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Fabrics, New York Fashion Week SS27 womenswear

Metallic appeared in 4.1% of looks at the New York Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows, up from 2.8% in SS26. 37 designers showed the trend across 130 looks.

Share of looks
4.1%
Change vs SS26
+1.3 pts
2.8% → 4.1%
Looks
130
of 3,180
Designers
37
of 90

Number 12 of 25 fabrics by share of looks. Also measured in Milan (2.4%).

Updated September 29, 2026

Wiederhoeft, SS27 womenswear, Metallic, look 2
Altuzarra, SS27 womenswear, Metallic, look 44
Attersee, SS27 womenswear, Metallic, look 20

Looks

11 of 130 looks, across designers.

  • Christian Siriano, look 30
  • Fforme, look 29
  • Area, look 17
  • Thom Browne, look 48
  • Ralph Lauren, look 47
  • Jane Wade, look 35
  • Hervé Léger, look 19
  • Laquan Smith, look 29

+119 looks

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

In the press

Metallic came up in 37 articles from Daily Front Row, Who What Wear, Vogue and 2 more. In the data it was in 4.1% of looks, up from 2.8% in SS26.

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

  1. Daily Front Row · Sep 17, 2026 · Trend report

    UPDATED: 14 of the Biggest Trends From NYFW for Spring 2027

    Calls out textured, darker metallics that play with light, grouped as hammered gold.

  2. Who What Wear · Sep 17, 2026 · Trend report

    9 New York Fashion Week Trends the Chicest Dressers Will Wear in 2027

    Sequins went daytime, as on a Cult Gaia tank with Bermuda shorts and a Zankov scarf belt.

  3. Vogue · Sep 17, 2026 · Show review

    Lauren Manoogian Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection

    Three kinds of metal-woven fabric produced crinkled trenches, dresses and a Lurex tank.

  4. WWD · Sep 16, 2026 · Show review

    Thom Browne Spring 2027: A Bug’s Life

    Thom Browne used sequined fly, dragonfly and moth appliques and gold bullion thread.

  5. WWD · Sep 16, 2026 · Show review

    Sabyasachi Spring 2027: Taking the Long Way From America to India

    Metallics joined embroidery and florals in the later looks.

  6. WWD · Sep 14, 2026 · Show review

    Fforme Spring 2027: A Sharper Language

    Fabric woven with real metal thread gave familiar shapes a molten surface.

Designers

Looks with metallic, by designer.

  1. 1 Sabyasachi 12
  2. 2 Area 9
  3. 3 Hervé Léger 9

34 more designers

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

Ranking

Share of looks among fabrics. The tick marks SS26.

All 25
  1. 1 Twill 25.4%
  2. 2 Satin 23.1%
  3. 3 Jersey 12.5%
  1. 12 Metallic 4.1%

Worn with

Share of the 130 looks with metallic that also had each detail.

Colors

Garments

  • Dress 49%
  • Skirts 22%

Patterns

Everything worn with metallic

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

Metallic in full

What this page shows and what T-Fashion holds
On this page In T-Fashion
11 looks All 130 looks, filterable by designer, city and color
Top 3 designers All 37 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 metallic at the New York Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows?
Metallic appeared in 130 looks from 37 designers. That is 4.1% of all looks T-Fashion analyzed for the New York Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows.
Is metallic a trend for spring 2027?
Rising on the runways. Its share of looks is 4.1%, up from 2.8% in SS26.
Which designers showed the most metallic for SS27?
Sabyasachi (12 looks), Area (9 looks) and Hervé Léger (9 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 fabric divided by all womenswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with SS26.