Planning around when is fashion week? There are four city weeks, not one: New York, London, Milan and Paris run in that order each February and September, with Paris closing the month.
Quick answer, using the latest dates in the 2025 fashion calendar:
- September round: New York opens on 11 September 2025 and Paris closes on 7 October 2025.
- February round: New York opens on 6 February 2025 and Paris closes on 11 March 2025.
- Outside those rounds: menswear weeks sit in January and June, and Paris couture sits in January and July.
Once you know which show you are tracking, the runway trends this season hub shows what each round put on the catwalk.
The fashion month in order
The big four fashion weeks work as one relay in each round, moving from New York to London to Milan and finishing in Paris. A fashion calendar explainer notes that fashion months take place every year in February and September, and that Paris is the final city in the sequence. The season labels in the table, such as Fall-Winter 2025 and Spring-Summer 2026, are unpacked in fashion seasons explained.
The most recent round in the calendar is Spring-Summer 2026. New York began it on 11 September 2025 and Paris finished it on 7 October 2025. The Fall-Winter 2025 round ran earlier, from 6 February 2025 to 11 March 2025. Use the table to match your own dates to a city.
| City | Fall-Winter 2025 round | Spring-Summer 2026 round | Planning use |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 6–11 February 2025 | 11–16 September 2025 | Opens each round, so it suits anyone who wants the earliest look at a season. |
| London | 20–23 February 2025 | 18–22 September 2025 | Sits between New York and Milan. Check its end date before booking onward travel. |
| Milan | 25 February–3 March 2025 | 23–29 September 2025 | Its February round runs into March and ends as Paris begins. |
| Paris | 3–11 March 2025 | 29 September–7 October 2025 | Closes each round, and the September round finishes in October. |
Dates are taken from the 2025 fashion calendar, which lists each city’s Fall-Winter 2025 and Spring-Summer 2026 shows.
New York
New York opens both rounds, with 6–11 February 2025 for Fall-Winter 2025 and 11–16 September 2025 for Spring-Summer 2026, per the 2025 fashion calendar. If you can only follow one city for first impressions of a season, start here. Later weeks tend to respond to what has already been shown, so the New York dates also work as the earliest marker for the rest of the month.
London and Milan
London follows New York in both rounds. It runs 20–23 February 2025 and 18–22 September 2025, which leaves a gap before Milan starts on 25 February and 23 September. Milan then runs 25 February–3 March 2025 and 23–29 September 2025. That gap between London and Milan is the easiest place to travel between the two cities without missing shows.
Paris
Paris is the final city, and it has the longest listed windows: 3–11 March 2025 and 29 September–7 October 2025, according to the 2025 fashion calendar. If you only want to see how a season ends, check these dates. Tailoring is a good example of a theme worth following across the whole month, and women’s suit trends traces how it appears from one city to the next.
Menswear and couture dates
Menswear and haute couture weeks sit outside the February and September rounds, so a calendar that shows only the big four will miss them. The 2025 fashion calendar places menswear in January and June, and Paris couture in January and July.
- January menswear (Fall-Winter 2025): Milan Fashion Week Men’s ran 17–21 January 2025, followed by Paris Fashion Week Men’s on 21–26 January 2025.
- June menswear (Spring-Summer 2026): London Fashion Week Men’s ran 12–15 June 2025, Milan 20–24 June 2025 and Paris 24–29 June 2025.
- Paris haute couture: 27–30 January 2025 and 7–10 July 2025.
These weeks suit different plans. If you want a single winter trip to Paris, the menswear week ends on 26 January 2025 and couture begins the next day, 27 January 2025. If you follow menswear mainly in London or Milan, the June windows are the ones to mark, since both cities host men’s shows then.
Fixing common scheduling problems
Most date confusion comes from weeks that touch each other, rounds that cross a month boundary, or dates read for the wrong year. Each fix below comes straight from the listed windows.
Cities that share a changeover day
Consecutive cities sometimes share a day. Milan’s February round ends on 3 March 2025, the day Paris begins. In September, Milan ends on 29 September 2025 and Paris starts the same day. Menswear overlaps in the same way: Milan Men’s ends on 21 January 2025 as Paris Men’s begins, and in June Milan ends on 24 June 2025 as Paris begins. On a shared day, pick the show you most want to see. Do not try to cover both cities on that day, and treat travel on a changeover day as a scheduling risk.
Shows that seem to land in the wrong month
A “February” round does not finish in February, and a “September” round does not finish in September. Fall-Winter 2025 ended with Paris on 11 March 2025, and Spring-Summer 2026 ended with Paris on 7 October 2025, according to the 2025 fashion calendar. If a show you expected is missing from the first month, check the following month before assuming it has moved.
How long each week runs
The listed windows differ widely by city. London’s February window, 20–23 February 2025, is the briefest in the table, while Paris’s 29 September–7 October 2025 is the longest. If you are planning time off, allow for the full window of your city rather than a standard fashion-week length.
Dates for a different year
The February and September pattern repeats every year, as the fashion calendar explainer notes. The day-by-day windows above belong to the 2025 calendar. For any other year, use the city organizer’s published schedule and keep the order of New York, London, Milan and Paris as your guide.
Frequently asked questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many days does New York Fashion Week run? | Each season’s New York events typically span 7–9 days, according to a New York Fashion Week venue guide. |
| Who manages the official New York calendar? | The CFDA manages the official New York Fashion Week calendar, as the fashion calendar explainer states. |
| What are the big four fashion weeks? | New York, London, Milan and Paris. Their rounds fall in February and September, while menswear and couture have separate windows. |
