Three Takeaways from Paris Men’s Fashion Week
Celine SS27 Men’s
From June 23-28, attendees of Paris Men’s Fashion Week traversed the city to watch shows during a historically brutal heatwave. As one anonymous fashion PR person shared with me, “they were dropping like flies”—referring to attendees defeated by the heat. Heat or no heat, men’s fashion coverage keeps gaining more visibility and attention. And there were specific fashion trends that stood out from these collections from the last week of June.
The Stand-Out Color Duo
The plum and cherry color combination emerged as a softly delivered trend this season. The pairing appeared across collections at Celine and Auralee. Then, it carried into Marc Jacobs’ SS27 women’s show in New York, and it was equally dominant in women’s SS26 on the runways of Prada, Versace, and Celine. Will it be disappearing soon? I don’t think so. Plus, its such a fun one. Shoutout to the beautiful plum and periwinkle combo that was also found on the Celine runway.
Celine SS27 Men’s
Celine SS27 Men’s
Auralee SS27 Men’s
The Graphic Throughline
Florals for spring may not be groundbreaking, but the variety of floral moments in the SS27 men’s collections tell an interesting story. Sarah Burton’s debut men’s collection for Givenchy was met with praise and brought the florals we’ve seen from her women’s collection into men’s. Florals are common on the runway for Dries Van Noten—whether from his previous collections or the ones from Julian Klausner—but we saw them splashed across garments this men’s season revealing an embrace of softness and femininity that seems to speak to a larger cultural moment. Willy Chavarria also brought florals to the runway in a collection that, according to the designer, was about finding and embracing joy. Buckle up for a floral spring in menswear across luxury and beyond.
Dries Van Noten SS27 Men’s
Willy Chavarria SS27 Men’s
The “Trend” is Non-Trend Adjacent
Highsnobiety’s Noah Johnson’s covered the Paris Fashion Week shows, and his piece touches on something I’ve been thinking about too — the gradual dissolving of trends as an organizing principle, and what that signals not just for style but for culture more broadly. While there were throughlines worth noting (and I’ve noted above), the larger shift feels like a move away from singular, predictable aesthetics. Men in particular seem to be embracing adaptability and curiosity in how they dress — allowing their style to speak in a more fluid, less defined language rather than committing to one fixed identity.
As for what’s around the corner, I think we’ll see an increasing comfort with mixed influences within a single look — a classic suit with a whimsical flourish, a precisely tailored silhouette that plays with color blocking, or an exaggerated silhouette grounded in a neutral monochromatic palette. I think the existence of tension between whimsy and classicism feels exciting to people right now. I predict that we will continue to witness this tension, but designers will begin pushing the limits of it more.
Willy Chavarria SS27
Willy Chavarria SS27
Dries Van Noten SS27 Men’s
Marc Jacobs SS27 showcasing the plum/cherry color duo