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Themes, Paris Fashion Week SS27 womenswear

Avant-Garde appeared in 36.9% of looks at the Paris Fashion Week SS27 womenswear shows, about the same as SS26 (38.7%). 83 designers showed it across 1,235 looks.

Share of looks
36.9%
Change vs SS26
−1.8 pts
38.7% → 36.9%
Looks
1,235
of 3,346
Designers
83
of 90

Number 1 of 34themes by share of looks. Also measured in all cities (32.1%), New York (23.7%), Milan (23.9%), London (44.2%), Copenhagen (30.6%), Tokyo (44.0%).

Updated October 7, 2026

Rick Owens, SS27 womenswear, Avant-Garde, look 14
Mugler, SS27 womenswear, Avant-Garde, look 11
Maison Margiela, SS27 womenswear, Avant-Garde, look 62

Looks

11 of 1,235 looks, across designers.

  • Balenciaga, look 72
  • Zimmermann, look 44
  • Cecilie Bahnsen, look 17
  • Jw Anderson, look 27
  • Hodakova, look 48
  • Akris, look 31
  • Chloé, look 16
  • Kiko Kostadinov, look 3

+1,224 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 36.9% 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 Issey Miyake 49

80 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 34
  1. 1 Avant-Garde 36.9%
  2. 2 Minimalist 24.0%
  3. 3 Sculptural 22.7%

The full ranking of 34 themes

This preview shows the top three.

Worn with

Share of the 1,235 looks with Avant-Garde that also had each detail.

Colors

Garments

  • Dress 34%
  • 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 1,235 looks, filterable by designer, city and color
Top 3 designers All 83 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 1,235 looks from 83 designers. That is 36.9% 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 36.9%, 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 Issey Miyake (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.