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Paris Fashion Week to Host Historic Roster of Debuts
From September 29 to October 7, Paris will host a surge of creative director debuts centering on the Spring 2026 women's RTW season.
Released on Thursday by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, theParis Fashion Weekcalendar will include 76 runway shows and 36 presentations, but all eyes will be on the luxury establishment, which has seen a historic year of creative overhauls and challenges.
Leading the charge with perhaps the most highly anticipated debuts isChanel, whereMatthieu Blazywill present his first-ever line at 8 p.m., October 6, at the Grand Anderson, among fashion's busiest visionaries today, will follow up on hisDiormen's debut with his first Dior women's collection on October 1 at 2:30 p.m. With big (chunky) shoes to fill followingDemna's departure,Pierpaolo Piccioli'sBalenciagadebut is another key event taking place on October 4 at 8 p.m.
On October 2 at noon,Miguel Castro Freitaswill debut as creative director ofMugler, and the next day at 11:30 a.m.,Proenza SchoulervetsJack McColloughandLazaro Hernandezare set to debut their firstLoewecollection.
Glenn Martens, who presented his lauded couture debut forMaison Margielain July, will shift gears to show his first RTW collection for the avant-garde label on October 4 at noon. BringingJean Paul Gaultierback to the ready-to-wear schedule after more than a decade,Duran Lantinkwill show his first JPG collection on October 5 at 4:30 p.m.
The question remains whether the wave of creative turnarounds will rescue the luxury sector from the hurricane of dwindling sales, labor scandals, data breaches, and tariff legislations that have taken a toll on the industry. While 'the luxury slowdown'has become a common label for the current era's woes, conscious brand evolution and aesthetic novelty could jump-start recovery.
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