Taking place from July 6 to 9, Haute Couture Week, hosted by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM), brings together leading French and international fashion houses twice a year to pay tribute to sartorial mastery.

For the couture fall 2026 season, the week, which has 30 shows on the four-day fall couture schedule, will start with Schiaparelli at 10 a.m. on July 06, as is customary, and follow its now habitual schedule, with Iris Van Herpen, Dior, Viktor&Rolf, Chanel and Giorgio Armani Privé with two slots.

Making their couture debut is Indian couture designer Manish Malhotra on July 8. Malhotra, who launched his namesake label in 2005, is considered one of Bollywood’s most successful costume designers. Manish's creations have been exhibited at prestigious venues such as the Philadelphia Museum and the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre. He also made his debut at The Met Gala, becoming the first Indian designer to present more than one look on the occasion of the hottest fashion night. Also making its debut on the haute couture calendar in July is Standing Ground, the London-based label from Irish designer Michael Stewart, who won the Savoir-faire award at the 2024 LVMH Prize for Young Designers.

Pierpaolo Piccioli’s first couture show for Balenciaga since joining the Spanish house in 2025 will be scheduled for July 08 at 11:30 a.m., while Duran Lantink’s debut couture collection for Jean Paul Gaultier is set for the same day at 05:30 p.m. This season, these two fashion shows are among the highlights of the couture week.

Closing the couture schedule on July 09 at 04:00 p.m. is Adeline André, the brand founded by the eponymous designer in 1983. In her Paris atelier, Adeline André designs and realizes her collections intended only for private clientele, women and men, to order and made to measure, in natural fabrics, cashmere, silk, linen, wool, cotton, with minimal and ecological research.

Finally, Valentino, as previously communicated, presents its couture proposals only once a year, in January. The Paris haute couture calendar also confirmed that Maria Grazia Chiuri's debut show for Fendi will take place "on the evening" of July 9 in Rome.

See the official Paris Haute Couture Week FW26 calendar on Modemonline
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Photo: Demna’s final Balenciaga haute couture show in July 2025