CFDA changes New York Fashion Week dates for February edition

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has announced updated dates for New York Fashion Week Autumn-Winter 2026, now set to take place from Wednesday, February 11 through Monday, February 16, 2026.

The adjustment, shared in a message from Joseph Maglieri, director of fashion week initiatives, follows a careful review of the global fashion calendar to better align New York’s schedule with London, Milan, and Paris Fashion Weeks while accommodating major holidays and cultural events in the United States.

“This change allows us to remain close to the fashion weeks following us while keeping NYFW a week later in February 2026 to provide teams the time needed to prepare,” Maglieri explained. 

“Since NYFW September 2025 began a week later this past season, if we kept the dates early in February – as traditionally done for the autumn-winter season – this would have resulted in over a week of lost time for brands and their teams to prepare while creating an unnecessarily large distance of time between New York and London, Milan, and Paris.” 

The updated timeline ensures a more cohesive global schedule and supports designers and production teams as they transition between seasons.

Applications for placement on the official NYFW schedule will open in early November, 2025, with the final calendar expected to be released in January, 2026.