Paris Fashion Week shows designers resetting big brands with clothes that match a tense, noisy world.

The spring 2026 season has wrapped up with Paris, showcasing bold trends that are set to influence global fashion.

Pierpaolo Piccioli is the new creative director of the iconic fashion house Balenciaga.

Gucci has announced that the Balenciaga artistic director Demna, who goes by one name, will take over the creative direction of the Italian luxury fashion house starting in July.

Balenciaga is no stranger to spectacle, but this season, Demna played a different game—one of precision, control, and quiet defiance.

Stella McCartney’s high-octane Paris show transformed an ordinary rainy market street into a dazzling runway spectacle.

Stars such as Avril Lavigne sat beneath the gothic style arches of Lanvin’s ornate Paris venue to view the old couture house’s latest designs, which riffed subtly on history.

The Balenciaga fashion house has cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, according to news reports.

It was “la Vie en Rose” for Valentino, who headlined Sunday’s segment of Paris Fashion Week with a daring co-ed pink collection — as VIP guests including Lewis Hamilton and Zendaya had to negotiate arrivals during a car-free day in the capital’s center.

Giant leather pumpkins squashed on a brown “soil” carpet had fashion editors snapping their cameras at Friday’s installment of Paris Fashion Week.

Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele is celebrating the fashion house’s 100th anniversary this year, giving historic sweep to a collection unveiled virtually Thursday.