Liv Tyler and Mel Ottenberg Review Loewe’s New Look

Photos courtesy of Julian Ribeiro.

FRIDAY 11:04 AM OCTOBER 3 2025, PARIS 

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MEL OTTENBERG: All right. I’m here with Liv Tyler backstage at the fucking Loewe show.

LIV TYLER: It’s so exciting. I haven’t been to Paris in a really long time.

OTTENBERG: Okay, welcome.

TYLER: I’ve been in retirement hiding in the mountains of Ojai for a few years growing tangerines and olives.

OTTENBERG: Wow.

TYLER: I’ve become a farmer.

OTTENBERG: In the sunshine?

TYLER: Yes. Though I hide, I wear Wolford turtlenecks and gloves and hats every day.

OTTENBERG: Well, okay. A little history, Liv and I go way back with Jack and Lazaro, the new designers of Loewe.

TYLER: We do.

OTTENBERG: We’re all New Yorkers.

TYLER: We grew up together. And then we did that amazing shoot in Harbour Island with Theo Wenner.

OTTENBERG: Yes, with Theo Wenner for Purple magazine, all Proenza Schouler. That was a minute ago, and now they’ve grown up.

TYLER: Running around barefoot in the sand. That was a really fun shoot.

OTTENBERG: It was. We shot at dawn.

TYLER: Oh, yes.

OTTENBERG: And now here we are and wow, they really did it today.

TYLER: It was so beautiful. Very sophisticated. I loved it.

OTTENBERG: Which Loewe girl are you?

TYLER: I always love their fabrics, they’re always so unique. I love the way those skirts move, the purple and white skirts. I’d love to have one of those fisherman caps, those were amazing.

OTTENBERG: Yeah, I was going to say, for your Ojai thing.

TYLER: It’s back home to Maine. What did you like?

OTTENBERG: I really like it all, the panty/bodysuit type stuff, and then the leather shorts—

TYLER: Yeah, the leather shorts with the legs coming through.

OTTENBERG: But then there were also really cool ways to be totally covered. Like the oversized coat with the long pants that were leather. 

TYLER: Did you see the fluorescent orange mesh thing with the pants hiding underneath, one of those coats?

OTTENBERG: Yes, Wait, hold on, I’ll pull her up. Oh, that’s my driver, isn’t he cute?

TYLER: He’s so cute.

OTTENBERG: He’s an Interview-ee. He’s so sweet. 

TYLER: Wait, so I go way back with Interview, because I was close to Ingrid Sischy. I’ve been on the cover three or four times.

OTTENBERG: I know. Inez [van Lamsweerde] did—

TYLER: Oh my god, me and Joaquin.

OTTENBERG: Yeah, your cover with Joaquin with the—

TYLER: Birds of paradise. That is one of the most beautiful…

OTTENBERG: Your first cover of Interview. But wow, the show was fucking great. I got emotional. I almost had a tear at the finale from the energy in the room. 

TYLER: Everybody really, sincerely clapped.

OTTENBERG: Everyone sincerely clapped because it was a good show.

TYLER: And it was so French.

OTTENBERG: There’s so many of our friends that are here at this show, but you don’t get a reaction like that for nothing. It has real energy. I was also thinking, the show is very much American fashion at its best. It’s pragmatic and sharp and modern and maybe a bit futuristic and sporty. It’s something that someone could wear. I don’t mean that in a boring way. I mean this stuff is fantasy, but I could see you wearing it in Ojai. You know what I mean?

TYLER: Definitely. There’s a lot of supermodel girlfriends that come up to Ojai. So sometimes we get all dressed up to go out. Eric Good lived there. Ojai is fun, there’s a hotel and then there’s this old movie theater that’s from the 1920s and they play all the oldies, like Jaws and Star Wars.

OTTENBERG: I need to go.

TYLER: Come stay at my house.

OTTENBERG: I will come stay at your house next time and we’ll hang out at the hotel and wear Loewe and maybe see a movie. It’s so good to see you, I love you.

TYLER: I love you too.