Emma Stone gives the '90s jean a chic upgrade at Louis Vuitton's Paris dinner
Emma Stone has touched down in Paris for the last days of fashion week, and her first outing is a studied argument for the '90s jean. The two-time Oscar winner stepped out for a private dinner hosted by Louis Vuitton last night in a gray buttoned-up jacket and straight-leg, medium-wash denim — polished on top, easy on the bottom.
The '90s formula, remixed
The jacket was the headline: a structured, gray style covered in a subtle paisley print that read perfectly for a night out in the City of Light. Rather than reach for tailored trousers, Stone dressed it down with straight-leg medium-wash jeans. As Vogue senior fashion and style writer Christian Allaire put it, the denim is "reminiscent of the kind you'd see back in the '90s: simple, sleek, and totally meant to fly under-the-radar in an outfit." The whole thing reads like a springtime Paris uniform — crisp up top, easy through the legs.
Her accessories doubled down on the decade. Vogue notes Stone's strappy black sandals were "the shoe of the '90s," while her simple squared Louis Vuitton bag — carried on a dainty shoulder strap — could easily have been on-trend thirty years ago. Together the pieces nod to the past without the look ever reading as retro.
The timing is no coincidence. Stone is a longtime Louis Vuitton ambassador in town ahead of the house's spring 2027 show tomorrow — if she's going to do one thing as an LV loyalist, it's sit front row to see Nicolas Ghesquière's latest collection. The dinner was the label's warm-up the night before.
The thing to watch is that front row. Vogue is expecting something "a little more dialed up" than this understated dinner look — Stone has a habit of pulling out standout LV dresses on red carpets, and Paris Fashion Week is exactly the stage for one.