A Star-Studded Send-Off to the Season
Paris Fashion Week saved some of its biggest names for last. Saoirse Ronan joined Zendaya and Emma Stone for Louis Vuitton's closing show on Tuesday, as creative director Nicolas Ghesquière transformed the historic Cour Carrée of the Louvre into a surreal racetrack for his Spring/Summer 2027 collection — a finale that was as much about the audience as it was about the clothes.
Ronan turned heads in a patchwork mini skirt, a chunky red knit and sky-high heels, cutting a striking figure in the open-air courtyard setting. French first lady Brigitte Macron was also among those seated front row, alongside Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku, Chloë Grace Moretz, Chloë Sevigny, Rivals actress Bella Maclean and Jaden Smith.
Zendaya's Pixie and Stone's Teal Moment
Zendaya, a Louis Vuitton brand ambassador, arrived sporting the cropped pixie hairstyle she first debuted at the Emmy Awards in September, while fellow ambassador Emma Stone made her own statement in a plunging teal blazer with matching shorts. Between the three of them, the front row practically constituted a Hollywood press junket.
The French fashion house called the racetrack-inspired set a vision of a "future in suspension" — fitting for a designer who has spent much of his career mixing references to the past with a science fiction-esque approach to what clothes might look like next.
Ghesquière's Retro-Futurist Vision
The 48-look SS27 collection opened almost entirely in white — lightweight shift dresses, some sheer enough to reveal another layer beneath, drifting across the outdoor runway. Draped pieces were deliberately pulled off-centre, while shirts and jackets were sliced and folded into asymmetric shapes. Heavy black lace-up brogues grounded the airy opening looks, offering an early hint at the tensions Ghesquière intended to explore.
As the show progressed, the familiar gave way to the fantastical. Models appeared in silver fringed visors covering their eyes, while transparent dresses were scattered with angular, reflective shards in pink, purple and silver — embellishments that resembled broken pieces of a futuristic windscreen. Leather biker jackets arrived in caramel, lemon and dark brown, while Louis Vuitton's iconic monogram was given a motoring makeover across bags and dark brown leather pieces, tying the racetrack concept back into the garments themselves.
Ghesquière, who has led Louis Vuitton womenswear since 2013, has long been celebrated for his retro-futurism, and this collection was perhaps its clearest expression yet: clothes that borrowed from several decades simultaneously while still managing to resist easy placement in any of them.
The Evening Wear Stole the Show
It was the closing evening looks that provided some of the collection's most memorable moments. Long silks and gauzy layers cascaded around the body, with one ivory look embroidered in shimmering detailing and worn over loose matching trousers. Monochrome dresses paired abstract prints with fluid underlayers, and the final run of pieces returned to a stark black-and-white palette — long, loose tailoring and dresses worn over trousers bringing a composed, considered end to a show that had ventured far into the future before finding its way back again.
The house began in 1854 as a trunk-making business, and its founder made his name producing flat-topped trunks that could be stacked for journeys. For SS27, Ghesquière appeared interested in where that journey might go next.
For Ronan, the Louvre outing marks another confident step in her growing fashion-world presence — and in a patchwork skirt and red knit among the season's most polished front rows, she more than held her own.
