Nicolas Ghesquière, at the Louvre by Louis Vuitton
Paris, September 30, 2025. In the solemn halls of the Musée du Louvre, Nicolas Ghesquière presented Louis Vuitton’s new Spring-Summer 2026 collection. Not a simple catwalk, but an aesthetic ritual: the monumentality of the museum transformed the show into an open dialogue between history and contemporaneity, between memory and vision.
The dresses spoke through transparencies and graphic elements. Thin fabrics, similar to chiffon or organza, let light filter through like living surfaces. The bold, black, exposed stitching created a graphic, almost drawn effect, which ran along the body and joined the fabric panels with an unexpected lightness.
The palette shifted between sand and taupe tones, optical whites, and metallic highlights. Golden shoes broke the chromatic sobriety, providing flashes of brilliance and irony.
A play on form was also central to the research. Intentionally disproportionate busts and puffed skirts explored alternative volumes, handled with irony and intelligence. In contrast, long drapes and pleats restored fluidity, with dresses that seemed to ignite with every step under the lights.
There were also nods to domestic intimacy, with pieces reminiscent of dressing gowns reinterpreted with a tailored twist. Not a pajama line, but rather restrained references, elegantly transposed to the couture realm.
Completing the story were the headpieces: linear turbans, imaginative hats, and small sculptural accessories added lightness and whimsy, underlining Ghesquière’s attention to every detail.
The collection conveyed the feeling of an authentic creative act. New, alternative proposals, consistent with the Maison’s stylistic foundation and yet capable of breathing fresh air. This is what buyers are looking for: stimulation, ideas, possibilities. The question of fit remains, because not all women share the models’ proportions, and some silhouettes find their strength especially in the ideal space of the show. But Louis Vuitton’s task is not to simplify, but to propose visions. And this time, Nicolas Ghesquière did so with sobriety, lightness, and imagination.
LOUIS VUITTON SPRING-SUMMER 2026: RIGOUR AND LIGHTNESS
LOUIS VUITTON SPRING-SUMMER 2026: SHADES OF PINK
A triptych that expresses delicacy transformed into strength. The floral-embroidered vest, precious and three-dimensional, introduces a material femininity. At the center, clean lines and soft volumes in powder pink, lightened by playful details and chromatic accents in the footwear. On the right, the romanticism of ruffled tulle meets the rigor of black: poetry and contradiction intertwined. Louis Vuitton interprets pink as a universal language, capable of moving from dream to reality.
LOUIS VUITTON SPRING-SUMMER 2026: THE POWER OF NEUTRAL
Camel dominates the scene, reinterpreted in three versions that convey warmth and structure. On the left, the enveloping coat, with a knotted belt and moving details, reinvents the concept of protection. In the center, the jacket with a maxi fur collar recalls the magnificence of couture, but finds a new balance thanks to cropped trousers. On the right, a pared-back, linear, almost monastic coat conveys the idea of sophisticated sobriety. A triptych that demonstrates how neutrality is never neutral, but rather becomes a living canvas on which Louis Vuitton paints character and personality.
Three interpretations of white: on the left, embroidery and textures sculpt a bustier that almost becomes a floral armor, lightened by flowing trousers. In the center, the theatrical volume of the ruffled blouse opens onto fur shorts, an unexpected contrast between rigor and playfulness. On the right, the graphic delicacy of pastel motifs on a masculine-feminine ensemble transforms pajamas into a daytime uniform. White and its shades become a language of purity and experimentation, craftsmanship and vision.
LOUIS VUITTON SPRING-SUMMER 2026: NATURE ON THE CATWALK
A weave of texture and color that seems to translate the landscape into fabric. On the left, the greens of the meadows become fringes, while the knitted trousers ground the ensemble in an everyday dimension. In the center, a cascade of threads hued from lilac to yellow evokes the movement of nature in bloom. On the right, the floral-print shirt, geometric and theatrical in its proportions, brings the garden directly into the wardrobe.
Louis Vuitton moves between art and botany, transforming the body into a fertile terrain of images.
LOUIS VUITTON SPRING-SUMMER 2026: BETWEEN ART AND IRONY
Three distinct yet complementary visions. On the left, a long, theatrical scarf, reminiscent of Middle Eastern sashes or stage costumes, becomes the element that breaks up the simplicity of the printed shirt and flowing trousers. In the center, the sculptural blue dress, accompanied by a monumental headpiece, transforms the runway into an artistic performance. On the right, worn denim and a three-dimensional floral blouse meet, blending street freedom with couture precision. Louis Vuitton creates a narrative in which fashion and theater intertwine, opening the door to new interpretations.
LOUIS VUITTON SPRING-SUMMER 2026: GRAPHICS AND VOLUMES
Three interpretations of black and white, interwoven with surprising lines and textures. On the left, the balloon jacket with horizontal bands sculpts the body like a moving mosaic, lightened by the vertical stripes of the trousers. In the center, the long silk dress plays with diagonal bands, creating a graphic effect reminiscent of gestural painting. On the right, the dusty pink blazer softens the impact of the rounded striped shapes, in a balance that combines rigor and lightness. Louis Vuitton orchestrates the visual rhythm like a score: stripes, curves, and contrasts become wearable music.
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