Loulou de Saison’s Spring–Summer 2026 traces the emotional arc of womanhood, not as a linear evolution, but as a terrain shaped by rupture, reinvention, and return. A study in how femininity refines itself through time, and how maturity is formed not only in grace but in the shadow it casts.

At the heart of the collection are two cinematic portraits whose characters embody elegance, selfhood, and the sentimental complexity of our inner lives. Audrey Hepburn’s role in Two for the Road (1967) is a masterclass in duality. Her character evokes a spirit of lightness with a touch of cynicism, a smooth façade veiling something more fractured underneath. A tender melancholy set against the picturesque road to the south of France.

This tension unfolds in a series of airy silhouettes that seem to float but are held together by sharpness. Short, tailored trousers and crisp poplin shirts blend Hepburn’s boyish charm with the ease of summer, but also suggest a quiet refusal to yield. Collarless, cocoon-shaped outerwear, a signature of the Loulou wardrobe, returns with softened volume, reimagined as a form of quiet protection. Elegance as resistance, garments taking over where words and emotions might have failed us.

Following this thread, the season moves into Io Sono L’Amore (2009) where Tilda Swinton plays Emma, a woman cloaked in Milanese luxury. Her cold composed exterior gradually gives way to something more raw and real, offering a quiet response to the collection’s first act, but always grounded within the Loulou de Saison framework: “You can transport the whole story into a hotel particulier in Paris and it would still make sense,” notes Creative Director Chloé Harrouche.

Here, structures sharpen further, deepening with a tactile approach to materials: tailored separates in ostrich-effect leather, hefty satin the base of boxy evening jackets, buttery suede expertly cut into roomy overcoats. The purity of lines and a restraint on the palette, the collection channels a descent into our sense of self: deliberate, intimate, and pared back.