Ct’s a time when catwalks start to take shape in stores. The Spring-Summer 2026 season will soon be on all shelvesdictating the rules of what will really enter wardrobes in the new year. 2025, in this sense, was a turning point: a period of creative realignments, debuts, new balances. Characteristics capable of transforming a garment or accessory into immediate desire.
The latest report from Tagwalk, the search engine most used by professionals, provides a clear snapshot of fashion in 2025. At the top of the ranking of the most searched maisons is the new Chanel by Matthieu Blazy. But also the evergreen Miu Miu and the first Dior collection by Jonathan Anderson. Three names which, each in their own way, have defined recent imagination and anticipated future desires thanks to concrete, immediately recognisable objects. And they’re not the only ones. Which designer pieces seen on the catwalk are destined to become the must-haves of 2026?
The white Chanel shirt according to Blazy, a must-have for 2026
When he debuted as the new creative director of Chanel with the Spring-Summer 2026 collection, Matthieu Blazy chose to rewrite the codes of one of the most historic fashion houses through a seemingly simple garment: the white shirt. The maison’s button-down is not just any garment: it was born from a collaboration with Charvetthe famous Parisian shirt factory founded in 1838 and has always been synonymous with excellent tailoring.
Charvet was for decades the trusted house of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who purchased men’s shirts there to inspire her revolutionary wardrobe. With Blazy, this historical relationship returns to the fore not as a nostalgic reference, but as an innovative and desirable project. Thanks to subtle but significant details, such as the Chanel logo embroidered in red to break the purity of the white with a graphic and modern gesture. The result is a must-have shirt that acts as a bridge between heritage and present: already at the top of the wishlists of the most attentive insiders.
Anderson’s bow shoes for Dior’s new course
At the Dior Spring-Summer 2026 show, Jonathan Anderson’s debut marked a clear change of pace also in the accessories chapter. The bow, a historical symbol of grace and romance, is pushed out of the purely decorative dimension to become a bold and almost sculptural element. In collaboration with the department manager Nina Christen, the designer offers mules that play with graphic and oversized bows, transforming the shoe into the focal point of the look. The iconic reference is the Starlet Bow Mules by Christian Dior, old emblem of this new grammar. In the pastel, floral or tartan versions seen on the catwalkwith the diagonal toe, become the shoes to have in 2026.
The Miu Miu fashion show and the “grandmother’s” apron, already at the top of the wish lists
Immediately after Chanel, dominating the ranking of the most searched fashion houses second Tagwalk It’s Miu Miu. A result that doesn’t need twists and turns: the strength of the brand lies in the coherence of a vision that, season after season, intercepts real desires and transforms them into fashion language. In 2025 Miuccia Prada confirms her role as careful observer of the presentcapable of making what is everyday, imperfect, even domestic, cool. It is in this context that one of the most discussed and desired pieces of the season was born: the “grandmother’s” apron. Worn on the catwalk as an additional layer over dresses, skirts and knitwear, it becomes a styling gesture that subverts wardrobe hierarchies. From a functional object to a symbol of a new femininity: anti-gloss, affective, profoundly contemporary. It’s no surprise that it’s already at the top of wishlists.
The apron-like dress from Miu Miu Spring-Summer 2026 (Spotlight Launchmetrics).
From Celine to Balenciaga, must-have format debuts
In the top ten of the most prominent fashion houses of 2025 according to Tagwalk Balenciaga also returns, now led by Pierpaolo Piccioli. His arrival marks a clear change of tone for the maison: less provocation, more control, without giving up the brand’s strong identity. Among the pieces destined for immediate success are fly-effect mask glasseswhich echo the recent past but are cleaned up, lightened, made surprisingly elegant compared to the Demna era. A statement accessory that, we can swear, everyone will buy, because it is recognisable, powerful and perfectly balanced between past and present.
The fly-effect mask glasses, from the Balenciaga Spring-Summer 2026 show (Spotlight Launchmetrics).
Among the names that complete the list of the most prominent recent debuts, it also stands out Celine, back in the spotlight with the arrival of Michael Rider. Her Spring-Summer 2026 marks a return to cultured femininity. The emblem of this new trend is the scarf patchwork skirt: an assemblage of printed silks that seems to arise from a personal wardrobe rather than from an archive, and for this reason it is immediately desirable. It’s the kind of piece that speaks of freedom, of intuitive styling, of unostentatious luxury, destined to become one of the most copied and reinterpreted garments of the season.
The satin bag by Prada, the woven collar by Bottega Veneta
To complete the map of must-haves destined to go viral, a series of pieces that speak the language of trends already underway. From Bottega Veneta Spring-Summer 2026the debut of Louise Trotter’s new creative direction after the Matthieu Blazy era passes through a precise and recognizable gesture: the braided necksculptural but soft, which transforms an artisanal detail into an identifying element. At Prada, however, it is the satin bag to establish itself as a key accessory: minimal, retro, perfectly aligned with the return of small and precious bags.
The Prada Spring-Summer 2026 satin bag (Spotlight Launchmetrics).
If they patent leather ballerinas with elastic band seen at Givenchy they have all it takes to dominate street style, on the jewelery front the silver necklace with shell pendant Of Ralph Lauren Collection intercepts the return of marine aesthetics and the personal talisman, already very strong on social media. In the end, embroidered men’s pajamas Of Dolce&Gabbana confirms the rise of homewear also and above all outside the home: sensual, decorative, declaredly Italian.
Ten different pieces, one destiny: to go viral because they speak, precisely, in the present tense.