Paris Fashion Week 2026: Zendaya, the Beckhams, and Bold New Runway Trends

Zendaya sat front row at Louis Vuitton's show Tuesday wearing a crisp white shirt with a high collar, silver jewellery stacked on her fingers, and one very specific gold band on her wedding finger that had everyone leaning into their phones. Rumours that she and Tom Holland have quietly married have been circulating for weeks, but neither has confirmed anything officially. The ring, which photographers captured in close-up detail, looked like it could be a wedding band. Emphasis on could.

That moment of speculation aside, Paris Fashion Week's women's ready-to-wear season, covering Fall/Winter 2026-2027, delivered on every front. Shows ran from March 3 through at least March 9, with houses from Saint Laurent to Chanel to Vivienne Westwood making their cases for how women will dress when autumn arrives.

The most theatrical moment of the week belonged to Stella McCartney, whose March 4 show at Paris featured 12 dancing horses on the runway. McCartney, a vocal advocate for equine therapy, said the presentation also celebrated the Chinese year of the horse. The clothes were strong, heavy on colourful knitwear and crocheted tank tops, but the horses genuinely stole the room. McCartney herself walked out in a "My Dad's a Rock Star" T-shirt, a wink to Paul McCartney, who was sitting front row watching his daughter close the show. The whole thing was theatrical without being empty, which is a difficult balance to land.

At the Grand Palais on March 9, Matthieu Blazy presented his third collection for Chanel, and the house's new direction is coming into sharper focus. Blazy has been drawing a direct line back to Coco Chanel's original codes, and this collection wore that lineage visibly: boxy tweed boucle jackets with fringed trims, structured handbags in bright, saturated colours, lace worked into multiple looks. It felt individual without straying from what makes Chanel instantly recognisable. Front row included Jennie Kim, Margot Robbie, Lily-Rose Depp, and Olivia Dean, which tells you exactly the cultural range Blazy is trying to speak to.

Vivienne Westwood's March 7 show sent a wedding dress and a coordinating suit down the catwalk, a pairing that felt both romantic and subversive in the way the house has always operated best. Dries Van Noten showed at Lycée Carnot on March 4, one of the more interesting venue choices of the week. Saint Laurent opened the stretch on March 3, keeping its runway precisely where the house likes it: controlled, elegant, untouchable.

Louis Vuitton's show also drew attention for what sounds like a camping or trekking-inflected theme, though full details on the creative direction weren't immediately available. What is certain is that Zendaya was there, gold band and all, and Paris noticed.