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Themes, Paris Fashion Week SS27 womenswear

Avant-Garde appeared in 37.8% of looks at the Paris Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows, about the same as SS26 (38.7%). 94 designers showed it across 1,419 looks.

Share of looks
37.8%
Change vs SS26
−0.9 pts
38.7% → 37.8%
Looks
1,419
of 3,751
Designers
94
of 100

Number 1 of 36themes by share of looks. Also measured in all cities (32.5%), New York (24.3%), Milan (24.6%), London (43.3%), Copenhagen (30.6%), Tokyo (44.0%), Shanghai (28.5%).

Updated October 18, 2026

Rick Owens, SS27 womenswear, Avant-Garde, look 14
Akris, SS27 womenswear, Avant-Garde, look 31
Mugler, SS27 womenswear, Avant-Garde, look 11

Looks

11 of 1,419 looks, across designers.

  • Zimmermann, look 44
  • Maison Margiela, look 62
  • Chloé, look 16
  • Cecilie Bahnsen, look 17
  • Valentino, look 35
  • Balenciaga, look 72
  • Hodakova, look 48
  • Marie Adam Leenaerdt, look 5

+1,408 looks

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

In the press

Avant-Garde came up in 15 articles from Vogue, WWD, CNN and 4 more. In the data it was in 37.8% of looks, about the same as SS26 (38.7%).

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

  1. Vogue · Oct 1, 2026 · Show review

    Rick Owens Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection

    Rick Owens closed with unusual tulle and elastic structures derived from earlier exoskeleton experiments.

  2. WWD · Oct 1, 2026 · Show review

    Rick Owens Spring 2027: In This Column

    Rick Owens made elastic-threaded tulle structures that enclosed the body and changed shape with movement.

  3. Vogue · Sep 29, 2026 · Show review

    Marie Adam-Leenaerdt Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection

    Marie Adam-Leenaerdt gave everyday clothing unusual forms, including wire-supported skirts and jackets shaped like padded shopping bags.

  4. CNN · Sep 30, 2026 · Season review

    Here’s what’s happening at Paris Fashion Week

    Rick Owens threaded tulle onto elastic cords to form moving, tentacle-like dresses.

  5. Dazed · Sep 29, 2026 · Show review

    In pictures: Julie Kegels SS27 wasn’t bowed by the weight of expectation

    Julie Kegels used gravity as a design idea, pulling heavier clothes downward and letting lighter gowns float.

  6. Dazed · Sep 29, 2026 · Show review

    It’s plain sailing at Hodkova’s SS27 sea-inspired show

    Hodakova used sails, rope knots and fishing nets as garment materials.

Designers

Looks with Avant-Garde, by designer.

  1. 1 Rick Owens 74
  2. 2 Yohji Yamamoto 50
  3. 3 Junya Watanabe 49

91 more designers

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

Ranking

Share of looks among themes. The tick marks SS26.

All 36
  1. 1 Avant-Garde 37.8%
  2. 2 Minimalist 24.7%
  3. 3 Sculptural 23.4%

The full ranking of 36 themes

This preview shows the top three.

Worn with

Share of the 1,419 looks with Avant-Garde that also had each detail.

Colors

Garments

  • Dress 35%
  • Pants 26%

Themes

Everything worn with Avant-Garde

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

Avant-Garde in full

What this page shows and what T-Fashion holds
On this page In T-Fashion
11 looks All 1,419 looks, filterable by designer, city and color
Top 3 designers All 94 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 Avant-Garde at the Paris Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows?
Avant-Garde appeared in 1,419 looks from 94 designers. That is 37.8% of all looks T-Fashion analyzed for the Paris Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows.
Is Avant-Garde a trend for spring 2027?
Steady on the runways. Its share of looks is 37.8%, about the same as SS26 (38.7%).
Which designers showed the most Avant-Garde for SS27?
Rick Owens (74 looks), Yohji Yamamoto (50 looks) and Junya Watanabe (49 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 theme divided by all womenswear looks in the scope. The change compares that share with SS26.