Louis Vuitton just concluded Paris Fashion Week with its SS27 Women's collection.
Presented in Paris, Nicolas Ghesquière’s latest womenswear collection for the house explored the relationship between comfort, practicality and luxury, taking familiar wardrobe staples and pushing them through Louis Vuitton’s elevated lens. SS27 moved between relaxed tailoring, fluid dresses, oversized outerwear and more structured pieces, creating a wardrobe that felt completely varied.
Jackets arrived with strong shoulders and generous proportions, often styled with looser trousers that softened their formality. There was a sense of traditional dressing, with Ghesquière allowing pieces to sit naturally on the body instead of forcing everything into a rigid shape.
Long, flowing dresses brought movement to the runway, with lightweight fabrics, gathered constructions and draping creating a contrast against the heavier tailoring around them. Some looks appeared thrown together, mixing different textures, proportions and references in a way that made the styling feel personal rather than overly coordinated.
Voluminous coats and jackets exaggerated the upper body, while cropped pieces played against longer layers underneath. Throughout the collection, proportions constantly shifted. For example, something oversized may have been followed by something considerably more fitted, while structured materials sat alongside fabrics designed to move.
Colour and pattern stopped the collection from becoming too restrained, too. Rich browns and earthy neutrals were broken up by brighter tones, prints and decorative surfaces, while flashes of metallic detailing brought another dimension to otherwise understated looks.
Louis Vuitton’s bags appeared throughout in different scales and constructions, moving between practical everyday shapes and more decorative pieces. Footwear followed the wider mood of the collection, grounding some of its more elaborate clothing with styles that felt deliberately wearable.
Louis Vuitton SS27 felt like it was interested in the wardrobe that exists once the show is over. Why? Clothes were layered, loosened and occasionally allowed to clash, this meant that the luxury element of the line was presented as something designed to be a part of everyday life.
