The Louis Vuitton Spring-Summer 2027 Men’s Pre-Collection is called Whatever the Weather, and the title is the brief. Men’s Creative Director Pharrell Williams has designed a wardrobe for a man who lives between continents and capitals and never knows what the forecast will bring. Louis Vuitton describes it as one suitcase packed for changing climates and changing dress codes, where refinement meets resilience.
Rain is the thread that runs through it. Williams, who often returns to nature in his work for the house, takes the culture of rainwear and turns it into the collection’s language, from fishermen’s slickers to bags that look as if they have come through a storm. The campaign was photographed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch. Here is the collection, chapter by chapter, in the order Louis Vuitton presents it.
Monogram Reporter: Weathered Canvas Meets Suede
The collection’s new signature is the Monogram Reporter, a weathered take on the house canvas inspired by 1980s workwear. Coated canvas is paired with brown suede or leather panels in a look borrowed from old hiking gear. It appears on a blue nylon puffer with debossed Monogram leather shoulders, a reversible orange gilet panelled in suede and a denim workwear set lightly lasered with Monogram. In bags, faded blue and yellow Monogram canvas sits on cognac suede bases with VVT handles and varsity-style tags, across Keepalls, the Nil, the Flaneur, the Christopher and a hard-sided cross-body Trunk.
The Weatherman: Yellow Slickers, Puffers and Tailoring
According to Louis Vuitton, the TV weatherman reporting from the eye of the storm inspired a puffer coat cut from a mini-Monogram jacquard tailoring fabric, so it reads as formal. The fisherman’s yellow slicker comes in shiny calfskin, a shade the house calls a Pharrell Williams favourite, repeated in linings and accessories. A belted business suit loosens up, knit jumpers reverse from cable to Monogram, a fleece blouson packs into its own front pocket, and hoodies, T-shirts and polos are made in cashmere.
Clouded Perception: Louis Vuitton’s Trompe l’Oeil
Unpredictable weather inspired a study in optical illusion. The Trompe L’Oeil Jersey pieces are leather printed to look and feel like grey sweatshirt fabric, on a zipped hoodie, a Keepall 50, a Speedy 30 and a Track backpack. A silver-coated denim jacket looks soaked by rain, a cashmere suit passes for denim, a shaved mink bomber imitates chinchilla and a waffle-knit cardigan pretends to be tweed. Colourful Monogram stitching mimics mending on a hooded jacket and a quarter-zip jumper, and a spongy rubber spray looks like mud splashes on a denim jacket and on the LV Trainer and LV Ranger.
Weather Patterns: a Cartoon Commute and Monogram Flower Field
A cartoon print follows a young businessman through one day: he packs a suitcase in sunny New York, gets caught in a storm and boards a plane to Paris, where the weather has changed again. It is lasered onto a denim work suit and printed on shirts, linings, travel accessories and small leather goods. The Monogram Flower Field motif turns flowers into camouflage on a fleece blouson, a ripstop overshirt and denim trousers. A silk bowling set carries a Speedy Infinity pattern, key-and-lock embroideries nod to the house’s trunk-making heritage, and Surplus Brut denim makes its Monogram seem to fade in and out.
Packing: the Bags of the Spring-Summer 2027 Pre-Collection
The bags carry the theme the furthest. Beyond the Monogram Reporter line, Jersey Trompe L’Oeil bags come in suede printed to look like sweatshirt fabric, and Surplus Brut appears in dark blue denim with a rain-washed fade on the Speedy, Keepall, Nil, Jet Lag and Nano Bastille. A special Keepall 35 in classic Monogram canvas is studded with glossy 3D-printed raindrops and finished with a cloud-printed luggage tag. An umbrella-shaped Monogram canvas bag sums up the whole collection.
Gear: Sunglasses, Hats, Scarves and Charms
LV Lock sunglasses, with their trunk-lock temple detail, arrive in a new Round Square shape, and LV Heritage sunglasses come in crocodile leather. There is a Monogram Reporter cap, a slimmer LV Crush beanie, knitted scarves with Monogram on one side and the collection’s blue and yellow on the other, and a silk foulard with the cartoon print. The sterling silver LV Sailor bracelet returns in bright colours, LV Yours charms add a cap and an umbrella, and the Louis Bear bag charm wears a miniature yellow raincoat.
Footprints: Shoes Built for Bad Weather
The shoes are made for any forecast. The LV Ranger is a lightweight walking boot in black suede, rubber and ripstop on a hiking sole. The LV Drop 300 sneaker gets a fluffy mohair and mesh upper with suede details in many colourways, the LV Titled comes in the Monogram Reporter construction and in Jersey Trompe L’Oeil, and the LV Trainer returns in Monogram Reporter colours, green-and-orange ripstop and the Speedy Infinity print. A mud-effect LV Trainer and LV Ranger look as if they have already walked through a puddle.
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Collection details are as published by Louis Vuitton. All images courtesy of Louis Vuitton.
