Zendaya, Emma Stone, and a Star-Studded Front Row Close Out Paris Fashion Week at Louis Vuitton’s SS27 Show

In the fast-moving, cyclical world of contemporary fashion, elaborate custom looks are frequently worn just once before being unceremoniously discarded, with stars and their stylists quickly moving on to the next major designer on the rack. Except, of course, when the star in question is Zendaya. On the final evening of Paris Fashion Week, as the acclaimed American actor made her way across the historic cobblestones of the Cour Carrée toward the Louvre for Louis Vuitton’s latest runway presentation, she cut a familiar yet striking lily-white figure.

Earlier this summer, Zendaya had tapped Louis Vuitton creative director Nicolas Ghesquière to design a bespoke look for The Odyssey press tour—an intricate white lace dress paired with a voluminous, matching bolero jacket featuring dramatic, folded lapels reminiscent of an Elizabethan ruff. Arriving at the label’s SS27 show, Zendaya demonstrated true sartorial resourcefulness by swapping out the dress for a classic combination of blue jeans and a white vest, while smartly re-layering the look with Ghesquières striking lace bolero. It was a masterclass in high-low styling and sustainable wardrobe recycling on the world’s most visible red carpet.

True to form for Louis Vuitton’s blockbuster Paris Fashion Week presentations, Zendaya was joined by an illustrious gathering of famous faces, including fellow house ambassadors Emma Stone, who opted for a clean, understated aesthetic in a sharp cobalt blazer and matching shorts, and Saoirse Ronan, who debuted blunt baby bangs while rocking vibrant, color-blocked knitwear. K-pop icon Lisa also commanded attention from the front row, wearing a textured, playful frou-frou top paired with a sleek leather miniskirt.

Beyond the core roster of house ambassadors, the front row featured a diverse mix of cinematic and musical talent. Adults star Owen Thiele made his highly anticipated Louis Vuitton debut, while Sinners actress Wunmi Mosaku arrived wrapped in an elegant camel cape. Actors Sophie Turner and Sophie Thatcher reinforced their status as quintessential Ghesquière muses, and cinematic royalty Catherine Deneuve added a touch of timeless, classic French elegance to the proceedings.

Completing the star-studded front row were Yoonchae Jeung and Daniela Avanzini of the pop group Katseye, marking their own debut appearances for the luxury French house. Following sightings of bandmates Lara Raj and Megan Skiendiel at the Loewe presentation earlier in the weekend, the appearance signaled a strategic divide-and-conquer approach by the rising pop stars to cover the season’s premier shows.

On the runway, Nicolas Ghesquière approached the spring-summer 2027 season with notably gentler brushstrokes than his previous collections. While his ready-to-wear outing last season leaned heavily into the ruggedness of the natural world through hulking silhouettes and craggy, earth-toned textures, this evening’s runway opened with a series of light, gossamer garments. Airy dresses, delicate skirts, and fluid shirts fluttered softly in the crisp Parisian breeze, establishing an immediate sense of lightness.

According to the official show notes distributed immediately afterward, the foundational principle of the collection was "the ergonomic"—a notion of design fundamentally shaped by the conditions, capabilities, and movement of the human body.

True to Ghesquières reputation for exploring the aesthetics of tomorrow, the collection was subsequently populated by subtle, sophisticated nods to futurism. Space-age suiting and reflective shades appeared alongside shift dresses inlaid with shimmering silver lamé foil. Elaborately ruffled, tentacle-like details on tailored coats hinted at imaginative visions of life beyond Earth, while pieces of layered diamond-patterned fabric and beaded fringe headpieces offered a distinct gesture toward retrofuturism.

As Ghesquière’s future-facing garments swept across the historic Cour Carrée, the setting for the presentation was thrown into sharper relief. The runway constructed for the models had been carefully designed to resemble a modern highway, while the geometric shapes of Damier Check hovercars—suspended at varying heights on sleek metal stilts—were dotted dynamically across the space.

Describing the ambitious staging, the fashion house noted that Louis Vuitton imagined a surreal runway punctuated by suspended concept cars as an intentional invitation to consider travel beyond the paths already taken. At the crossroads of classical architecture and an imagined future, the set offered a surreal evocation of Louis Vuitton’s historic and ongoing Art of Travel.