Nicolas Ghesquière proposes a new uniform, deconstructing at-home wear to build a portable environment of comfort and self-assurance.
Summary
- For Spring 2026, Louis Vuitton proposes that the ultimate destination is not a place, but a state of mind. The collection is a wardrobe for the woman who has found her ‘home’.
- The soundtrack, featuring Cate Blanchett reading lyrics from Talking Heads’ “This Must Be the Place.”
- By deconstructing at-home wear into a new form of public uniform, the house recasts luxury as a radical sense of self-possession.
While the rest of fashion chases the next destination, Louis Vuitton has decided to stay home. Nicolas Ghesquière has long explored the mythology of the journey, for Spring 2026, he proposed a startlingly quiet destination: home. The show’s entire thesis was delivered through the voice of Cate Blanchett reading lyrics from David Byrne: “Home is where I want to be, but I guess I’m already there.” This was not a soundtrack, it was a statement.
The clothes explored the architecture of the private sphere, taking the vocabulary of the boudoir and rebuilding it as a kind of gentle shielding for the outside world. Silk pajama sets were cut with the discipline of a pantsuit, their slouch retaining a sense of intent. Coats fell with the ease of a dressing gown but were constructed to hold their own space. This was not about performative comfort or the lazy trope of wearing sleepwear outdoors. It was a rigorous study in translating the feeling of being at home into a tangible, wearable form. The resulting garments act as a portable environment, a personal atmosphere carried from room to room, city to city.
The style here is not for the benefit of the café table or the street-style photographer. It is an internal state made external. It argues that true chic is not about what you project, but about what you no longer need to. The setting, a curated apartment blending centuries of design, supported this. It was the space of a person with a point of view.
Byrne’s lyrics speak of a love song to a specific, settled place. The clothes do the same. They are for a woman who is not searching for her identity, but is inhabiting it. The Louis Vuitton woman does not need a wardrobe of different costumes for different roles because she only has one role: herself.
