Every season, fashion takes over Paris for a week and turns the city into an open-air runway. For women's ready-to-wear spring/summer 2027, Paris Fashion Week runs from September 28 to October 6, 2026. Nine days during which the major houses present their collections, when every café around Opéra or Saint-Honoré fills with editors, buyers and photographers from around the world.
For anyone coming to Paris at that time, it's also one of the busiest periods of the year for hotels. Understanding what's really happening that week, and planning your accommodation ahead, changes everything. Here's what you need to know, straight to the point.
The Women's Spring/Summer 2027 Fashion Week Calendar
The provisional official calendar published by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode announces 68 runway shows and 33 presentations, for a total of 101 houses spread across the week. Julie Kegels opens the week on September 28, and Louis Vuitton closes it on October 6.
Between these two dates, the lineup features the headline names that make Paris the capital of fashion and design: Dior, Chanel, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Loewe, Miu Miu, Céline, Tom Ford and Dries Van Noten among others. The calendar remains provisional until the final days and may change: the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode keeps the reference version up to date.
Attending the Shows: What You Need to Know
One important point to avoid any disappointment: Paris Fashion Week shows are not open to the general public. Access is strictly by invitation, reserved for press, buyers and the houses themselves. There is no ticketing, and the exact show venues are not announced in advance: they are revealed day by day to accredited professionals only, at locations scattered across Paris.
The one open slot with clear public communication is the SPHERE showroom, the Fédération's platform dedicated to emerging designers, held at the Palais de Tokyo from September 30 to October 6, 2026. It's the place to spot fashion's rising talent, in a setting far more accessible than the invitation-only runway shows.
Practical Information
- Dates: September 28 to October 6, 2026 (women's ready-to-wear, spring/summer 2027 collections).
- Runway shows: invitation only, with no ticketing and no venues announced in advance.
- Venue open to the public: the SPHERE showroom at Palais de Tokyo, 13 avenue du Président Wilson (16th arrondissement), from September 30 to October 6, 2026.
- Official calendar: kept up to date by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode.
- Accommodation: book early, as this is one of the most in-demand weeks of the year in Paris.
Booking Your Hotel: Why You Should Do It Early
Along with Men's Fashion Week and Haute Couture in January, this women's ready-to-wear edition is historically the most in-demand week of the year for Parisian hotels. The week tightens supply and pushes rates well above the current season across all segments. Specialist travel guides recommend securing your accommodation by early August at the latest so you're not left scrambling in late September. In short: booking now, without waiting, remains the best way to keep your options open and control your budget.
A Practical Base in the 9th for the Whole Week
Hôtel R de Paris, a Parisian boutique hotel at 41 rue de Clichy, sits in a handy spot for living through this week without spending your life in transit. Located between Saint-Lazare station, a 7-minute walk away, and Place de Clichy (metro lines 2 and 13), the hotel makes it easy to reach western Paris, where much of the fashion activity is concentrated. To get to the SPHERE showroom at Palais de Tokyo, allow roughly 20 to 35 minutes door to door, taking line 9 to Iéna or Alma-Marceau, then a short walk.
It's also a quiet place to recharge between appointments, in a lively neighborhood of the 9th arrondissement close to the Grands Boulevards and the major department stores. Our air-conditioned rooms offer the rest you need to keep up the pace, and booking directly on our site remains the best way to guarantee your room for these sought-after dates.
To take it further, our early booking offer rewards exactly those who plan ahead.
Just like the winter edition we covered in our article on the January 2026 Fashion Week, Men's and Haute Couture, autumn confirms the same rule: in Paris, during fashion month, it's not the shows that run short, it's the rooms. Best to secure yours before everything is booked.
