The S/S 27 Fashion Month Calendars Are Out
The New York schedule dropped earlier this month, and London, Milan, and Paris have now followed. London Fashion Week runs September 17 to 21. McQueen returns to its home city for the first time since 2022, with Seán McGirr bringing the house back to London there on September 20. Christopher Kane will make his debut as creative director at Mulberry on the same day, which marks the brand’s first proper runway show in six years. Burberry closes the week on September 21, with Erdem, Harris Reed, Richard Quinn, Roksanda, and Simone Rocha all returning.[WWD]
Milan follows from September 22 to 28, with Prada securing the opening slot on September 22 at 2 p.m., moving up from its traditional Thursday position. Demna’s Gucci show will be showcased at 2 p.m. on September 24, alongside Moschino‘s first collection from incoming creative directors Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo, the Sunnei founders who took over the house earlier this year. Simone Bellotti returns with his latest collection for Jil Sander on September 23, alongside Maria Grazia Chiuri’s sophomore ready-to-wear line for Fendi. Giorgio Armani closes the week on September 28. [WWD]
Paris rounds out fashion month from September 28 to October 6. Julie Kegels opens the week, with Maxhosa Africa making its runway debut on opening day alongside Matières Fécales. Dior holds its traditional 2:30 p.m. slot on the second day, Maison Margiela follows at 5:30 p.m., and Saint Laurent goes into the evening at 9 p.m. Drew Henry makes his Courrèges debut during the week, Alaïa, Tom Ford, and Hodakova are also on the schedule, with Miu Miu opting for a Sunday slot this season. Fidan Novruzova, an ANDAM finalist this year and 2024 LVMH Prize semi-finalist, joins the calendar with a presentation. Louis Vuitton closes the week on Tuesday, October 6 at 6:30 p.m. [Vogue]
Bella Hadid at Saint Laurent’s S/S 26 show by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images
Jonathan Anderson Is Taking Dior to Dublin
Irish creative director Jonathan Anderson will present Dior’s pre-fall 2027 collection at the Old Library of Trinity College Dublin on December 4, marking the French house’s first show in Ireland. Anderson’s first job in fashion was at Dublin’s Brown Thomas department store. The save-the-date featured a four-leaf clover alongside a quote from Carmel Snow, the Dublin-born Harper’s Bazaar editor who famously named Christian Dior’s debut 1947 collection the “New Look.” The Old Library is an 18th-century building currently in the midst of a major restoration project. “Showing at Trinity College Dublin is a dream come true,” Anderson told WWD. “I began my career in fashion in Dublin, so returning here feels deeply personal. To present this collection in such an extraordinary setting, at an institution with such an important cultural history, is a real honor.” [WWD]
Phillip Lim Is Back with a New Brand
Less than two years after stepping away from 3.1 Phillip Lim, the label he co-founded with Wen Zhou in 2004, Phillip Lim is returning with a new ready-to-wear brand called PlayLoveWin. Lim announced the news on Instagram. The collection is set to preview in the last two weeks of August ahead of a September launch for spring 2027 selling. [Business of Fashion]
Jonathan Saunders Is Kate Spade’s New Executive Creative Director
Kate Spade New York has appointed Jonathan Saunders as executive creative director, effective August 26. The Glasgow-born, Central Saint Martins-trained designer joins from & Other Stories, where he served as chief creative director until his departure last month, and brings more than two decades of experience across Alexander McQueen, Diane von Furstenberg, Calvin Klein, Tiffany & Co., Pucci, and his own eponymous line. He will oversee product design and visual identity, reporting to brand president and CEO Eva Erdmann, and will relocate to New York to work from the Kate Spade headquarters in Hudson Yards. The appointment marks the brand’s return to a single creative leader after nearly five years without one, as Tapestry continues to work on a turnaround for the label, whose revenues declined 10 percent in its most recent trading update. “Kate Spade has always stood for positivity, femininity and a touch of wit,” said Erdmann. “Jonathan shares our consumer obsession and he understands the heart of our brand.” [WWD]
Models.com Launches Pro News and MDC Talent Watch Reports
Models.com has launched two new additions for Pro members. MDC Talent Watch Reports is a new data analytics tool that draws on the platform’s database of verified industry professionals to distill rankings, bookings, casting frequency, agency mappings, and creative team compositions into actionable industry intelligence. It also tracks off-platform activity across Instagram, cataloguing the moves and rising names driving industry conversation. The reports are launching with two editions, the Spring/Summer 2027 Menswear Cheat Sheet, covering the latest menswear shows in Milan and Paris, and Couture!, covering the Paris Couture season. Pro News is the platform’s new editorial destination for Pro members, covering the trends, shifts, and conversations shaping fashion through in-depth analysis and insider perspectives. It launches with three pieces, Pierre A. M’Pele, debuting as editor-at-large, with Casting As Politics: The Negotiation of Beauty; contributing editor Zoë Yasemin on In the Age of AI, What Is a Photograph Proving Now?; and contributing editor Madeleine Rothery on Shrink to Fit: Fashion’s Conversation With the Body Has Never Been More Complicated, now live. To access Pro News and MDC Talent Watch Reports, upgrade here.
MDC Selects: Meet the Rookies Into Teamwork, Tony Montana, and Summer Anthems
Meet this week’s MDC Selects. Click the link in bio to find out who’s an animal rescuer for strays, whose favorite movie is Scarface, and more. Find the full interviews here.
