Black Stars Who Showed Out for Paris Fashion Week 2026

From Usher and SZA to Kai Cenat and Pharrell, let’s take a look at some of our fave faces out and about at Paris Fashion Week!

Paris Fashion Week is officially underway and the highly stylish event has decided to kick things off with a bang by starting off with the Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 collections. And as you might expect, some of our fave Black celebs popped out and showed folks just how you dress to impress.

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From some of our favorite crooners like Usher and John Legends to rappers like Future and AZ Chike, keep reading to see how some of our fashionable folks stepped out in the streets of Paris for the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show at the annually chic event!

Chris Brown

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Chris Brown attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

Chris Breezy Brown took a break from dancing and singing on somebody’s stage to swing to Paris and get off this pretty calm fit.

Miles Caton

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Miles Caton attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

“Sinners” star Miles Caton made sure to look clean in his Canadian tuxedo while out and about in Paris.

SZA

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) SZA attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

There’s no way we’re gonna snooze and miss this fashion moment from SZA! That bag also set off this look in the best way.

Kai Cenat

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Kai Cenat attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

While there may be none of his streaming equipment surrounding Kai Cenat, he was still camera-ready with his all-black fit.

Skepta

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Skepta attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

Who knew a sweater and some jeans could look so effortless and yet so high fashion? Rapper Skepta, apparently, that’s who!

Quavo

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Quavo attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

Quavo could honestly let us borrow that chocolate leather jacket and the brown paisley tie. Seeing both of those items paired together just scratches the right parts of our fashion brain!

Usher

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Usher attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

We’ll forever be Usher’s groupies because he is our superstar—and a suave one at that!

Pharrell

US rapper, artist and fashion designer Pharrell Williams acknowledges the audience after presenting creations for the Louis Vuitton Menswear Ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2026/2027 collection as part of the Paris Fashion Week in Paris on January 20, 2026. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Now you already know Pharrell was going to be making an appearance at Paris Fashion Week. And honestly, it looks like he’s kind of gotten his signature look down!

Pharrell’s Wife & Kids

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Helen Lasichanh (4thL) and her children attend the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

Though we had Pharrell and his wife on our 2026 BINGO cards, we didn’t their adorable kids taking over the photo sessions! (But we’re so glad they did because they look like a ball of fun.)

AZ Chike

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) AzChike attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

To quote him on Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 album “GNX”: Surprise, Paris—it’s that boy Chike Cheese! A.k.a. rapper AZ Chike definitely understood the assignment and came on point!

Malice

US rapper Malice arrives for the Louis Vuitton Menswear Ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2026/2027 collection as part of the Paris Fashion Week in Paris on January 20, 2026. (Photo by Blanca CRUZ / AFP via Getty Images)

We can’t help but wonder if when rapper Malice said “You ain’t Malice” on “So Be It,” if he meant that stylistically, too? Because no one is stepping out like him, let alone rapping as good as him either!

Future

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Future attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

Talk about a face you don’t see often it comes shows like this, but Louis V must know how to bring the biggest stars like rapper Future and others out for a good time and a long tine!

John Legend

John Legend at the Louis Vuitton Men’s Fall/Winter 2026 fashion show as part of Paris Men’s Fashion Week held at Fondation Louis Vuitton on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty Images)

John Legend came to Paris looking like everything but “ordinary people” with this camel brown and powder blue combination. That’s not a color-way we see often, but we could get hip to seeing it more!

Tyshawn Jones

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Tyshawn Jones attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

If we’re Tyshawn Jones, we wouldn’t be trying to skateboard anywhere in this outfit. This one is simple, yet clean! And that deep sage green and off white color combination is classic yet never overplayed.

A$AP Nast

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) A$AP Nast attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

Scoot over A$AP Rocky, your cohort A$AP Nast just might be edging you out as the best dressed member. Do you see the way the pants fall and that bag?

Kitty Ca$h

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) Kitty Ca$h attends the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 20, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

DJ and artist Kitty Ca$h’s outfit is just as cool as her name and honestly we love to see it! Who said the men were the only ones who could have fun?!

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