Given its position as the largest entities in the fashion industry, it comes as no surprise that Louis Vuitton and all it offers become conversation points that move, unite and divide the community. From the very beginning, naysayers have questioned the legitimacy of the Pharrell’s vision as someone without formal training in fashion, critical of his approach that relies heavily on concepts (peep the Western influences of Fall Winter 2024 and the South Asian sartorial references that guide Spring Summer 2026). Fans who have followed his illustrious career, however, give him his roses for successfully introducing the Maison to an even wider range of audience, embedding Louis Vuitton within the zeitgeist by bridging the worlds of music, entertainment and fashion closer. Having successfully demonstrated commercial appeal across collector-worthy statement pieces and high-profile ambassadorships, Fall Winter 2026 feels like a return to home — back to all that matters most. 

With a pair of tan leather room slippers as the show invite, Pharrell invited guests to approach the collection with the idea of home as a shelter and a starting point that is free of pretence. Designed in collaboration with Japanese architectural firm Not A Hotel, a glasshouse featuring pieces of Homework  — a series of furniture crafted to highlight its human touch, as seen by the raw forms and uneven surfaces — becomes the focal point of the set, complete with a manicured Japanese-style garden. As models shuffled in and out of the stark house, it became apparent that this collection may be considered Vuitton’s most modest, by Pharrell’s standards.

Compared to the highly-themed fanfares of the past, there is a near-ascetic type of frankness the looks presented. Your eyes meet the clothes first before the mind wanders off to connect the dots with a familiar pop culture reference. The monogram just as present as ever — materialised in a glow-in-the-dark Speedy P9, and in a leather-like silk-nylon blend, boasting water-repellency and anti-wrinkle capabilities. At Vuitton, the suit, too is a mainstay as dandyism continues to evolve beyond displays of formality. The aforementioned frankness manifests as an unabashed display of luxury, while rooted in the utilitarian nature of menswear: a classic T-shirt crafted with vicuña, and trench coats adorned with hand-embroidered crystals that resemble raindrops. 

In fashion, there is almost an innate desire to over-intellectualise designs — in hopes for a hidden agenda or a subliminal message that is woven between the seams. This, however, presents a precocious notion that implies anything too literal as lacking value or purpose. For a collection that hopes to endure, rather than expire, as the show notes expresses, perhaps the goal was to embody what its audience truly cares about beyond the fanfare: clothes that bear practical and emotional benefits, even if it means signalling prestige. Playing devil’s advocate, could the enduring appeal of the Maison be associated with a lack of need to overcomplicate its offerings? At home, one no longer needs to pretend to be something they are not.

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