The Tokyo Girls Collection Executive Committee (planned/produced by W TOKYO Co., Ltd.) will hold the "42nd Mynavi Tokyo Girls Collection 2026 SPRING/SUMMER" (hereafter, Mynavi TGC 2026 S/S) at the National Yoyogi Stadium First Gymnasium on Saturday, March 14, 2026. Based on a survey of designers, press representatives, and stylists from TGC exhibiting brands, the 2026 Spring/Summer trend keywords have been announced.
The theme of "Mynavi TGC 2026 S/S" is "OUR CANVAS", conveying the message of "creating the ultimate art piece that is TGC together." These are real, cutting-edge trend keywords for Spring/Summer 2026 that color the streets, co-created with fashion industry professionals who are trendsetters and leaders of Japan's fashion scene.
2026 Spring/Summer Key Focus: Styling Performance
This season, the key to coordination is carefully selecting what matters and enjoying how to combine them.
The time spent searching for favorite items and the moment of finding a combination that makes you think "This is cute!" are all part of the joy of fashion.
Creating your style surrounded only by favorite items, and updating your mood and impression just by adding a little spice of color, silhouette, or accessories according to the day's mood and scene.
Experience the infinite power of fashion that can elevate your mood with a single item this season.
Want to enjoy fashion every day while valuing cost performance, time performance, and "styling performance."
For those seeking this balance, this season introduces hints to enhance styling performance through keywords: "Accessory Master," "Kawaii Vibes," and "Merrihali Look."
What is Styling Performance?
The ability to maximize your individuality and current mood through how you combine trend items that spark joy with your favorite wardrobe. Mixing trends with personal staples for an update. Effortlessly, yet without compromise. TGC's new styling standard that fits the current era, achieving both cost and time performance while enjoying fashion.
Key word ①: Accessory Master
Coordination ①
This season's focus: layered style with tops over bottoms.
The possibilities are endless, from new brand items to arrangements using tank tops sleeping in your closet.
For light, summery styling, add necklaces and belts to create a city vibe. The point is a balance that feels mature without being too casual.
Items worn:
- Shirt ¥3,990*with ribbon bustier set price/moment+
- Pants ¥9,350/Lagua Gem (Baroque Japan Limited)
- Layered skirt ¥3,810/Recito (Hana Showroom)
- Necklace ¥770/WEGO
- Belt ¥17,000/Euphoria
- Shoes ¥6,490/Puma (Puma Customer Service)
- Other/Stylist's private collection
Coordination ②
For simple coordination, the point is adding a sophisticated touch with accessories. With a little ingenuity, your usual style gets instantly updated.
Bracelets layered over both sleeves add accent, a double belt around the waist adds rhythm, and impactful colored socks complete the look down to the feet.
Furthermore, the versatile scarf can be used in various ways—attached to bags or incorporated into hairstyles—making it a must-have item this season.
Items worn:
- Dress ¥7,990, Bag ¥12,490/HTH (yutori Co., Ltd.)
- Knit pants ¥19,800/Darich (YSM Co., Ltd.)
- Scarf around neck ¥5,280, Scarf on bag ¥4,510/Recito (Hana Showroom)
- Black belt ¥1,429, Musical note keychain ¥550, Cherry wallet chain ¥770/WEGO
- Belt ¥18,500/Euphoria
- Socks ¥3,800/IGUSA
- Shoes ¥18,700/Puma (Puma Customer Service)
- Other/Stylist's private collection
MAKEUP TREND: Petal Cheek × Blur Lip
Bring out natural charm with "Petal Cheek × Blur Lip," featuring cheek and lip as the main focus with gentle transparency. Keep eyeshadow and eyeliner in brown tones for a balanced, non-assertive look.
Petal Cheek
Apply blush broadly and softly across the entire cheek with a brush, like the rosy glow when entering a warm place from the cold. Choose colors that aren't too strong, and apply them not as high cheek or horizontally, but gently as if seeping from within. Create a color core in the center of the cheek and blur outward for a soft, three-dimensional finish.
Blur Lip
Lips don't need to match the cheek color exactly. The key is creating a two-step finish.
First, create a base while blurring the contour so the lips and skin naturally connect. Then, apply oil-moisture glossy lip to the center like flower nectar. Since oil becomes semi-transparent, using a slightly darker color creates a beautiful gradient that fades hazily.
Key word ②: Kawaii Vibes
Coordination ①
For the base top, choose standard items that are easy to wear in various ways. Select black borders to avoid being too sweet—that's the key to balance. Then add kawaii elements with flare skirts, gingham check, and glittery hats. Create a slightly mellow "fluffy styling" with today's vibe. Tighten up the look with leather boots at the feet.
Items worn:
- Vest ¥15,620/Roughneck (Hana Korea)
- Inner top ¥5,500/Lagua Gem (Baroque Japan Limited)
- Skirt ¥19,800, Beanie ¥5,500/Darich (YSM Co., Ltd.)
- Right index finger ring ¥4,510, Right ring finger ¥4,510, Left middle finger ¥4,510/nhuhu (Hana Korea)
- Tights ¥3,800/IGUSA
- Shoes ¥15,400/HTH (yutori Co., Ltd.)
Coordination ②
This season's focus is the button motif hair clip. The slightly retro "20s vibes" feels fresh.
Add sweetness with feminine knitwear and lace belts while layering lace innerwear for moderate transparency. Furthermore, incorporate eyewear, silver accessories, and sporty items at the feet to finish with a "not too sweet" balance.
For bottoms, increase presence with trendy dot pattern items. Musical note necklace × musical note socks link for a subtle "Accessory Master" element.
Items worn:
- Knit top ¥7,920/Carnmoor
- Inner lace top ¥6,050, Pants ¥7,150/Lagua Gem (Baroque Japan Limited)
- Hair clip ¥3,300*set price, Musical note socks ¥3,300/IGUSA
- Necklace ¥550/WEGO
- Belt ¥19,000/Euphoria
- Shoes ¥13,200/Puma (Puma Customer Service)
- Eyewear, Lace socks/Stylist's private collection
MAKEUP TREND: Frosted Eye
For adding "cool" nuance to "kawaii" style, try this season's "Frosted Eye." Keep cheek modest to enhance bone structure, and finish lips matte-like to highlight the main eye makeup. With "eyes as the absolute focus," upgrade your Kawaii Vibes style with Frosted Eye.
Frosted Eye
Prepare a natural dusky color as a base, then apply delicate silver shadow across the entire eye area. Choose fine-particle glitter for a more refined, sophisticated finish. Additionally, apply brown defining color to the outer and inner corners according to bone structure, and layer glitter over the silver shadow at the center of the lid to create round, three-dimensional eyes while maintaining coolness. Deliberately skip silver on the lower lid to create contrast and achieve a sharp finish.
For eyeliner, first draw thickly with brown, then layer black inside to create gradation. This creates deep, impressive eye makeup.
Key word ③: Merrihali Look
Coordination ① (Silhouette Contrast)
This season focuses on voluminous shoulder items. The "Napoleon jacket" takes center stage with its crisp, appealing presence. The marine and uniform-style mood feels very current.
To match the presence of voluminous shoulders, select a thin top that shows body lines beautifully as an inner layer. Creating contrast in the upper body alone achieves a balance that even women can easily try.
For bottoms, pair with baggy silhouette to create contrast between top and bottom. The volume × fit combination also achieves a style-up effect through the Merrihali Look coordination.
Items worn:
- Jacket ¥15,400, Inner top ¥4,950/Lagua Gem (Baroque Japan Limited)
- Layered skirt ¥12,980/Recito (Hana Showroom)
- Denim pants ¥10,900/HTH (yutori Co., Ltd.)
- Hat ¥1,649, Bag ¥4,399, Hair clip on bag ¥330/WEGO
- Shoes ¥5,480/moment+
Coordination ② (Color Contrast)
"Overseas girl" style with oversized hoodie × hot pants × yellow socks. Link purple top and red belt bag from the eye-catching pants pattern colors to enjoy color coordination. Incorporating basic colors like white or black between colors makes even unique styling easier to wear. The black layered on top also serves as an important accent to tighten the overall look.
For footwear, deliberately choose black long boots instead of sneakers. Covering body shape while enjoying boots year-round is also a point this season. Because color is the main focus, keep accessories modest for balance.
Items worn:
- Top ¥9,900/HTH (yutori Co., Ltd.)
- Short pants ¥8,900/9090 girl (yutori Co., Ltd.)
- Belt ¥10,000/Euphoria
- Socks ¥1,650/Puma (Puma Customer Service)
- Shoes ¥15,950/MOUSSY (Baroque Japan Limited)
- Other/Stylist's private collection
MAKEUP TREND: Merrihali Makeup
Add contrast to makeup too! Incorporate this season's focus on iridescent pearl with "Merrihali Makeup" to make light your ally.
Apply iridescent pearl broadly to the temple area (extension of C-zone). It creates a glow that floats up when light hits. Apply regular (non-iridescent) pearl highlight to the center of the face to enjoy the texture difference—that's the key.
Apply cheek modestly, keeping it subdued. Use shading to accentuate cheekbones for a three-dimensional face line. For eyeshadow, apply strong pigment to create presence in the eyes without losing to the light. For lips, apply clear gloss over a natural color base to add shine.
This season's style creates natural contrast not by piling on color, but by layering different textures.
Photo Credits:
- Makeup: Hirotaka Iizuka (juice)
- Hair: Ken Yoshimura
- Stylist: Chisaki Goya
- Photography: Munehiro Hoashi
- Model: Anna Kasai
Spring/Summer 2026 Mood from Fashion and Makeup Professionals
Ayumi Gunji (Fashion Creative Director)
Spring/Summer 2026 sees fashion becoming more powerful, with the season arriving for expressing more individuality. Rather than being like everyone else, stand out cuter than anyone—that's the trending styling where each person can be the protagonist. "Styling Performance" is demonstrated through:
1. Kawaii Vibes: Maximum cuteness styling with lace, mini, ribbons, and check patterns.
2. Merrihali Look: Make individuality stand out with clear contrast in both volume and color usage.
3. Accessory Master: Update daily style with accessories. Use bandanas and charms to create different styles from others.
From your usual self to a "new" self. Express your individuality infinitely through fashion!
Profile:
After working at ViVi and GLAMOROUS, involved in the launch and operation of VOGUE GIRL. Established gumi-gumi Inc. in 2014. Active in various fields including editorial advisor for Numéro TOKYO, supervision of Netflix drama "Followers," and corporate consulting. Serves as vice-chair of METI's "Fashion Future Study Group" and chair of "Fashion Law WG." Since 2025, also serves as Creative Director of the Cabinet Office's "Cool Japan Public-Private Platform."
Saori Kaneko (Tokyo Girls Collection Executive Committee Brand Producer)
This season, styling performance is key for enjoying fashion daily! With just a little ingenuity and spice added to your usual style, the range of fashion expands infinitely. The time thinking about what to wear where, the joy of selecting items, and the time to update yourself are all important. Value both time performance and personal style while proposing methods to lift your spirits.
My particular focus is the variety of scarf arrangements. Depending on how you wrap it and incorporate it—as a belt or headpiece—it becomes an accent to your usual styling.
Find items that spark joy at TGC, and by utilizing styling performance, you can increase cost performance with a sustainable mindset of loving items for a long time. Enjoy the power of fashion to color every day this spring/summer!
Profile:
Joined W TOKYO in 2012. As a brand producer at TGC, manages everything from selecting exhibiting brands to show direction planning. Currently appears on TV and various media.
FUKAMI (Stylist/Tokyo Girls Collection Executive Committee Fashion Director)
The keyword for Spring/Summer 2026 is "layering." Not just clothes, but accessories, colors, textures, volume—layering various elements creates depth and individuality in styling. While balancing might seem difficult, the key is to boldly layer first. Then, by being conscious of contrasts like tight & flare, long & short, the whole naturally comes together.
Three-dimensional styling completed through layering. That's the mood for Spring/Summer 2026.
Profile:
Studied under stylist Miho Nozaki in 2012. Started career as a stylist in 2015, working on domestic and international fashion shows, fashion magazines, TV programs, advertising, and live performances. Also active in various fields including creative direction for apparel brands, corporate advisor and consultant roles, and teaching at vocational schools.
Hirotaka Iizuka (juice) (Tokyo Girls Collection Executive Committee Makeup Director)
For Spring/Summer 2026 trends, balance has been important in makeup in recent years. If you do everything—skin, eyebrows, eye makeup, cheek, and lips—it feels overdone. So balance is crucial. If you create the skin carefully, pull back on eye makeup, or if you make eye makeup the point, pull back on lips and cheek or focus on base texture and three-dimensional makeup—various combinations work well.
This time, we propose cheek-lip point makeup, eye makeup point makeup, and texture point makeup. This season's trend is balance!
Profile:
Makeup artist who proposes trends with high performance across magazines, advertising, fashion shows, and idols. Since 2018, serves as Makeup Director for the Tokyo Girls Collection Executive Committee.
Enhance Styling Performance and Enjoy Daily Coordination More Fashionably and Authentically!
On TGC's official TikTok (@tgc__official), trend fashion and makeup tutorial videos are being released sequentially. Try them out using the videos as reference!
Survey participants for 2026 Spring/Summer Tokyo Girls Collection trend keywords (partial list):
Itaru Araya (Stylist), Sayuri Ozaki (F i.n.t/Press), Yuki Kanamaru (Chico/Official SNS Manager), Chiharu Kikuchi (Mother's made/Designer), Anri Goya (LAGUA GEM/Press), Rina Kobayashi (SPINNS/Press, Creative Direction), Momoko Saegusa (Stylist), Megumi Sumiya (moment+/SNS Marketing), Konomi Tsubaki (lanan/Director), Kaho Nishiguchi (Kaho Nishiguchi/Designer), Kyoka Hiruma (WEGO/Press), Mayu Fujii (REDYAZEL/Press) *In Japanese alphabetical order
42nd Mynavi Tokyo Girls Collection 2026 SPRING/SUMMER
All information is as of the time of release. Event details may change.
Event name: 42nd Mynavi Tokyo Girls Collection 2026 SPRING/SUMMER (Abbreviated: Mynavi TGC 2026 S/S)
Date: Saturday, March 14, 2026
Doors open: 12:00 PM / Show starts: 2:00 PM / Show ends: 9:00 PM (scheduled)
Venue: National Yoyogi Stadium First Gymnasium (2-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0041)
Official website: https://tgc.girlswalker.com/26ss/
Tickets: SOLD OUT
Official Resale: February 20, 2026 (Fri) 10:00 AM to February 23, 2026 (Mon/Holiday) 11:59 PM
