Tuesday, September 29, 2026 / Spring/Summer 2027 season
The collections, the houses, and the business behind them
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Group results, deals, and the numbers underneath the shows.
BusinessThe eyewear trade fair brings 950 exhibitors and more than 1,500 brands to Villepinte from September 25 to 28. Its program opens on smart glasses and closes on training opticians to sell them, which says a lot about where fashion's most dependable licensing category is heading.
BusinessWhile 101 houses fill the Spring/Summer 2027 runway calendar, the Fédération runs Sphere at the Palais de Tokyo from September 30 to October 6. It is the least photographed part of Paris Fashion Week and the part that decides who is still here in three seasons.
BusinessFirst-half sales of €38.6 billion, a 3% second quarter, and a fashion and leather goods business still down 5% across the half. Kering posted its first positive quarter in three years. The recovery is real and it is thin.
BusinessEurope slowing while the US and Asia lift. Two to five percent growth received as good news. A rebound that keeps getting a reality check, and a sector that has quietly redefined what normal looks like.
BusinessThe acquisition from Capri Holdings completed in early December after signing in April, with a relaunch plan running to 2030. An Italian group buying an Italian house is rarer than it should be.