The Key Spring/Summer 2026 Trends You Can Already Shop
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The spring/summer 2026 collections arrived with a palpable sense of excitement, and for a good reason. This season marked a true industry reset, with nearly 15 newly appointed creative directors debuting their visions and setting the tone for the spring/summer 2026 trends across the major fashion houses. The overarching sentiment was expressive, celebratory, and deeply personal—driven by individuality and the pure joy of getting dressed.
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One of the season’s leading themes was “fashion as feeling”—a fitting sentiment not only captured in the movement of the clothes (the fringe! the feathers! the frothy lace!) as designers experimented with tactile textures and proportion, but also the emotional finale of Mathieu Blazy’s Chanel debut, when Awar Odhiang closed the show with a smile so bright it lit up the entire Grand Palais.
A certain kind of soft, relaxed elegance was also explored this season, characterized by scarf styling and drop-waist silhouettes for an overall look that felt sophisticated yet undone. Prep’s moment continues, with an emphasis on color and practical layering that feels apt for transitional dressing and a little more expressive than your traditional uniform.
The spring/summer 2026 collections pick up where we left off in the fall, with personality-driven looks rooted in wearability. Think of it as real-life dressing with a flourish. Find an introduction to the key spring/summer 2026 trends below—with the key pieces to shop to recreate your favorite moods, as the collections trickle in store.
Want even more trends? Make sure to check out our guide to the top spring/summer shoe trends, and the key spring/summer handbag trends.
Fashion as Feeling
There was a shared love of craft and bold use of color in the collections of Chanel, Bottega Veneta, Loewe, Balenciaga, Khaite, and Altuzarra. We saw several statement skirts paired with simple tops; the texture and dramatic proportion being focal point of the look. Try Loulou de Saison’s fringe dress, which is still neutral yet bold, or opt for Chloé’s tiered maxiskirt with a simple knit for playful charm.
Loulou de Saison
Tiwa maxi dress
Heirlome
Maureen tank
Toteme
Petal midi skirt
Diotima
embellished pleated midi dress
Chloé
tiered maxi skirt
Jil Sander
feather-embellished midi dress
Lady of Leisure
Driven by a sense of elegant ease, soft, draped tailoring and robe-like silhouettes define the mood—think of these as the kind of clothes Marella Agnelli might wear sailing the along the Amalfi coast. Long scarves are a key styling detail, wrapped around the neck or waist, with swishy tassels that sashay with each step. Look for pieces in silk and satin that move with the body just so, like Khaite’s butter yellow skirt or Fforme’s maxi dress.
Kallmeyer
Gillian maxi dress
Khaite
Demi skirt
Aflalo
Byron pants
Fforme
Clodia maxi dress
Vince
fluid scarf top
Leset
Barb trench coat
Literary Chic
Fans of fall’s modern prep look will find much to love in spring’s take, as designers pushed the idea of uniform dressing into more expressive territory with offbeat color combos and layered styling. The look here is built around functional staples—cardigans, pencil skirts, button-downs, and V-neck sweaters—animated by the element of surprise, like flash of red peeking out from a printed shirt, or vibrant leather gloves that contrast a more muted color palette. Recreate the lit-chic look with Maria McManus’s cardigan over TWP’s blue button-down and Burberry’s pleated skirt.
Gucci
wool grisaille jacket
Maria McManus
shrunken wool cardigan
TWP
Next Morning shirt
Burberry
Sunflower pleated skirt
McQueen
double-breasted blazer
McQueen
Prince of Wales pants
The Art of the In-Between
When the weather can’t make up its mind, it’s time to get ultra-creative with your layers. Out-style mercurial forecasts with clever—and lightweight—pieces that offer warmth without the bulk. In practice, that might look like colorful shirting paired with cropped outerwear and a silk scarf (à la Miu Miu or Bottega); or a cropped jacket atop a button-down and knit.
Bottega Veneta
Intrecciato coat
Mango
slim fit button-up shirt
ME+EM
double-layer top
Saint Laurent
leather skirt
Co
rolled collar jacket
Toteme
Garderob pants
Mode Sportif
Nylon anoraks and technical bottoms styled with heels and tailoring prove that the contrast is key when fashion-ifying sporty staples. Prada shows us how its done by pairing a citron-hued snap jacket with crisp shirting and a full skirt.
Prada
Re-Nylon blouson jacket
Tibi
shell pants
Miu Miu
technical skirt
Saint Laurent
Jacket
Cos
mock-neck jacket
Tory Burch
track pants
Scarf Styling
With blown-up prints and exaggerated proportions, scarves went from accent to key element of the look. Multicolored and -patterned silks were fashioned into tops and dresses, wrapped around the waist, and knotted over the shoulder for styling that pushed the limits.
Dries Van Noten
tie-neck dress
Rabanne
paisley print maxi dress
Tory Burch
printed cape top
Maje
printed fluid trousers
Celine
silk square
Gucci
printed carré
Jazz Age
A silhouette favored by icons both fictional and real, the 1920s shift dress returns in modern fabrics and prints. Its drop-waist and relaxed, midi-length fit offers an elegant alternative to tailoring or overly draped pieces; their inherent ease perfectly aligned with the season’s softer approach.
Bode
beaded epoque dress
Dôen
Garbo dress
Prada
asymmetrical dress
Massimo Dutti
flowing midi dress
Kallmeyer
Millie dress
Khaite
Amello dress
Utility Dressing
Utility dressing answers the call for clothes that work as hard as you do. Designers leaned into uniform-inspired silhouettes made from durable fabrics, with details rooted in functionality. Earth tones define the palette, however, their sensible nature doesn’t mean boring—especially not when paired with something unexpected for contrast (see: Burberry’s metallic tunic and cargo jacket mashup).
Zara
barrel cargo pants
3.1 Phillip Lim
belted utility coat
Buck Mason
Officer shirt
Sacai
belted trench coat
Agolde
Aubrey jacket
Slvrlake
Tess pants
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