A leading voice in defining femininity in fashion, Chloé has long been appreciated for its soft, flowing sillhouttes, which offered a welcome escape from the stiff, constraining styles characteristic of haute couture at the time of its inception. Since its earliest fashion show, in which Chloé unveiled a collection for the spring and summer seasons of 1958, a spirited sartorial sensibility has defined its ethos. Nearly seven decades later, the Chloé Spring 2027 collection continues the tradition, reimagining feminine fashion and reconnecting with an essential chapter from the brand’s past.

In the 1990s, Edward Sexton, an iconic British Savile Row designer, joined Chloé as a tailoring expert. Recognized for instilling strong proportions into the traditional tailoring silhouettes of the time—and for dressing The Beatles and Mick Jagger—Sexton's imprint on men’s tailoring and dressing endured far beyond the 70s and 80s. Placing Chloé’s spirited, feminine sensuality in conversation with more traditional tailoring, this latest wardrobe nods to this very collaboration,

The collection paints an unrestrained picture of femininity, in which softness and structure, innocence and sensuality, discipline and spontaneity, tenderness and strength intermingle. The wardrobe features sophisticated small hourglass jackets, micro riding coats, and elongated jackets, and pairs mélange wool and white pinstripes with lace-up waistcoats, cropped lingerie tops, and delicate flou pieces. The recurring lingerie staples nod to the collection’s emphasis on interiority, exploring how our emotional and aesthetic sensibilities inform one another. The satin, garment-dyed, and lace-encrusted fabrics are anchored by thick gold ornamentation, which lends technical depth and definition but also embody the collection’s intrinsically layered nature. In each piece, sensuality is somehow both unbridled and understated, evoking an empowered, multifaceted vision of femininity.

There is an overwhelming feminine sensibility at play in the images, as the models—Alexa Chung, Jessica Miller, Bruna Souza, Ella Valensi, Tong Tong Chen, Greta Hellborg, Gertrud Rose, and Clementine Murphy—occupy and define their space, donning long, untethered hair and frilly necklines, clad in ballet flats and a light pastel color palette. Photographed by Brianna Cappozi, the wardrobe appears against pale backdrops and on languid bodies, evoking ease and an angelic intimacy. At times reminiscent of frames from Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides—that picture the young Lisbon sisters piled on their bedroom floor—the photographs probe femininity in a similar way, speaking to its enigmatic emotional depths, inscrutable from the outside looking in.

Diving into interiority, Chloé reveals a wardrobe that embodies the richness it contains. The collection can be understood broadly as a testament to femininity’s depth, conceived as cavernous, complex, even profoundly contradictory.

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