By THOMAS ADAMSONAP Fashion WriterPARIS (AP) — Screaming fans jammed the gates before the Louvre pyramid, blocking entrances and snarling traffic. His Spring–Summer 2026 collection fused past and present, with corseted waists, Juliette sleeves, tubular arms, giant silk turbans. The storytelling dazzles in scenes rather than as one arc: Pierrot styles, Ottoman trousers and silk turbans landed like vivid chapters, not always a single book. On this sunny Paris day, the Louvre wasn’t about one masterpiece on a wall. It was a moving one — Vuitton at full power, arguing that fashion can be both spectacle and a “manifesto of individuality.”