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OnlyFans and Ridley Scott, the provocative inspirations behind Louis Gabriel Nouchi’s show
After presenting his previous collection in the unusual format of an animated film, Louis Gabriel Nouchi returns to the runway for the Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show that remains true to his aesthetic. The French designer unveils a collaboration both provocative and unexpected.
A Louis Gabriel Nouchi show inspired by Ridley Scott’s film Alien
In the wake of his erotic-fantasy universe, Louis Gabriel Nouchi unveils a Fall/Winter 2026-2027 collection with bold and rather unusual inspirations. As the first silhouettes appear on the runway, the Parisian designer’s influences begin to emerge. Titled “Alien,” his new wardrobe is a reference to Ridley Scott’s 1979 cult film of the same name. “As a child, I wasn’t allowed to watch Alien on television. I could only hear it from my bedroom. The music. The screams. […] That’s where the terror began. Sonic, invisible, obsessive. I had nightmares of those sounds for years,” the designer stated.
Then came the memories of a teenager who was finally allowed to see what had long been forbidden. He discovered Sigourney Weaver’s outfits, Hans Ruedi Giger’s universe and horror tangled with a strange kind of sensuality. The aesthetic shock was so powerful that it shaped part of the future designer’s psyche. Today, his signature aesthetic is driven by the tension between fear and desire: “Sex is a danger, a shower is a trap, and pleasure is a threat,” he concludes.
OnlyFans teams up with LGN for his Fall/Winter 2026-2027 collection
These inspirations manifest through a series of masks, stocking-like hoods covering the head and hidding the face to embody the so-called facehugger creature from the film Alien. As for the Xenomorph, it appears in elongated silhouettes. The tailoring is tight, sleeves are stretched, coats feature wide and imposing shoulders. The body is exaggerated, distorted—it becomes an object of illusion and fantasy. Fantasies to which Louis Gabriel Nouchi directly alludes, evoking the forbidden, dangerous, and mysterious nature of sexuality in Ridley Scott’s thriller, and drawing from these contradictions.
A back here, a belly there, flannel blending with latex, slick, glossy fabrics looking both like skin and leather… An idea that Louis Gabriel Nouchi takes to the extreme by unveiling a collaboration with OnlyFans, featuring underwear and tank tops. The platform’s erotic reputation borders on pornography, in order to “dive deeper into territories dear to the brand. An intensified sensuality, revamped fetishism, the eroticism of all body types,” the designer shared.
