October in Paris

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 2027 ♡
  The 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 2026 ♡
  Europe'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, 71 venues open in 13 countries ♡
  46 LVMH maisons open 71 venues in 13 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 Particulières ♡
  Three 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 Particulières ♡
  6 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 Palais ♡
  206 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.