Everything Worth Seeing at Paris Fashion Week

Tweed is intrinsically woven into Chanel’s DNA. Therefore, for the atelier’s fall/winter 2022 collection, creative director Virginie Viard gave us an ode to its iconic textile. From the Grand Palais Éphémère upholstered in the colors of Scotland’s River Tweed to a catwalk dedicated to the Scottish Highlands, tweed was everywhere. Models were swathed in cozy marled knits, suits were loose and topped with fleece jackets, and bar jackets were styled with over-the-knee wellies. The casual approach to dressing is one we welcome with open arms.

For Louis Vuitton, youth has always been a point of reference. But for this collection, it was the source. According to this season’s press notes, creative director Nicolas Ghesquière aimed to capture the “special moment that belongs to the formative years, the ones that forge character […] The impermanence and beautiful volatility of adolescence.” The idealism is captured in loose, unexpected silhouettes, as if you pulled each outfit from a pile of clothes found on the floor of a teenager’s bedroom. There’s careless mismatching of gowns with rugby shirts and ties you (probably) stole from your dad’s closet. Beyond the clothes, the casting of SAG winner Hoyeon Jung drives the point home⁠—a prime example of the sartorial vision of tomorrow. As Ghesquière notes, “The collection is dedicated to youth, in hopes that it can keep the unresolved poetry of adolescence like a flawless garment.”