Paris Fashion Week for fall/winter 2026 featured straightforward beauty looks emphasizing side parts, lived-in makeup, and hair adornments across runways from Dior to Chanel. Designers and artists drew inspiration from effortless French style and subtle enhancements. Street style incorporated softer tailoring and denim variations.
The fall/winter 2026 collections at Paris Fashion Week presented deceptively simple beauty trends, focusing on natural and understated elements. Hair artists like Duffy slicked side parts flat at Saint Laurent, while Anthony Turner lacquered them at Hermès and created bouncy versions at Alexander McQueen. At Dior, Guido Palau styled deep side parts with feathery wisps, referencing a tomboyish French girl aesthetic from the 1960s, as directed by Jonathan Anderson. Ramona Eschbach dusted low side partings with Schwarzkopf Session Label The Powder for texturized chignons at Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood, inspired by Romy Schneider.
Makeup emphasized leftover and lived-in finishes. Peter Philips at Dior applied Diorshow On Stage Crayon in 099 Black to the top waterline, creating subtle, messy traces of liner as if from a Parisian girl's previous night. He noted Anderson's desire for something fresh yet imperfect. Pat McGrath at Schiaparelli diffused taupe tones from Venusian Sunrise for a morning-after effect, describing it as 'less precise, more lived in... not too perfect and never too pristine.' Lucia Pica at Victoria Beckham smudged chocolate brown Satin Kajal Liner in Cocoa along lash lines, pairing it with a matte pink lip from Posh Balm in Colette.
Hair adornments added sparkle without excess. Duffy wove glittering tinsel through lengths at Chanel, while Turner incorporated jewel-wrapped extensions and braids at Chloé, explaining, 'The hair was meant to reflect her journey through the elements... trinkets she finds on her travels.' Olivier Schawalder secured shining bobby pins at Dries Van Noten.
Denim trends complemented the beauty with relaxed fits. Dior showed wide, aged-washed jeans and straight styles above stilettos, some with crystals. Stella McCartney featured wide-leg jeans with dropped hems and high-waisted dark washes, adding 1980s baubles and leg zippers. Street style paired cuffed selvedge jeans with loafers and fur collars, or wide-leg trousers with stiletto heels and tartan vests. Zendaya appeared at Louis Vuitton with a soft strawberry milk pink manicure, blending sheer blush hues for an elegant neutral look.
