Station platforms. The departing train. The ticking of the clock that marks the wait. The last handshake before farewell or the first embrace of a new encounter. The thrill of discovery and the nostalgia of returning. The Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter 2025-2026 collection lands in a symbolic station, a crossroads of emotions, where the journey becomes the leitmotif of a stylistic narrative full of meanings.
A tribute to the history of travel and elegance
Louis Vuitton has always been synonymous with travel. Since its founding in 1854, the Maison has written iconic pages in the history of luxury, accompanying generations of travellers with its trunks, suitcases and accessories. The new collection is part of this tradition, evoking the golden age of railways and the emotion of great journeys.
The set chosen for the presentation is L'Étoile du Nord, an imaginary station that embodies the charm of nineteenth-century travel. Here, each look tells a story: the departure full of expectations, the return full of memories, the mystery of strangers who cross their destinies between one carriage and another.
L'Express: the new icon of leather goods
The collection also celebrates the Maison's pivotal role in the history of luxury luggage. Louis Vuitton reinterprets its heritage through a new offering of soft bags, inspired by the famous Keepall. Among them, the L'Express stands out, a model with refined lines and delicate shades, designed for the modern traveler seeking practicality and elegance.
Fashion meets music: the collaboration with Kraftwerk
Beyond the celebration of travel, the Fall-Winter 2025-2026 collection marks a striking marriage between fashion and music. Louis Vuitton has collaborated with the legendary Kraftwerk, pioneers of electronic music whose impact continues to inspire the contemporary music scene. The iconic album cover Trans Europe Express appears on some pieces of the collection, paying homage to a work that redefined the concept of movement and modernity.
The essence of travel, between adventure and enchantment, is therefore reinterpreted in a contemporary key through fabrics, silhouettes and details that evoke the dynamism of European metropolises, the fluidity of time and the timeless charm of departures.
«The starting idea was precisely a train station with its evocative power», he says Nicolas Ghesquière. «A place that brings to mind scenes from films from Casablanca to Harry Potter, from The Hunger Games to Murder on the Orient Express».
Conclusion: a journey between emotions and style
With the Fall-Winter 2025-2026 collection, Louis Vuitton writes a new chapter in its history, celebrating travel in all its facets. The imaginary station of L'Étoile du Nord becomes the stage for a story that mixes nostalgia and innovation, tradition and contemporaneity, fashion and music. A journey that, as always, is much more than a journey: it is an experience, an emotion, a way of life.
