No city concentrates the luxury calendar like Paris in October: Fashion Week draws to a close, Longchamp crowns its champion, LVMH opens its ateliers, then the Grand Palais welcomes the global art market, evening sales included. Here are the doors, in calendar order.
28 September to 6 October 2026 · Paris (various venues)
Paris Fashion Week — Ready-to-Wear Spring/Summer 2027The highlight of the season: Chanel, Dior, Saint Laurent and Paris high society for the apotheosis of the Big Four.
3 and 4 October 2026 · Hippodrome de ParisLongchamp
Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2026Europe's most prestigious horse-racing event: ParisLongchamp in festive attire, prestige hospitality.
From Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October 2026, 6th edition, on the theme "Aux Racines du Rêve". Free: bookings open in the course of September 2026 on lvmh.com.
The 2026 LVMH Journées Particulières, 69 venues open in 12 countries46 LVMH maisons open 69 venues in 12 countries free of charge, for three days only; booking is all but essential the moment reservations ope
From Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October 2026, during the LVMH Journées Particulières. The "Diadèmes de Rêve" visit is free, on reservation; bookings open in the course of September 2026.
Chaumet opens 12 place Vendôme, LVMH Journées ParticulièresThree days to visit the jeweller of diadems at 12 place Vendôme free of charge, salons and savoir-faire included.
From Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October 2026, during the LVMH Journées Particulières. Free, on registration: bookings open in the course of September 2026.
Repossi opens 6 place Vendôme, LVMH Journées Particulières6 place Vendôme, a setting signed Rem Koolhaas, can be visited free of charge for three days.
From October 21 to 25, 2026 · Grand Palais (VIP preview 21-22, public 23-25)
Art Basel Paris 2026 — Grand Palais206 galleries under the nave of the Grand Palais: billionaire collectors' VIP preview, the art rendezvous of the autumn.
Friday 23 October 2026, 5pm
Sotheby's Paris — evening sale «Modernités» (orbiting Art Basel Paris)Sotheby's evening sale timed to coincide with Art Basel Paris to capture major collectors passing through.
Saturday, October 24, 2026, during Art Basel Paris week
Artcurial — sale "La Modernité en partage" (Louis Grandchamp des Raux Collection, in the orbit of Art Basel Paris)Private collection sale in the Hôtel Marcel Dassault, preview during Art Basel Paris week.