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With the textile delegated act expected around 2027, 2026 is the compliance window: brands are building traceability systems now for rules that will bind every garment sold in the EU.
Copenhagen opened the season in January, Milan and Paris now overlap by a day, and the trade is treating calendar drift as an economic variable, not a clerical detail.
Maria Grazia Chiuri at Fendi, Rachel Scott opening New York and Demna's first Gucci runway put first collections, not houses, at the center of the fall 2026 season.
The winter's game of musical chairs at the luxury houses resolves into a clear pattern: big names, longer leashes, and menswear treated as a headline seat.