Free as a Bird: the new Chanel collection by Matthieu Blazy

Chanel unveiled its Spring/Summer 2027 ready-to-wear collection, Free as a Bird, at the Grand Palais in Paris. For his first anniversary at the head of the house, Matthieu Blazy retraces the many lives of Gabrielle Chanel, from her first years to her last, in a collection carried by the flight of a bird.

At Paris Fashion Week, Alessandro Michele presented Valentino's Women's Spring/Summer 2027 collection, Antibiblioteca. The title is a clue more than an explanation. It points to things we keep close without ever using them, and to the strange comfort of knowing they are there, waiting for a day that may or may not come.

Zimmermann unveils its Women's Collection Spring/Summer 27 at the Carreau du Temple in Paris, during Fashion Week. Nicky Zimmermann presents a romantic and airy collection where the fabrics move with every step. Between transformation and freedom, the Australian house lets the garment open up gently, as if getting ready to take flight.

Nadège Vanhée unveiled Hermès Spring/Summer 27 women’s collection at Paris Fashion Week. Staged in the luminous courtyard of the Garde républicaine, the collection reinterprets the house’s equestrian heritage through airy silhouettes. Moving away from the confines of the city, Hermès invites the body back into nature, a sensory wardrobe where light, breeze and movement become part of the garment itself.

On Tuesday, September 29, Jonathan Anderson unveiled Dior’s Spring/Summer 2027 women’s collection during Paris Fashion Week. Drawing on the house’s heritage, the collection brings together familiar signatures and a more contemporary shaped by nature vision. 

On Saturday, September 26, Dolce&Gabbana unveiled its new Spring/Summer 2027 women’s collection, Stravaganza Siciliana, at Milan’s Metropol. The Italian fashion house celebrates Sicily’s opulence and theatricality, blending heritage with craftsmanship in a collection that echoes Vacanze Siciliane, the brand’s men’s collection presented in June.

On Tuesday, September 22, in Milan, Prada opened Spring/Summer 2027 Fashion Week. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons set themselves a single rule: a skirt in each of the collection's sixty-three looks, thereby turning it into a true subject of study.