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Louis Vuitton Fall 2026 Said Touch Grass (But Make It Fashion)

BYKhaoula Ghanem

March 11, 2026

Nicolas Ghesquière has always had a knack for building worlds. Over the years at Louis Vuitton, he’s staged his collections in environments that feel closer to cinematic landscapes than traditional runways—whether that’s a brutalist sci-fi set, a glowing digital vortex, or an architectural maze inside the Louvre. For Louis Vuitton’s Fall 2026 ready-to-wear show, that world unfolded in the Cour Carrée of the Louvre, where the historic square was transformed into something between a forest clearing and a sci-fi landscape. Designed by Severance production designer Jeremy Hindle, the set felt almost otherworldly.

Models moved through a futuristic pastoral that blurred the boundaries between nature and technology, a setting fitting for a collection titled “Super Nature,” which explored the relationship between clothing, landscape, and survival. Ghesquière’s starting point was simple yet expansive: if nature is the greatest designer, what happens when fashion begins to follow its logic? The answer came through silhouettes and materials shaped by the environments that historically demanded them—mountains, forests, and plains, all reimagined through Vuitton’s hyper-crafted lens.

Louis Vuitton Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear. Courtesy of Louis Vuitton

There was something nomadic about the collection. Not in a literal sense, but in the way garments suggested movement through different climates and terrains. Shearling outerwear, felted textures, and voluminous capes appeared alongside leather jackets and fitted bodysuit-like jumpsuits, creating a wardrobe that looked built for travel rather than a single destination. Some looks leaned into folklore: cone-shaped hats, cowbells, and woolly layers that evoked mountain traditions. Others pushed toward something more futuristic, where technology and craft collided.

Ghesquière described the collection as a kind of “anthropology of fashion,” and that idea was evident in the way references were layered together. Traditional dress—shaped over generations by climate and labor—appeared abstracted rather than replicated. Patchwork rompers nodded to folk garments, while sculptural capes extended dramatically from the shoulders like protective armor. Long-john-style jumpsuits hugged the body beneath cropped leather jackets, and candy-wrapper rain capes flared outward in glossy color.

Louis Vuitton Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear. Courtesy of Louis Vuitton

Texture also played a starring role. Animal-inspired motifs surfaced across canvas and denim, while leather flowers bloomed across coats and dresses in sculptural appliqués. The garments often looked as though they had been assembled through a kind of sartorial collage, bringing together disparate materials into something unexpectedly cohesive. That collage-like approach extended to the technical side of the collection too: buttons that resembled minerals, heels shaped like antlers, and leather treated to mimic wood grain.

If the clothes occasionally veered toward the theatrical, the accessories grounded the collection firmly in Louis Vuitton’s DNA. Bags appeared sleek and deliberate against the layered clothing. A standout moment came with the return of the Noé bag, revived in its original 1932 proportions and colorway.

Louis Vuitton Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear. Courtesy of Louis Vuitton

For Ghesquière, nature wasn’t just a backdrop but a blueprint. The collection proposed a new kind of folklore where ancient survival instincts meet contemporary technology, and where craft is enhanced rather than replaced by innovation.

By the time the final look disappeared into the sci-fi forest, the message was clear: touching grass might be Fall 2026’s defining runway trend. From Hermès’ moss-covered set to Miu Miu’s forest-floor staging, designers this season seemed united by a simple idea—going outside.

Scroll down to discover some of our favorite looks from the collection.

Louis Vuitton Fall 2026 Ready-to-Wear. Courtesy of Louis Vuitton

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