Fashion obviously doesn’t operate in a vacuum and, over the last couple of weeks, it felt quite jarring to attend a fashion show after receiving yet another news alert about the conflict in Iran, but the show – or shows, in this case – must go on.
Held inside a moss-covered “neolandscape” in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum, the Louis Vuitton fall/winter 2026 show was a celebration of the power of nature.
“Nature is the greatest designer,” Ghesquière said in an interview after the show.
Approaching this collection almost as an anthropological study, the designer looked at traditional costumes and folkloric crafts. “Universal folklore,” he called it – this idea that clothes can bring together people of different backgrounds.
Capes with exaggerated shoulders, alpine- and mountaineering-inspired looks, cone hats lined in shearling, furry embellishments and tartan checks were meant to paint a picture of pastoral beauty.
As a brand so steeped in travel, Louis Vuitton is always about a journey, explained Ghesquière, adding that these were clothes meant to transport you to faraway places, like “nomadic people”.