul 1, 2025 · Season review

    Paris Men’s Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026 RUNWAY RECAP

    Hermès included slate gray in its restrained summer palette.

Designers

Looks with steel, by designer.

  1. 1 derrick 10
  2. 2 Antonio Marras 9
  3. 3 Thom Browne 7

92 more designers

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Ranking

Share of looks among colors. The tick marks SS25.

All 32
  1. 1 Black 32.6%
  2. 2 White 23.9%
  3. 3 Chocolate 17.7%
  1. 6 Steel 11.2%

Worn with

Share of the 235 looks with steel that also had each detail.

Garments

  • Pants 39%
  • Jacket 22%

Fabrics

Patterns

Everything worn with steel

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By fashion week

Share of each city's looks.

  1. 1 Milan 13.1%63 looks
  2. 2 New York 12.8%49 looks
  3. 3 London 10.6%50 looks
  4. 4 Paris 9.5%73 looks

More menswear trends

All 105
Acne Studios, SS26 menswear, Charcoal, look 42

Charcoal

12.6% of looks · +6.6 pts

Key colors
Valentino, SS26 menswear, Chocolate, look 65

Chocolate

17.7% of looks · +0.5 pts

Key colors
Prabal Gurung, SS26 menswear, Baby Blue, look 9

Baby Blue

4.6% of looks · +1.1 pts

Key colors
Mithridate, SS26 menswear, Mustard, look 13

Mustard

Numbers in T-Fashion

Key colors
Fendi, SS26 menswear, Scarlet, look 29

Scarlet

Numbers in T-Fashion

Key colors

Steel in full

What this page shows and what T-Fashion holds
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11 looks All 235 looks, filterable by designer, city and color
Top 3 designers All 95 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 SS26 menswear shows?
Steel appeared in 235 looks from 95 designers. That is 11.2% of all looks T-Fashion analyzed for the SS26 menswear shows.
Is steel a trend for spring 2026?
Rising on the runways. Its share of looks is 11.2%, up from 10.1% in SS25.
Which designers showed the most steel for SS26?
derrick (10 looks), Antonio Marras (9 looks) and Thom Browne (7 looks).
Which fashion week showed the most steel?
Milan, where 13.1% of looks carried it (63 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 color divided by all menswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with SS25.