Première Vision Paris Unveils the Key Directions for the Autumn-Winter 26-27 Season: Three Major Themes for Exploring the Connections of Tomorrow
From 16 to 18 September 2025, the fall edition of Première Vision Paris will mark the official launch of the Autumn-Winter 26-27 season. This must-attend event for fashion professionals brings together international exhibitors showcasing their new collections.
This season revolves around the theme of connection, unfolding through three key forward-looking themes—New Dynasties, Ego-Eco, and Territories of Expression—that decode current upheavals and project the emerging aesthetic visions and consumption models of a rapidly evolving future.
Döppel Studio, Photography : Ophélie Maurus |
AW 26-27 Trends: Three key themes shaping the connections of tomorrow
In a fragmented global context, the AW 26-27 season explores new forms of connection—creative, emotional, and technological bridges set to redefine the future of the industry.
These three scenarios are part of a broader movement toward reconnection:
New Dynasties
A radical vision of elegance that fuses heritage and future, blending architectural rawness with classical sophistication. This scenario explores the interplay between archives and technology, and the physical and the digital. Drawing from Brutalism, it embraces an expressive, sculptural aesthetic while reinterpreting the visual codes of past subcultures such as punk and goth.
Beauty mirrors the same radical edge, articulated through clinical, medically inspired aesthetics. Picture chromed surfaces, brushed silver, and sterile transparencies, all energized by electric blue—a standout shade also featured in the Première Vision color range.
Naya El Ahdab - Photo: Chris Vidal Tenomaa - Styling: Tuomas Laitinen - Casting director: Alexandra Sandberg - Casting director assistant: Jahwanna Berglund - Hair & makeup: Miika Kemppainen | Dylan Guillard, www.lacambremodes.be |
Ego-Eco
A theme that connects human well-being and environmental challenges.
In response to growing eco-anxiety, innovation focuses on the protection of the body and the environment: therapeutic textiles, calming devices, and biomimetic eco-design lead the way.
In beauty, “solastalgia”—the emotional distress caused by environmental change—is addressed through restorative balms, protective gel-serums, and a gentle, sensory-driven aesthetic defined by softness and transparency.
Designer: Jessica Thies Studio: Synthiesis Photographer: Andrew Longo | Cindy Zaohan Li, ITS Contest 2025 |
Territories of Expression
In a digitally saturated world, this theme marks a return to materiality, gesture, and emotion. This scenario highlights the tactile and the handmade, celebrating cultural roots and the power of community. It champions collaborative intelligence, circular practices, and creative upcycling. Designs combine patchwork techniques with visual and material hybrids. In beauty, ancestral practices and traditional know-how are celebrated. Beauty becomes ritualized through precise gestures and the use of precious ingredients.
Huynju Park, www.lacambremodes.be | ‘Rue de Mauricette’ by Macy Grimshaw, Photographed by Lawrence Atkin |
An Expressive Color Palette That Enriches Narratives
This season’s color range unfolds across 24 shades organized into six groups of four, including two metallics. Designed as a powerful storytelling and branding tool, it helps collections stand out in a saturated market.
• The darks (deep browns, khakis, rich reds, and blues) revisit blacks, balancing monumental depth and mystery.
• Pigmentary electroshocks: Electric blues and intense tones that break the monotony of winter and reawaken the classics.
• The desaturated neutrals, increasingly prominent: No longer mere basics, these tones emerge as creative foundations that embody modern romanticism.
• The unexpected cool tones: Yellows, pale greens, and icy turquoises bring a daring freshness to winter palettes.
• The pinkish and orangey beiges: Delicate yet bold, these tones evoke a sense of well-being, skin, and intimacy in an urban and structured register.
• Sophisticated neutrals complete the palette with understated luxury: precious ochre yellow, bronzed khaki, and burnished browns—colors that honor the inherent beauty of materials.
Louise Le Borgne de La Tour www.lacambremodes.be | AI generated / Première Vision |
A New Approach to Fashion Information
To support professionals in their research and spark creativity, Première Vision is redesigning its inspiration spaces with an all-new layout:
• A Prospective Area, blending beauty and fashion in a shared vision of the future.
• Five thematic focus areas, each dedicated to a specific universe.
• A Talks platform covering key fashion and beauty topics: seminars curated by Première Vision’s fashion team, complemented by Talks designed to enrich your perspective. The line-up includes: seasonal analysis, color trends, sustainability seminars, beauty, sport, denim, the sociology of fashion, and more!
Creative Industries Collide
For the first time, fashion forecasting expands to incorporate beauty-focused perspectives.
Reflecting a broader cultural shift, fashion and cosmetics now share a common narrative—one shaped by sensorial experience, innovation, material awareness, and a pursuit of deeper meaning.
This convergence signals a new era of fertile synergies across creative sectors.
Join us from 16 to 18 September at Paris Nord Villepinte to discover the full spectrum of Autumn-Winter 26-27 trends and their wide-ranging influences.
