Paris Fashion Week’s biggest spring/summer 2025 trends

Fashion Month has officially concluded the Spring/Summer 2025 season with the conclusion of Paris Fashion Week, the final chapter of the four-city Fashion Month tour. This season, I had the chance to attend PFW, so I got to see the show in person, chat with attendees and unravel the hottest moments on and off the runway, as well as the most notable looks that shaped the direction of fashion. I was able to see trends. It will take next year.

With shakeups at some of the most major fashion houses, there are some big changes at the top that are shaping the direction fashion is headed. Alessandro Michele presented his debut runway collection at Valentino, one of the most anticipated shows of the week, while Chemena Kamali presented her sophomore collection at Chloé. There were also upcoming changes that kept everyone talking as the audience waited for the rumors to be announced. Some of them arrived late in fashion week, including the news that Hedi Slimane is leaving Celine and Michael Ryder, former creative director of Polo Ralph Lauren, will take the helm of the French fashion house. There was also. Everyone has been waiting for news on who will be moving into Chanel’s open creative director role, but the appointment has yet to be confirmed.

All we know is the direction fashion will take in 2025, or at least a glimpse of where it’s headed. The mood that week was one of bringing personal style and individuality and a sense of luxury back into fashion, a swing back to the other side of the spectrum from the quiet luxury and ultra-minimalism that had dominated fashion. Also, the joy, fantasy, and lightness that had been missing from fashion in recent years is back in earnest. It will continue to grow as new creators bring their perspectives to traditional homes. Here’s the biggest spring/summer 2025 trends you need to know from Paris Fashion Week, and more on what’s in store for style next year.

One thing is clear: 2025 will be all about the return of individuality and personal style. It stands out at Prada in Milan and continues in Paris with brands like Dries Van Noten and Valentino. For his debut runway show at Valentino, Alessandro Michele presented a quirky, extravagant, maximalist collection that focused on different looks for each model. There are bourgeois polka-dot blazers paired with large sun hats and trousers. Other models take on a new bohemian look, styling printed jackets and ruffled satin skirts with floaty stoles, lace tights and beanies. While every item in the collection pays homage to Valentino’s archive, the styling suggested a personal way of dressing that brings a sense of individuality to the forefront of the fashion conversation. Items like pillbox hats, colorful skirts, and conversation-starting jackets can be incorporated into looks or even worn together at once.

This season’s idea of ​​soft power dressing became very clear at Bottega Veneta in Milan. There, the powerful suit is reimagined in a relaxed silhouette that feels both powerful and sophisticated. It’s a soft power dressing sensation that combines the feminine and the masculine. About working girl style. The trend quickly picked up steam again at Paris Fashion Week, with Saint Laurent sporting a powerful look that included an oversized tailored suit with a tie, thick-rimmed glasses, and a large leather aviator jacket thrown over it. The collection concluded the first day of the show. . Stella McCartney also wore romantic suits with draped skirts and blazers and trench coats. Loewe also incorporated a tonal color palette of soft dove gray and chocolate brown to complete this home.

Think pink! At the very least, designers are definitely thinking about spring colors. Throughout the past few seasons, the main color trends have focused on red, then burgundy, but we’ll likely see a shift towards pink hues in the future. The trend extends right into the red color family. The powder pink trend started in New York, with brands like Khaite and Alaïa championing the bubbly, bright colorway. In Paris, we saw the same shades prevail, as well as the bolder fuchsia hues that dominated the Hermès runways.

Elegance is one of the biggest fashion buzzwords of 2024. The return of items such as A-line skirts, bouclé jackets, pillbox hats, and elbow-length leather gloves ushered in a nostalgic sense of lofty sophistication for the coolest insiders of the downtown fashion set. We thought this elegant fashion sense was already at its peak, but the latest collections from brands like Celine, Valentino, and Calven prove otherwise. It’s a very bourgeois, very uptown take on fashion, and it’s going to be a huge hit and carry us further into spring.

Minimalism has always been at the forefront of fashion. The origins of that dominance are difficult to trace. Light, romantic, bubbly pieces haven’t been “cool” for a while, but the tide seems to be turning for Spring/Summer 2025. Floral prints are reimagined in new ways, including Loewe’s voluminous hoop-skirt dresses and sculptural tops. Victoria Beckham’s dress seemed to be form-hugging. At Chloé, sheer chiffon dresses, floral and plain alike, walked the runway, exuding a distinctly romanticism.

It brings luxury. At least that’s what designers are offering for fall, with a collection that feels like the opposite of quiet luxury. Saint Laurent’s sumptuous brocade jackets and jewel-toned ruffled skirts, McQueen’s heavily beaded metallic blazers and feathered dresses, and Louis Vuitton’s boldly printed puff-sleeve jackets all add to fashion’s ‘more-is-more’ vibe. It seems to suggest a return to a “more” approach. The focus is on luxurious textiles and risk-taking fashion choices. The pared-back style that has taken fashion in recent years has made neutrals the norm and minimalist styles the uniform of choice, but why play it safe?

The resurgence of lingerie dressing feels linked to the resurgence of hyper-romantic styles. One of the last big moments when boudoir dressing took hold in the fashion world was in spring 2016, when Phoebe Philo debuted a lace-trimmed slip dress in her Chloé collection, and romance is running through the fashion world. I was there. The Spring/Summer 2025 collection sees its return. Balenciaga featured bra-revealing looks, Chloé featured nightgown-like pieces, and Miu Miu reimagined lingerie in the form of dresses.

We’ve been following the rise of sporty influences in fashion, and it’s safe to say they’re only increasing. It’s hard to tell whether it’s the influence of the recent Olympics, the growing connection between the fashion and sports worlds, or the next iteration of streetwear on the runway, but the sporty impulse exists regardless of where it comes from. The latest example of this is the rise of nylon windbreakers on runways. A similar style was seen in The Row’s Pre-Fall 2024 collection, then inspired an editorial and ended up in Kendall Jenner’s closet. Now, the new version will influence the direction of whether or not the sporty style will appear on the Spring 2025 runways.