Spring-Summer 2027 menswear: The planet is burning

According to France 24, this week's menswear shows for spring and summer twenty twenty-seven reveal designers grappling with existential questions. From Yohji Yamamoto's sun-scorched silhouettes to Issey Miyake's meditation on shadow and Jeanne Friot's political indictments, the message is clear: as populism threatens freedom of expression, fashion can no longer stay silent. Even the Saudi-born label KML is dismantling Western dress codes. The Institut Français de la Mode is pushing its students beyond conventional boundaries. Across the runways, designers are asking the same urgent question: what does fashion propose for a livable future?

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