Louis Gabriel Nouchi can make anything sexy – even a gory sci-fi horror. Staying true to his signature method of building collections around literary and cinematic references, the French designer turned to the Alien franchise as his source of inspiration for Fall/Winter 2026.
Rather than leaning into a literal homage to Ridley Scott’s 1979 cult classic, Nouchi drew from the emotions the film stirred in him as a child: pure terror, tinged with fascination. Forbidden from watching Alien with his parents, he instead absorbed it through the muffled sounds drifting from the living room. That half-heard experience ignited his imagination and sparked an obsession with what he could not see. When he finally watched the films years later, their visuals only deepened his fixation on the franchise’s extraterrestrial mythology.
The show opened with one of Nouchi’s signatures: a sharp-shouldered grey suit, immediately subverted by a black headpiece obscuring the face. The piece recalled the saga’s infamous facehugger, the parasitic creature that latches onto its victims. As the collection unfolded, this motif reappeared in another headpiece, this time crafted from braided hair.
Several looks echoed the utilitarian spirit of Sigourney Weaver’s iconic boiler suit. A graphite ensemble paired a lightweight bomber with loose, unbelted cargo trousers, while a cropped cream fleece was styled with short shorts and a glimpse of LGN’s cult underwear line. Bare legs highlighted the footwear of the season: Bunny boots rendered in military beige and black.
The film’s viscous predators were also woven into the wardrobe. Their presence surfaced through glossy latex accents that coated wide ties, oversized trench coats and darkroom-ready trousers – garments that gleamed with the same unsettling allure as the creatures that inspired them.
Words by Martin Onufrowicz
