The root of the collection leans on funky pairings meant to elicit personal responses. Highlighting different variations of travel attire and the characters who would potentially wear them signals the importance of offering audiences clothing created from real-life experiences. Ghesquière succeeds at chasing this ideal.

Just days after an unexploded World War II bomb near Paris' Gare du Nord briefly stole headlines, a different kind of spectacle unfolded across the street: Louis Vuitton’s fashion show extravaganza Monday evening.

"The fall-winter 2025-2026 collection pulls into a station where all emotions converge," the show notes read at Louis Vuitton yesterday. Nicolas Ghesquière, Louis Vuitton's creative director of womenswear since 2013,

The offering was invigorating and intoxicating, full of life and an assortment of idea-packed looks that moved between the highly wearable (see: technical outerwear with subtle Vuitton stamping) and the lushly transportive.

Louis Vuitton’s latest show transformed a Parisian station into a theatrical runway, channelling vintage travel aesthetics. While the vision was striking, some experimental designs risked overshadowing the collection’s narrative.