Inside Louis Vuitton's Moss-Covered 'Neolandscape' at the Louvre

Louis Vuitton closed out Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2026 inside the Cour Carrée of the Louvre, where womenswear artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière staged the collection within a moss-covered "neolandscape" designed by production designer Jeremy Hindle, best known for building the uncannily precise sets of Apple TV's Severance.

Artificial hills transformed the historic courtyard into a surreal pastoral set, with extreme shoulders, textured tweeds and sculptural leather details evoking garments shaped by exposure to wind, rain and rugged terrain Ghesquière's own description of an "anthropological study" into universal folklore, the idea that clothing can unite people of different backgrounds. The collection's wellspring was history rather than fantasy alone: Ghesquière drew directly on the story of the brand's founder's first journey as a young man from the Jura Mountains to Paris in 1854, translating that voyage into mountain-mode silhouettes, highland imagery and furry hat accessories.

Critics called it the most original collection shown by any billion-euro-plus brand across the entire fashion month, calling it Vuitton's own "victory travels" moment a fitting close to a season defined by houses looking backward into their own archives for forward momentum.