Paris fashion week autumn/winter 2023: the highlights — in pictures

Louis Vuitton

Creative director Nicolas Ghesquière’s collection posed the question “What is French style?” – which he answered, in part, as “classicism with a twist”. Artist Philippe Parreno’s installation of a cobbled Paris street, with traffic and clicking heel sound effects, filled the ornate salons at Museum D’Orsay. Models hurried along it, in dresses that stood away from the body, coats that looked like steel, and boots painted to look like pumps. They were carrying tricolore accessories and wearing futuristic light-up eye masks.