# Metallic Trend, Spring 2027 · New York Fashion Week

Source: https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/new-york/metallic
Data refreshed: October 7, 2026

Metallic is one of the 25 fabrics T-Fashion measured at the New York Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows. The page shows runway looks and press coverage; its share of looks, change against SS26 and the designers behind it are in T-Fashion.

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## In the press

Metallic came up in 37 articles from WWD, Vogue, Who What Wear and 2 more. How its share of looks moved is in T-Fashion.

- WWD, 2026-09-14: [Quick Takes From the Spring 2027 Luxury and Alternative Collections at NYFW](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/shows-reviews/spring-2027-luxury-collections-nyfw-1239200391/). Jane Wade set metal chainmail into a leather gown, Amir Taghi worked in black sequins, and Maria McManus made a skirt from silver tinsel.
- Vogue, 2026-09-17: [Lauren Manoogian Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/lauren-manoogian). Three kinds of metal-woven fabric produced crinkled trenches, dresses and a Lurex tank.
- WWD, 2026-09-16: [Thom Browne Spring 2027: A Bug’s Life](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/thom-browne/review/). Thom Browne used sequined fly, dragonfly and moth appliques and gold bullion thread.
- Vogue, 2026-09-14: [Bibhu Mohapatra Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/bibhu-mohapatra). Sequins and trains ran through the Bibhu Mohapatra lineup.
- Who What Wear, 2026-09-17: [9 New York Fashion Week Trends the Chicest Dressers Will Wear in 2027](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/runway/new-york-fashion-week-trends-spring-summer-2027). Sequins went daytime, as on a Cult Gaia tank with Bermuda shorts and a Zankov scarf belt.
- Coveteur, 2026-09-11: [For Spring 2027, The Ralph Lauren Woman Lets Loose](https://coveteur.com/ralph-lauren-spring-2027-review). Lames and velvets were hand-painted or burnt out, and oversized sequins were coated to dull their shine.
- Daily Front Row, 2026-09-17: [UPDATED: 14 of the Biggest Trends From NYFW for Spring 2027](https://fashionweekdaily.com/nyfw-womenswear-fashion-trends-spring-2027-new-yor-fashion-week-runway/). Calls out textured, darker metallics that play with light, grouped as hammered gold.
- WWD, 2026-09-16: [Sabyasachi Spring 2027: Taking the Long Way From America to India](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/sabyasachi/review/). Metallics joined embroidery and florals in the later looks.
- WWD, 2026-09-14: [Fforme Spring 2027: A Sharper Language](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/fforme/review/). Fabric woven with real metal thread gave familiar shapes a molten surface.
- Vogue, 2026-09-14: [Fforme Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/fforme). A lame slip dress looked like poured liquid gold.
- WWD, 2026-09-14: [Magda Butrym Spring 2027: Welcome to New York](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/magda-butrym/review/). Magda Butrym gave outerwear a foil-coated finish on light nylon.
- Vogue, 2026-09-13: [Sandy Liang Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/sandy-liang). Sandy Liang offered sequin skirts alongside simple satin ones.
- WWD, 2026-09-13: [Altuzarra Spring 2027: The Joys of Self-expression](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/altuzarra/review/). Altuzarra edged gauzy knit cocktail dresses with crystals and shaded sequin hems.
- WWD, 2026-09-13: [Eckhaus Latta Spring 2027: ‘Making More Friends’](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/eckhaus-latta/review/). A subtly metallic plum skirt with slits shimmered in shifting light.
- WWD, 2026-09-13: [Anna Sui Spring 2027: Mischief and Wonder](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/anna-sui/review/). Anna Sui used digital techniques to combine jacquard, print, embroidery and sequins in one textile, and showed an iridescent tee.
- Vogue, 2026-09-12: [Anna Sui Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/anna-sui). Anna Sui covered a camisole and miniskirt in pearly paillettes that shrank in size toward the hem.
- WWD, 2026-09-12: [Monse Spring 2027: Unbound Femininity](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/monse/review/). Monse offered shimmering paillette and sequin dresses for special occasions.
- Vogue, 2026-09-11: [Michael Kors Collection Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/michael-kors-collection). Michael Kors traced Matisse cutout curves onto a cocktail dress covered in sequins.
- Vogue, 2026-09-11: [Eckhaus Latta Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/eckhaus-latta). Metal threads were woven into the opening skirt fabric.
- Vogue, 2026-09-11: [Jane Wade Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/jane-wade). Signature chain mail shaped a mock-neck minidress and a slinky gown with skullcap.
- WWD, 2026-09-11: [Michael Kors Collection Spring 2027: MoMK](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/michael-kors/review/). Michael Kors covered bodycon crepe dresses in hand-melted paillettes.
- WWD, 2026-09-11: [Rachel Comey Spring 2027: Kindred Spirits](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/rachel-comey/review/). Coin paillettes and metallic armor-like panels interrupted casual tees and shorts.
- Vogue, 2026-09-10: [Christian Siriano Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/christian-siriano). Christian Siriano made strapless floral gowns in hand-painted sequins.
- Vogue, 2026-09-10: [LoveShackFancy Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/loveshackfancy). LoveShackFancy used sparkly scarf belts and sewed sequins across an eyelet bridal dress.
- Vogue, 2026-09-10: [Proenza Schouler Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/proenza-schouler). Proenza Schouler evening centered on two sequin gown styles in red and in black.
- WWD, 2026-09-10: [Libertine Stays the Course on 25th Anniversary](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/libertine/review/). Libertine gave fans the sequins they expect, placing huge paillette butterflies on suiting and a red sequin 25 on the closing look.
- WWD, 2026-09-10: [Proenza Schouler Spring 2027 Ready to Wear: Sensual Latitude](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/proenza-schouler/review/). Pale sequins floated over flashes of yellow at Proenza Schouler.
- WWD, 2026-09-10: [Coach’s Celebratory Mood Spills Over to the Runway](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/coach-3/review/). Lame dresses and tarnished metallics supplied the late glamour.
- Vogue, 2026-09-09: [Ralph Lauren Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/ralph-lauren). Ralph Lauren aged lames by hand painting or burnout and showed a burnished gold beaded dress.
- Vogue, 2026-09-09: [Cult Gaia Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/cult-gaia). A golden chainmail skirt made audible movement on the runway.
- Vogue, 2026-09-09: [Libertine Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/libertine). Johnson Hartig marked 25 years with red sequin numbers and large sequined pieces that shone like disco balls.
- Vogue, 2026-09-09: [Rachel Comey Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/rachel-comey). Rachel Comey set strands of sequin fringe inside a tulle shirt, worn with a matching suit.
- Vogue, 2026-09-09: [Coach Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/coach). Stuart Vevers lifted the mood later in the Coach show with blazers in dyed sequins.
- Vogue, 2026-09-09: [Monique Lhuillier Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/monique-lhuillier). Monique Lhuillier used gold sequins and metallic-foiled raffia in place of crystals.
- WWD, 2026-09-09: [Ralph Lauren Spring 2027: Amping It Up](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/ralph-lauren/review/). Draped silk lame dresses appeared in eveningwear.
- WWD, 2026-09-08: [Donna Karan Spring 2027: Softened Edges](https://wwd.com/runway/spring-2027/new-york/donna-karan/review/). Donna Karan foiled tape yarn in copper and wove metal into taffeta, and a mixed-metal sweater is a bestseller.
- Vogue, 2026-06-30: [Marc Jacobs Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear Collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2027-ready-to-wear/marc-jacobs). Gleaming fabrics and tinsel-trimmed jackets gave the show its shine.

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

## Other seasons

- [FW26](https://tfashion.ai/runway/fw26/new-york/metallic)
- [SS26](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss26/new-york/metallic)

## Runway looks

11 runway looks. Every look is in T-Fashion.

- Wiederhoeft look 2, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/wiederhoeft/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0002-e02b1910.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Altuzarra look 44, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/altuzarra/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0044-43a76cc8.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Attersee look 20, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/attersee/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0020-6d98948d.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Christian Siriano look 30, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/christian-siriano/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0030-fffb7c16.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Fforme look 29, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/fforme/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0029-c32990cc.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Area look 17, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/area/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0017-e5dcba1c.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Thom Browne look 48, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/thom-browne/ready_to_wear/photos/0048-33338e0b.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Ralph Lauren look 47, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/ralph-lauren/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0047-b80d4dc7.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Jane Wade look 35, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/jane-wade/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0035-3f099c30.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Hervé Léger look 19, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/herve-leger/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0019-b3bbb595.jpg?format=auto&width=640
- Laquan Smith look 29, New York: https://assets.tfashion.ai/v3/images/fashion-weeks/shows/spring-summer-2027/new-york/laquan-smith/ready_to_wear_womenswear/photos/0029-9aca073b.jpg?format=auto&width=640

## FAQ

**Is metallic a trend for spring 2027?**

T-Fashion measured metallic among the 25 fabrics at the New York Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows. Its share of looks, its change against SS26, its rank and the designers who showed it are in T-Fashion.

**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.

## Related trends

- [Denim](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/new-york/denim): 7.8% of looks
- [Taffeta](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/new-york/taffeta)
- [Parachute](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/new-york/parachute)
- [Fine Gauge](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/new-york/fine-gauge)
- [Sweater Knit](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/new-york/sweater-knit)
- [Jersey](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/new-york/jersey): 12.5% of looks
- [Mesh](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/new-york/mesh)
- [Satin](https://tfashion.ai/runway/ss27/new-york/satin): 23.0% of looks

This page is a preview. Every look, the full ranking and the designer and city breakdowns are in T-Fashion: [get access](https://tfashion.ai/book-demo).