Skip to content
Menu

Key items, New York Fashion Week SS27 womenswear

Drop waist dress appeared in 5.9% of looks at the New York Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows, up from under 1% in SS26. 66 designers showed the trend across 187 looks.

Share of looks
5.9%
Change vs SS26
+5.2 pts
0.7% → 5.9%
Looks
187
of 3,180
Designers
66
of 90

Number 12 of 78 key items by share of looks.

Updated September 29, 2026

Carolina Herrera, SS27 womenswear, Drop Waist Dress, look 14
Twp, SS27 womenswear, Drop Waist Dress, look 23
Ulla Johnson, SS27 womenswear, Drop Waist Dress, look 36

Looks

11 of 187 looks, across designers.

  • Monse, look 9
  • Michael Kors, look 56
  • Lauren Manoogian, look 1
  • Brandon Maxwell, look 26
  • Kate Barton, look 9
  • Rachel Comey, look 19
  • Kallmeyer, look 22
  • Jane Wade, look 11

+176 looks

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

In the press

Drop waist dress came up in coverage from WWD. In the data it was in 5.9% of looks, up from under 1% in SS26.

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

  1. WWD · Sep 12, 2026 · Show review

    Conner Ives Spring 2027: American ‘Flamboyance’

    The closing look was a drop-waist chiffon gown dyed verdigris green.

Designers

Looks with drop waist dress, by designer.

  1. 1 Proenza Schouler 7
  2. 2 Kim Shui 7
  3. 3 Bibhu Mohapatra 7

63 more designers

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

Ranking

Share of looks among key items. The tick marks SS26.

All 78
  1. 1 Maxi Dress 19.2%
  2. 2 Straight Skirts 11.5%
  3. 3 Midi Skirts 11.0%
  1. 12 Drop Waist Dress 5.9%

Worn with

Share of the 187 looks with drop waist dress that also had each detail.

Colors

Details

  • Straight Sleeve 78%
  • Sleeveless 69%

Fabrics

Patterns

Everything worn with drop waist dress

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

Drop Waist Dress in full

What this page shows and what T-Fashion holds
On this page In T-Fashion
11 looks All 187 looks, filterable by designer, city and color
Top 3 designers All 66 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

Already a customer? Open this in T-Fashion

Book a demo

Book a demo

Tell us a little about you, then pick a time on the next step.

By continuing you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge our Privacy Policy.

Questions

How popular was drop waist dress at the New York Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows?
Drop waist dress appeared in 187 looks from 66 designers. That is 5.9% of all looks T-Fashion analyzed for the New York Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows.
Is drop waist dress a trend for spring 2027?
Rising on the runways. Its share of looks is 5.9%, up from under 1% in SS26.
Which designers showed the most drop waist dress for SS27?
Proenza Schouler (7 looks), Kim Shui (7 looks) and Bibhu Mohapatra (7 looks).
How does T-Fashion measure this?
T-Fashion tags every look of every Spring/Summer 2027 show. The share of looks is the number of looks with the key item divided by all womenswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with SS26.