After a couple of months to cool off from the February women’s schedule, the men’s shows really do creep up on you. It was a good job, then, that we had a couple of London events to get us into the swing of things: Charles Jeffrey’s sonic exploration at Abbey Road Studios, and Martine Rose’s tribute to bustling markets in Marylebone. Now that those have been completed, we’ve found ourselves on the precipice of more menswear and couture catwalks, and with them comes a number of debuts, departures and returns to the official schedule. For all that and more, scroll down for everything you don’t want to miss from the next season of shows.

MILAN FASHION WEEK MEN’S

The prevailing narrative of this season’s Milan Fashion Week men’s is that there’s not much going on at Milan Fashion Week men’s. It seems that, after a year-long game of fashion musical chairs, MFW men’s has been the unfortunate victim: there’s no JW Anderson because he’s prepping for Dior, and there’s no Gucci as Demna is reportedly readying a co-ed show for September. Despite that, big hitters like Dolce & Gabbana and Giorgio Armani remain stalwarts on the schedule each season, and will be returning once more for SS26. MFW crown jewel Prada is of course back, with Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada presenting their latest menswear offering on Sunday, June 22, while Satoshi Kuwata’s Setchu will be opening the whole thing on Friday, June 20. Elsewhere, MSGM and Etro are showing in presentation format, Domenico Formichetti’s PDF is back after a breakout season in January, and London’s own Saul Nash returns to Milan for his sophomore show in the city. For the full calendar, click here.

PARIS FASHION WEEK MEN’S

Fortunately for Paris, its schedule is looking slightly on the thicker side, and we have a few returns to thank for that. After more than two years showing off-schedule – often between the men’s and couture shows – Saint Laurent is back on the official calendar with its SS26 menswear offering. Also back on the schedule is Wales Bonner, who released its last collection via lookbook last season, and Craig Green, whose last show was over a year ago in London.

Besides that, Louis Vuitton will be in its regular spot, closing day one, Rick Owens is back on June 26 closing day three, while Rei Kawakubo returns once more for Comme des Garçons Homme Plus. On June 28, Kiko Kostadinov continues to get fashion editors up at the crack of dawn (read: 10:30am) for his Saturday morning slot, Louis-Gabriel Nouchi is also back later that same day, while Junya Watanabe, Bluemarble and Egonlab all make awaited returns across the week.

Elsewhere, after a star studded debut last season, Mexican-American designer Willy Chavarria is returning for a second go in Paris (and recently put out an open call for the catwalk), Simon Porte Jacquemus will be closing the week with a co-ed show on June 29 – but despite all of that, all eyes will surely be on Jonathan Anderson, who makes his Dior menswear debut on Friday, June 27. After his boundary-breaking run at Loewe, the world is waiting with bated breath to see what he will deliver next. For the full Paris schedule, head here.

COUTURE WEEK

After a quick sojourn to Berlin – where Fashion Council Germany will be holding BFW SS26 from June 30-July 3 – we’re back in Paris for the couture shows from July 7. Schiaparelli is once again holding court as the official couture opener, and we’re expecting big things. A Schiaparelli couture show is often a celeb minefield, with stars like Zendaya, Cardi B, Doja Cat, Hunter Schafer and Kylie Jenner invariably rocking up, so we’re sure to have another major A-list moment on Monday, July 7.

After shows from couture aficionados like Iris Van Herpen and Giambattista Valli, the house of Chanel will be unveiling its latest haute couture offering, but once again sans creative director – Matthieu Blazy is making his debut in September. But despite Blazy’s absence, we still have Glenn Martens’ surprise Maison Margiela couture offering to contend with (rivalling J Dubs for most anticipated debut), plus Demna’s last ever Balenciaga collection before he takes the reins at Gucci. Grab the tissues, and get the full schedule here.