# New York Fashion Week SS 2027: Kaia Gerber opens Khaite

> A debut at Diane von Furstenberg, Carolina Herrera at 45, Conner Ives arrives and Khaite at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. How New York started the season.

By The Aftershow editors. Published 29 October 2026 in New York.

Source: https://aftershowmag.com/stories/new-york-fashion-week-ss27

New York opens the season, and in September it opened with new names. The CFDA's official calendar began with Henry Zankov's debut at Diane von Furstenberg and ended with Thom Browne, with Ralph Lauren showing on the eve of the week.

- Thom Browne's women's spring 2027 collection, which closed the week. @thombrowne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddb0UgSFXjR/

## Khaite

The most talked-about show of the week was in an industrial space at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Kaia Gerber opened, walking for Khaite for the first time, in a white bra and a fitted leather skirt split at the back to show handmade corsetry underneath. Catherine Holstein called it her most personal collection yet. It drew on lingerie from the 1920s to the 1940s, all ruffles, buttons and flowing layers, and mixed it with Khaite's stealthier leathers. Trapeze skirts, very pointed shoes and teased, bedhead hair went with it.

- Backstage at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Photograph by Francesc Planes. @khaite on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdrQ8K_kePg/

## Carolina Herrera at 45

Carolina Herrera celebrated 45 years with a collection dedicated to New York.

- Polka dots and yellow tulips at Lincoln Center. @wesgordon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddby0oykb75/
- Spring 2027, part two: a lip in red sequins. @wesgordon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddje7-1kYvd/
- Wes Gordon with two looks from the anniversary collection. @wwd on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdQ3IKZEccY/

## Proenza Schouler

Rachel Scott's second Proenza Schouler collection included her version of the house's best-known bag, the PS1.

- Rachel Scott's spring 2027 collection. Photograph: @awewave. @proenzaschouler on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdY3TEGkRA7/

## New names

The British designer Conner Ives showed in New York for the first time, with a new slogan T-shirt among the looks. Kari Vettese mixed her Italian heritage with her California childhood, in brightly coloured ultra-mini board-short bikinis.

## Sources

Official calendar from the CFDA ([cfda.com](https://cfda.com)) and [nyfw.com](https://nyfw.com). Khaite from WWD and Who What Wear; the rest of the week from Fashionista, Grazia and WWD. Pictures are the posts of the accounts named under each one, shown through Instagram.