The Vivienne Westwood Spring-Summer 2027 Collection

For Spring - Summer ‘27, we continue to ruminate on a fetishisation of Englishness, the banal eroticised. Photographed between intimate interiors and open landscapes, we referred to our idea of ‘boudoir’ as a state of mind: a space of intimacy, self-expression and transformation. We began with ‘Vive La Bagatelle’: “It’s about flirting… a trifle, a nothing, a ribbon: a bow tied prettily and easily undone. The collection is made up of tailoring and flou.” ~Vivienne Westwood, Spring/Summer ‘97 An expansion of our classic Sunday and Monday silhouettes, draped at the décolletage and pinched at the waist in shirts and mini dresses. Hidden corsetry and knitwear strain as if to contain the body within. Prints of ripe grapes, bouquets of magnolia and a cornucopia of ginghams and deckchair stripes feel Dionysian in their abundance, a Grecian through-line to drapery. Tailoring for all – classic or baroque and asymmetrical. Pinstripes are worn with Paw Slingbacks, toe imprints pressed into the leather: eroticism in uniform. Loose-knit hemp and cotton, barely-there georgette, thigh-skimming shorts and clouds of artisanal Cluny lace. For men, refined eveningwear drapes toga-like and bondage straps return on technical outerwear. Drunken Trainers in distressed white leather, Argyle knit, duffle bags and twill scarves: twisted boarding-school staples. Black underscores the collection with dramatic taffeta eveningwear, cady and crepe jersey - a vision of Madame X (John Singer Sargent).