Paris Fashion Week. Nine days, sixty-odd shows, and a city built to slow cars down.
The biggest week in the calendar, in the hardest city to drive in. Flights, cars and the timing between them, planned by people who have read a show schedule before.
The calendar
Paris Fashion Week at a glance
- Next womenswear1 to 9 March 2027The autumn and winter 2027 season. Menswear runs 19 to 24 January and 22 to 27 June 2027.
- Next haute couture25 to 28 January 2027Smaller, more private, and built around appointments rather than seats.
- Womenswear after that27 September to 5 October 2027The spring and summer 2028 season. The spring and summer 2027 season had around sixty shows and more than thirty presentations.
- Arrive viaParis Le Bourget (LBG)Business aviation only, north east of the city. See Le Bourget.
Dates as published by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. The provisional schedule moves until close to the season, and individual shows move within it.
How the week moves
Venues everywhere, and fewer roads every year
Paris does not have a fashion week district. Past seasons have used the Grand Palais, the Palais de Tokyo, the Carrousel du Louvre, tents in the Tuileries and at Les Invalides, the Palais Brongniart, private hôtels particuliers, and the houses themselves on Avenue Montaigne and around the Rue Saint-Honoré. Shows are thirty minutes apart and twenty minutes late, and the gap between them is not long enough to go back to the hotel and not short enough to wait outside.
Meanwhile the city has spent a decade removing road space. The Seine expressway quays are pedestrianised, the Rue de Rivoli carries almost no private traffic, and the low emission zone means a car needs the right vignette to be in central Paris at all. A car that is not permitted, or a driver who does not know which side of a closure to approach from, costs you a show. We arrange cars in Paris through operators we know, with vehicles that are compliant for the zone, and we plan the day against the schedule rather than the map.
What clients usually book
For editors, buyers, brands and talent
- A car and chauffeur at disposal for each show day, from the first appointment to the last dinner
- A private flight from London into Le Bourget with one of our own cars at the London end and an arranged car at the Paris end
- A larger vehicle for a team moving with rails, lookbooks and kit between showrooms
- Discreet arrivals for talent, with the same driver across the week wherever the schedule allows
- Couture week appointments, which are fewer, more private and far less tolerant of a late arrival
- A London and Paris pair of weeks planned together, since February and March run straight into each other
Getting there
Ways to reach Paris for the shows
| Route | Typical time | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Private jet to Le Bourget, then car | About 1 hour flying, 20 minutes to 1 hour 30 by road | Business aviation only, customs in the private terminal, jet departures restricted overnight |
| Train from St Pancras, then car | Around 2 hours 20 city centre to city centre | Often the calmest option for a single day of shows, with a car at both ends |
| Airline to Charles de Gaulle or Orly, then car | About 1 hour 15 flying plus 40 to 90 minutes by road | We meet you in arrivals and take it from there |
| Across Paris between venues | 15 to 45 minutes | Entirely dependent on which closures are in force that day |
| Le Bourget to the Right Bank hotels | 20 to 60 minutes | See the private terminals at Le Bourget |
Editorial ranges, not promises. Paris road times in show season are unusually variable and we plan with margin built in.
How the week works with us
One brief, the whole season
- 01
Before the season
Send us the provisional schedule. We identify the impossible gaps while there is still time to do something about them.
- 02
London to Paris
One of our own chauffeurs takes you to the aircraft or the train. The Paris car is waiting when you arrive.
- 03
Through the days
The car stays with you and holds nearby between shows, and changes go by message rather than a new booking.
- 04
Back
The return is planned around the last show, not around an optimistic departure time.
Around the season
Related pages
Start planning
Send us the schedule
Even the provisional one. Tell us the days, how many of you, whether you are moving with samples, and whether you want the flights as well as the cars. We will tell you where we think the days will break.
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Questions people ask
About Paris show season
Are these your own cars in Paris?
Our own cars and chauffeurs are in London and Manchester, and a trusted global network covers everywhere else. In Paris we arrange cars through operators we know, to the same brief, and you deal with one contact at Odyssey.
Jet or train?
For a single day of shows the train is often better, city centre to city centre with a car at each end. For a group, a late finish or an onward leg, the aircraft wins. We will say which fits your days.
Can the car wait outside the venue?
Rarely for long. Most show venues have no standing space at all. The car holds somewhere legal nearby and comes forward when you are ready.
What about the low emission zone?
Cars we arrange in Paris are compliant for the zone. It is not something you should have to think about.
Can you cover London and Paris in the same season?
Yes, and it is worth planning them as one job. The weeks run close together and the same people are travelling to both.
Are you an official partner of Paris Fashion Week?
No. We are an independent company arranging travel for the people who attend it.
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