At Louis Vuitton’s spring 2026 show, Jaden Smith once again collapsed the line between men’s and women’s codes — this time in block-heel slip-ons trimmed like the house’s Beaubourg boot. The black leather pair was cut low across the vamp, set on a chunky platform sole.
The detailing placed the style in clear conversation with Vuitton’s Beaubourg line, a women’s ankle boot first introduced for fall 2019 and revived in later seasons. Recognizable for its heavy tread and chain-link trim, the Beaubourg has become one of Nicolas Ghesquière’s signatures. Current variations available like the LV Beaubourg Ankle Boot “mixes masculine and feminine codes,” per the design house’s website.
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Smith wore a dark indigo Louis Vuitton denim jacket trimmed in monogram panels, matched to relaxed straight-leg jeans with monogram V-inserts at the knee. He finished with a Louis Vuitton wooden clutch featuring a braided leather handle, plus gold chains and black rectangular sunglasses.
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That streak has become a defining marker of Smith’s Vuitton appearances. At the brand’s cruise 2026 show in Avignon last May, Smith arrived in slouchy women’s button-up boots cut from soft gray fabric. The choice reinforced his tendency to offset tailored menswear with footwear sourced directly from the maison’s women’s line.
It also comes at a pivotal time in his career. Smith was named Christian Louboutin’s first men’s creative director in September, with his debut collection set for January.
The look meshed with Ghesquière’s runway inside the Louvre, where teddy-textured coats, robe-like dresses and plush separates centered on domestic ease. Smith’s shoes, with their Beaubourg echo, linked Vuitton’s archival signatures to the broader shift in fashion toward softer, more intimate codes — while keeping the front row firmly in view.