Loewe unveils Josef & Anni Albers-informed collection

Loom-woven coats and screen-printed skirts feature in fashion brand Loewe‘s latest collection created in collaboration with the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation.

The Fall Winter 2025 collection, conceptualised by the Spanish fashion house’s creative director Jonathan Anderson, was presented as part of Paris Fashion Week.

Forgoing a more conventional catwalk show, the collection was presented across 17 rooms within the Hôtel de Maisons – a private 18th-century mansion once the residence of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.

According to the fashion house, the work of the mid-century designers Anni Albers and Josef Albers served as the “central inspiration and point of departure” for the collection.

A series of garments and accessories were created using the techniques, patterns and colour palettes in some of Anni Albers’s most iconic works. These included five unlined loom-woven coats with hand-finished detailing, constructed from cotton and wool.

Accessories were also created using Anni Albers weaving technique, including Loewe’s signature Puzzle bag as well as a new design named the Dotted Basket Bag inspired by Albers’s Dotted tapestry.

Additionally, a series of skirts and accessories were based on Josef Albers’s Homage to the Square series.

Displayed among wall-mounted Frank works, Loewe unveiled a series of pleated silk skirts, with screen-printed square and colour block motifs, shown splayed across the floor of Hôtel de Maisons.

Josef Albers’ Homage to the Square series was also referenced across several handbag designs, including Puzzle, Flamenco clutch, Amazona, in intricate beading and block leather.

The brand described the collection as a “scrapbook”, presenting its new designs alongside works from the Loewe’s collection including elements from past shows and campaigns.

Works presented included a giant pumpkin by British artist Anthea Hamilton, which appeared in the Loewe Fall Winter 2022 women’s runway show and a super-sized apple originally created for the Spring Summer 2025 pre-collection campaign.

A collection of mushroom staddle stones were displayed in the gardens of Hôtel de Maisons, which originally featured in the Loewe Chairs exhibition at Salone del Mobile in 2023.

Other fashion collections recently featured on Dezeen include Indian fashion designer Rahul Mishra Paris couture week collection and Montreal-based designer Ying Gao’s collection featuring eye-tracking robotic components.

The photography is courtesy of Loewe.

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