Loewe SS27 at the Château de Vincennes: a two-tier circular arena of white scaffolding by Casper Mueller Kneer, American prep turned inside out, backwards polos, bead-fringed basketball-jersey dresses
The arena put the audience on two levels, looking across and down at a runway that snaked between zigzagging benches, so the clothes passed within a few feet of some seats. "How does this new Loewe language become a wardrobe?" the designers asked in their show notes.
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01LOEWE'S SPRING 2027 SHOW RAN AT THE CHÂTEAU DE VINCENNES, INSIDE A CIRCULAR, TWO-TIER ARENA OF WHITE SCAFFOLDING AND SHEER FABRIC.
02CASPER MUELLER KNEER ARCHITECTS BUILT IT, WITH LONDON'S GLOBE THEATRE AMONG THE REFERENCES.
03FOR THEIR THIRD LOEWE SHOW, JACK MCCOLLOUGH AND LAZARO HERNANDEZ TURNED TO AMERICAN PREP: POLO SHIRTS WORN BACKWARDS, AND BOAT SHOES.
04BASKETBALL JERSEYS BECAME BEAD-FRINGED DRESSES.
05STRIPED JACKETS AND SHIRT DRESSES WERE CUT IN LEATHER SKIVED THIN FOR SUMMER.
06'OUR PERSONAL IDENTITIES, OUR NEW ENGLAND YOUTH, OUR KIND OF '90S SPIRIT,' MCCOLLOUGH SAID.