Louis Vuitton closes Paris with flying cars and featherweight clothes for a warming world
Nicolas Ghesquière ended Paris Fashion Week on 6 October with "Ergonomie", a light, fluid spring/summer 2027 collection shown under suspended cars in the Louvre's Cour Carrée. He said Europe's heat waves had changed how he thinks about fabrics; critics praised its ease but some missed his usual daring.
Louis Vuitton closed the spring/summer 2027 womenswear season in Paris on Tuesday, 6 October, with a collection by Nicolas Ghesquière titled “Ergonomie”. The show took place in the Cour Carrée of the Louvre, turned into a tarmac highway with road markings, while dozens of wedge-shaped, windowless “flying” cars hung overhead. Ghesquière said the idea came from learning that the courtyard had for decades served as a car park for finance ministry officials before the glass pyramid was built.
Clothes for the heat
The clothes were the opposite of the futuristic set. Reuters described fluid jackets and slinky, sheer dresses in white and pastel pink and blue; WWD wrote that most of the coats weigh less than a T-shirt, with double-face pieces in fabrics thinner than chiffon. “The world is getting warm,” Ghesquière said after the show, explaining that this summer’s European heat waves pushed him to “think differently” about how much clothes weigh. Trousers had long side slits to let air in, and the brand’s monogram appeared only on a couple of bags and a leather bomber.
The verdict
WWD called it one of his “lightest, most approachable and prettiest” collections. The Business of Fashion was cooler, arguing that the show lacked “flashes of genius” and that the house needs fresh energy. Reuters noted the commercial context: Louis Vuitton, LVMH’s flagship, has faced falling sales of its monogrammed bags as fewer middle-class shoppers stretch to luxury. Zendaya, Emma Stone and Saoirse Ronan were among the guests.
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