ECCO.kollektive partners with rising star French designer Louis-Gabriel Nouchi for the spring-summer 2025 collection, which spans footwear, ready-to-wear, and accessories.
Nouchi is part of the fifth intake of designers to join the collaborative project. Contributing talents are invited to merge their vision and creativity with ECCO’s technical skills and knowledge.
Taking the body as a starting point, Nouchi’s collection debuted in his SS25 Paris Fashion Week collection. Harnessing an inherent sensuality that challenges conventional gender norms, high shine, polished leathers are maximised for their versatility.
ECCO.kollektive x Louis-Gabriel Nouchi
ECCO.kollektive x Louis-Gabriel Nouchi
“Our inspiration for this collection delves into the intricate textures of the human body, drawing parallels with the supple shininess and waxy allure of biker leather,” he says. The collection is executed in a strict palette of black, oxblood and pearlescent white.
The slit motif – a signature of Nouchi’s seven-year-old brand – is incorporated throughout the collection. Subtly toying with the language of eroticism flashes of reveal-and-conceal details are found on shoes, bags, including a Tote and Crossbody, and ready-to-wear.
ECCO.kollektive x Louis-Gabriel Nouchi
For footwear, unisex Derby shoes, and a Helsinki loafer have a minimal, ’90s sensibility. Toes are squared and soles gently thickened, the platforms borrowed from archival ECCO shoes. The slash detail again appears on the upper strap of a loafer. Aligning with the innovation integral to ECCO.kollektive, the Truck Lace loafers feature a platform especially developed for Nouchi, drawing inspiration from cars and futurism, via sleek lines.
ECCO.kollektive x Louis-Gabriel Nouchi
ECCO.kollektive x Louis-Gabriel Nouchi
Embracing the technical capabilities of ECCO leather, Nouchi presents pieces that are unexpectedly lightweight. In a collision of the relaxed and the refined, tailored separates – a single-breasted blazer, pants and long-line shorts – are executed in fine biker nappa with a waxy finish.
The dichotomy between the robust and the fine is further explored in the collection’s fluid tank, column dress, shift dress and pencil skirt composed of strips of leather embroidered onto bi-stretch tulle.
by Chidozie Obasi