Chloé’s new Resort 2027 collection under creative director Chemena Kamali puts sharp tailoring at the center of a house best known for its softness. Presented as a lookbook shot in Paris rather than a runway show, the pre-spring lineup quietly resets what a Chloé woman can wear between city office days and holiday trips.
Kamali describes her process as “super instinctive,” led by what she feels and what has not been shown yet. For Resort 2027, that instinct takes her back to the late ’90s, when Stella McCartney invited Savile Row legend Edward Sexton into the Chloé atelier, and brings that history into a wardrobe that mixes suits, lingerie slips and balletic skirts with a subtle British twist.
Tailoring Returns To Chloé’s Resort Lineup
The core of Chloé Resort 2027 is a new tailoring story. Kamali revisits the house’s McCartney era and Sexton’s influence, then softens it for today with light construction and feminine lines. Double and single-breasted jackets come with a slight hourglass shape, elongated through the body so they skim rather than box in the frame. Pants sit higher on the waist, cut to lengthen the leg with a hint of ’70s flare.
Menswear checks are recolored into powdery pastels, including a standout windowpane blazer streaked with purple, worn not with trousers but with a floating ballet skirt to keep things relaxed. Waistcoats encourage a full three-piece suit, yet Kamali insists that “the layering is so important, and the proportion play is so important,” building in styling flexibility from the sketch stage. She notes that Chloé already has “a huge fan base of women coming to buy our perfectly cut pants and tailored jackets and suits,” and this collection gives that customer even more structure without losing ease.
Lingerie, Ballet Skirts and the British “Vintage Girl” Mood
Against the precision of the suiting, Kamali doubles down on lingerie-for-day and the airy flou that anchors Chloé’s identity. Slip dresses and tanks with lacy décolleté appear on mannequins as everyday pieces, not just evening looks. An azure blue slip is garment-dyed so different fabrics take the color in their own way, a detail the designer relishes. All the trims are uniquely developed for Chloé each season, turning them into small “collectible items” for devoted clients.
Soft, pleated skirts with balletic volume keep movement in the collection and echo Chloé’s romantic past. Kamali likes “the contrast between the precision of the tailoring and the sensuality, the romanticism of lingerie,” and shades that tension with a quiet British accent. Checks and heritage references nod to what she calls “this British way of mixing heritage pieces; these vintage-loving girls that dress in a more playful, spontaneous way.” You see it in suits broken up with a ruffled blouse instead of a shirt, or a chunky, bib-like necklace in place of a waistcoat.
Accessories sharpen that attitude and give an accessible entry point into the collection. There are ballerina flats dotted with lingerie buttons, satin bedroom mules, and pumps finished with chains and charms. Jewelry runs from sculptural cut-out shapes to replica club rings, and Kamali even spells out Chloé across a set of golden rings and as buttons on a cozy multicolor cashmere cardigan. For a non-runway drop, it is a wide range, designed to build loyalty before a client commits to full ready-to-wear when pieces start landing in boutiques and online from November 2026.
A Lookbook Built on Female Energy and Casting Power
Instead of a catwalk, Kamali chose a lookbook shot inside Chloé’s Paris headquarters by photographer Brianna Capozzi. The images put a contemporary gloss on Deborah Turbeville’s atmospheric, almost ghostly fashion stories, trading spectacle for intimacy. Kamali speaks of “amazing female energy” on set, with Jessica Miller and Alexa Chung joined by six younger models who each interpret the mood differently, whether in a duster trench with a detachable lapel or a simple tank with lace at the neckline.
For the modeling world, Chloé Resort 2027 is a visibility play disguised as a quiet pre-collection. Alexa Chung reads as the embodiment of the British, vintage-loving Chloé girl the clothes suggest, while Jessica Miller connects the imagery back to the early-2000s era when the brand’s bohemian runway defined a generation. For the newer faces in the cast, appearing alongside them in a tightly edited luxury lookbook can be as valuable as a runway slot, putting their names in front of casting directors, stylists and clients months before the Spring 2027 shows.
