Fashion Show Summer 2027 | ISABEL MARANT

Isabel Marant Women’s Summer 2027 Show by Creative Director Kim Bekker The Isabel Marant Summer 2027 collection began in Los Angeles, when Creative Director Kim Bekker came across photographer Sam Haskins’s images of women taken in the 1960s; dressed or undressed, they were seductively shot in layer upon layer of hazy light, yet with the women’s strength and sensuality very much evident. That contrast shaped Bekker’s thinking for Summer 2027: an emphasis on airy, light dressing but grounded in pure, clear, confident shapes. Each and every look has been elevated with artisanal handcrafted techniques—vintage-like embroideries, sprinkled with rhinestones, beads gently weighting fragile silk—and fabrics with the love-worn patina of life, yet always with this strong, graphic sensibility. For Summer 2027 the adorned meets the unadorned: tees and board shorts but in delicate lace and antique tablecloth linen; bold, round-shouldered white or black cotton sculpted blazers, over brooch-pinned swimsuits and macrame knit tubular skirts, or shorts dusted with sequins; and, more macrame knit, in the form of a slinky backless dress, or capri pants with a voluminous paper-thin black leather blouson. Clothes are put together in a fresh way, with an emphasis on layering, whether it’s how it’s worn, or how it’s constructed: a leather halter top or a draped chiffon vest over loose shirts; short, floaty dresses, meanwhile, in layers of hand-drawn, sun-faded floral and paisley prints –in part i