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Colors, New York Fashion Week SS26 womenswear

Charcoal appeared in 7.0% of looks at the New York Fashion Week SS26 womenswear shows, up from 2.3% in SS25. 40 designers showed it across 144 looks.

Share of looks
7.0%
Change vs SS25
+4.7 pts
2.3% → 7.0%
Looks
144
of 2,059
Designers
40
of 61

Number 8 of 30colors by share of looks. Also measured in all cities (6.9%), Paris (7.4%), Milan (6.7%), London (5.7%). Other seasons: SS27, FW26 (5.3%).

Updated October 2, 2026

Tibi, SS26 womenswear, Charcoal, look 29

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Calvin Klein Collection, SS26 womenswear, Charcoal, look 15

Looks

11 of 144 looks, across designers.

  • 5000, look 21
  • Diotima, look 23
  • Ashlyn, look 12
  • Norma Kamali, look 46
  • Bach Mai, look 13
  • Fforme, look 31
  • Jane Wade, look 23
  • Marina Moscone, look 23

+133 looks

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Designers

Looks with charcoal, by designer.

  1. 1 fforme 13
  2. 2 Grace Ling 9
  3. 3 Ralph Lauren 9

37 more designers

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Ranking

Share of looks among colors. The tick marks SS25.

All 30
  1. 1 Black 21.9%
  2. 2 White 21.6%
  3. 3 Smoke 12.6%
  1. 8 Charcoal 7.0%

Worn with

Share of the 144 looks with charcoal that also had each detail.

Garments

  • Pants 31%
  • Dress 24%

Fabrics

Patterns

Everything worn with charcoal

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More New York womenswear trends

All 111
Fforme, SS26 womenswear, Steel, look 21

Steel

7.7% of looks · +3.0 pts

Key colors
Norma Kamali, SS26 womenswear, Sand, look 10

Sand

9.0% of looks · +2.9 pts

Key colors
Ralph Lauren, SS26 womenswear, Ecru, look 14

Ecru

Numbers in T-Fashion

Key colors
Ulla Johnson, SS26 womenswear, Rust, look 38

Rust

Numbers in T-Fashion

Key colors
Michael Kors, SS26 womenswear, Chocolate, look 9

Chocolate

11.4% of looks · +2.3 pts

Key colors

Charcoal in full

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Top 3 designers All 40 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 New York Fashion Week SS26 womenswear shows?
Charcoal appeared in 144 looks from 40 designers. That is 7.0% of all looks T-Fashion analyzed for the New York Fashion Week SS26 womenswear shows.
Is charcoal a trend for spring 2026?
Rising on the runways. Its share of looks is 7.0%, up from 2.3% in SS25.
Which designers showed the most charcoal for SS26?
fforme (13 looks), Grace Ling (9 looks) and Ralph Lauren (9 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 womenswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with SS25.