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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Adamson

THE TRUTH ABOUT: The trends at paris fashion week are statement coats even bigger shoulders and sharp tailoring | History Defined

France Fashion Louis Vuitton F/W 26/27 - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Paris men’s Fashion Week has been arguing for a new kind of authority this season — coat-first.

Across the runways, statement outerwear, bigger shoulders and sharp tailoring have been doing the work, turning familiar staples — trench coats, suits, denim and workwear — into clothes with a harder stance.

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