The Loom

Qatar Museums will show ERDEM: About Time, About Her at M7 in Doha from October 27 to December 26: more than 150 pieces by British-Turkish designer Erdem Moralioglu, including garments, sketches and atelier materials, shown alongside paintings, sculpture and decorative arts from the Museum of Islamic Art. It is curated by Olivier Gabet of the Louvre. "I have always been fascinated by the capacity of clothing to hold the trace of a person, a place or a moment in time," Moralioglu said.

Beyti Beytak (My Home Is Your Home), first shown at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, comes to Doha's Fahad bin Ali Palace from October 26 to May 29, 2027, expanded with a new commission by Iraqi architect Ola Znad and archival research on Doha's urbanization. It brings together more than 40 architects and designers from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, including Raj Rewal, Nayyar Ali Dada, Abeer Seikaly and Minnette de Silva, and reflects on the legacy of Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy.

Design Pataki Foundation is presenting The India Show at the inaugural Kyoto YouMe Triennale, at Jushin Kaikan in Kyoto from October 9 to 18, with support from India's Ministry of Culture. Under the theme "The Future Is Handmade," five practitioners (Sarita Handa, Ajay Arya, Dheerna Matsubara, Bijin Davis and Canna Patel) show textiles, furniture, architecture, interiors and ceramics. The report comes from the organizer's own publication.

With Paris at 28°C (82°F) during Fashion Week, guests skipped the new autumn coats for sleeveless tops, and coats were scarce at Louis Vuitton's show, Reuters reports. Warmer autumns delay demand for coats, which are typically higher-margin, leaving retailers at risk of excess stock and markdowns and of shoppers waiting for Black Friday. Former Zara executive Pau Almar, now a retail consultant, says the time for selling coats "has shifted later" and retailers will sell more transitional layers. Louis Vuitton's Nicolas Ghesquière said record heatwaves had a "strong influence" on his thin, airy new collection.

Nicolas Ghesquière showed Louis Vuitton's spring/summer 2027 collection, titled "ERGONOMIE," in the Louvre courtyard on October 6, the last day of Paris Fashion Week, on a set of flying cars painted in the brand's Damier check. The press notes describe design "fundamentally shaped by the conditions, capabilities, and movement of the human body," and SCMP describes a turn toward simplicity and lightness amid warming weather. It came days after President Macron made Ghesquière a knight of the Légion d'honneur.