Overview

• The spring/summer 2026 slate runs September 11–16 in New York City, with Michael Kors officially opening the week.
• Publications highlight an expanded schedule that includes over 60 runway shows and presentations across about 101 CFDA-calendar events.
• Following a summer of leadership changes, roughly 15 creative-director debuts are expected across the month, with New York standouts including Nicholas Aburn’s first show at Area plus newcomers L’Enchanteur and Gabe Gordon alongside CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists.
• Comebacks feature Off-White’s return to New York under Ib Kamara and Alexander Wang’s first calendar show in two years, while LaQuan Smith is scheduled to close the week on September 16.
• Pre-week signals include FIT’s MFA runway spotlighting 18 designers and high-profile activations such as Miu Miu’s Miutine launch and Veuve Clicquot’s Jacquemus collaboration, as forecasters flag Romance, bold prints, Eighties inflections and updated office ‘nu-niforms’ as SS26 themes.