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Fifty-five pieces of couture grammar at high-street prices: embellished gowns, gradient sequins, sharply cut tailoring, lace separates, shoes and accessories, plus menswear — and a surprise mermaid-cut bridal gown with a hand-embroidered veil, Elie Saab's oldest specialty.

The Sept 28 launch party at Palais Brongniart set the tone: the whole stock exchange draped in burgundy fabric, Robin S singing Show Me Love, and a guest list of Amelia Gray, Gabbriette, Iris Law, Anok Yai, Imaan Hammam and Lila Moss. Ann-Sofie Johansson singles out the dramatic cape and the embroidered tailoring as her favorites.

The playbook is classic H&M designer-collab: launch tomorrow, sell out by the weekend. Le Mile flags the green degradé gown and a sculptural black bow dress with a train as the pieces to chase. Set the reminder.

Hypebeast's drops roundup reads like a menswear syllabus. Supreme's expansive FW26 collaboration with Martine Rose leads: heavy outerwear, patchwork leather, co-branded tracksuits, a custom JBL Partybox, shearling mini duffle — and an exclusive co-branded Nike Dunk Low. The Jeff Hamilton Shearling Coat is the centerpiece, and the drop is live now.

Behind it: Stüssy × Denim Tears' narrative-driven FW26 capsule (orange technical windbreaker with the double-S and cotton wreath, launched Oct 16); Kith × Giorgio Armani's third collaboration, Dreams of the Dune — belted shearling jackets and silk-cashmere desert tailoring after a runway in Morocco's Agafay desert; and Palace Winter 2026 Drop 3 with the Caravaggio shirt and Pertex Squared Jacket.

Highsnobiety's wildcard: Needles × A Tribe Called Quest — The Low End Theory artwork reworked through butterfly logos, a co-logo tracksuit, and a Corgi-knit roll-neck cardigan. Four collabs, one weekend.

The FW26 proposition is business on top, boudoir below: sheer slips emerging from the hems of sharply tailored blazers at Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, Tom Ford and Carven. Marc Jacobs opened the conversation pre-NYFW with three long sheer slips over opaque tonal tops.

Prada's runway lesson, per Grazia's Oct 20 piece: get dressed first, then add something diaphanous — an organza half-slip over a chunky cardigan, poplin or a satin pencil skirt. Miu Miu's Mindful Intimacy went three deep: sheer tulle over red silk over a peach nightgown. Valentino and Saint Laurent wrapped it all in plush faux-fur and leather.

Retail is already buying it. Mytheresa's Tiffany Hsu says the retailer is going to town on negligees paired with structured silhouettes — and the stylist's rules travel well: bend-over test, bike shorts underneath, cinch a half-slip at the waist.

Eight styles, two drops. MM6 and Salomon's FW26 collection keeps fusing performance identity with MM6 design details, and the headline is genuinely new: the Crossderby MM6, a glossy black leather derby upper married to Salomon's drawstring closure and a rugged trail sole. SneakerNews calls it a sharp collision of formalwear and outdoor functionality; Sole Retriever gives it 5.4K hypes' worth of attention on Hypebeast.

Drop 1 (Oct 22) pairs the Crossderby with three new XT-MM6 colorways. Drop 2 (Nov 17) goes weirder: the gaitered XT-BOOT MM6 with its massive puffer-like cover, and the ACS Pro MM6 in Urban Chic and Cosmic Sky.

Same week, Salomon's own Expedition Pack (Oct 23) channels 1980s climbing gear in distressed brown suede — the trail-shoe moment is now fully dressed.

JOOR's Fall 2026 report calls it Moody Maroon, and the evidence keeps arriving: burgundy, oxblood and maroon saturating the runways, then Victoria Beckham, Meghan Markle and Sienna Miller all photographed in burgundy skirts this week.

The high-street version is a Cat Deeley co-ord: she wore the M&S High Waisted Knitted Midi A Line Skirt in Dark Aubergine (£36, still in stock in all sizes) with a burgundy high-neck tank on This Morning, and earlier the Autograph Pure Silk Midaxi Asymmetric Skirt in Mahogany (£120). InStyle's editors name rich-looking oxblood the key fall shift; Hello Magazine flags burgundy knit skirts as the workwear hero.

Start with the skirt. Glossy satin for evening, knit for the office — the color does the talking either way.

Edison Chen's CLOT is back on the Superstar after a few months off, and the FW26 pack (released Oct 16 via the CONFIRMED app) goes two ways: a navy blue suede pair on the slanted spike sole, and a cardboard colorway with a slip-on mule heel — a direct play on the clog wave sweeping sneaker culture. Prices: $200 for the blue, $180 for the mule, unisex sizing.

The mutation lane is crowded: Song for the Mute's adidas Samba OG (HQ7600) landed Oct 16 at $130 — SoleGRIND calls it the strongest Samba mutation of the FW26 lineup — and the Molly-Mae × adidas Samba in Matcha gets its US drop Oct 23. Dover Street Market's New Balance SuperComp Elite v6 drops Oct 22.

Underneath it all, the base trend holds: low-profile retro silhouettes. Speedcat for the fashion crowd, Samba OG as the default, NB 530 for the cushioned 90s lane.

Chunky is out; slim is the silhouette. InStyle's cool-girl editors retired the chunky trainer for sleek ballet sneakers, and WishDeck names the PUMA Speedcat OG the fashion crowd's it-shoe of the season — thin soles, low vamps, suede panels.

The ballet-sneaker hybrid everyone cites is the adidas Barreda Mary Jane: T-toe, elastic strap, Cloudfoam underfoot, $69.99 at DSW. Meanwhile Simone Rocha's adidas Originals collab sold out its first drop on adidas's US site, confirming the romantic-sportswear mix as October's lasting takeaway.

The hierarchy is clear now: Speedcat for the fashion crowd, Samba OG as the everyday default, New Balance 530 for the cushioned 90s-runner lane.

OPUMO's October menswear roundup is blunt: if you buy one colour this autumn, make it brown — specifically chocolate. It's been gaining ground for seasons, but now it works across leather, wool, corduroy and suede. TrendDiaryPro's Oct 21 suede-jacket guide names chocolate and mid-brown suede the most versatile first buy; Canali's FW26 leans into washed browns, caramel and espresso.

The street-level formula is tonal layering: tobacco suede over chocolate wool over ecru. On feet, the season's loafer is the Palomo 1953 in Polo brown — C.F. Stead Repello suede, handsewn beefroll, picked by GQ's circle as the fall shoe at $280. Flint and Tinder's brushed-sateen fatigue pant in British Khaki ($128) is the trouser version of the same idea.

Black had a long run. Chocolate is the new anchor — richer than navy, warmer than grey.

The wide-leg era is over, at least on paper: JOOR's FW26 pillars include Lean Tailoring — ultra-slim, sharply cut separates — and the Nouveau Tuxedo, black tie reimagined. The blazer is the anchor garment for everything else today, including the sheer slips layered over it.

InStyle's editors retire collarless coats for funnel-neck jackets: incredibly fitted, cropped silhouettes where the funnel replaces the scarf and elongates the neck. Stylecheer notes the funnel as the quiet status collar of the season.

Elie Saab × H&M's embroidered tailoring drops tomorrow, which makes this the rare trend you can buy into at 9am — if the site doesn't crash first.

Ralph Lauren is having a comeback, per Highsnobiety's new-arrivals edit — classic Polo codes sharpened for now. The data backs the mood: Zegna like-for-like up 16.9%, Brunello Cucinelli up 9.5% in H1. And dunhill just announced as Pitti Uomo 111's guest designer under Simon Holloway's cutting edge classicism.

Joe's Daily's Oct 12 Autumn Uniform crystallizes the formula: white Oxford, fatigue pants, boiled-wool blazer, suede loafers, an automatic watch. The watch pick is the Shinola Duck Automatic 3HD at 38mm — a first-batch limited edition of 1,000, Miyota 9085, with an H-link bracelet and a blue tropic rubber strap, $1,095 on Huckberry.

Highsnobiety adds the underrated staple: the long-sleeve polo. Greyscale tonal dressing, per the SS27 mood — silhouette and texture do the talking where color used to.