Highlights from Day One of Paris Haute Couture Week Spring/Summer 2025

Emma Hodgson   |   27-01-2025

Welcome to the first part of our series on Paris Haute Couture Week Spring/Summer 2025. These are some of the key highlights from the shows that have been revealed so far. 

 Schiaparelli

For Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025, Schiaparelli’s Artistic Director Daniel Roseberry was inspired by the 1920s and 1930s. In the show notes this morning in Paris, the designer explained that for this collection he had “Old and unusual colour references. I ended up at an antique shop with an inventory of ribbons from the 1920s and 1930s… The silhouettes you see in this collection nod to a wide range of references – obsessions – from the past century plus the snaky curvy forms from the 1920s and 1930s (which I call liquid deco) here find shape in fragile silk georgette embroidered and Japanese bugle beads which then mounted onto french corset toile moulded into shocking sharp hip blades.”

Georges Hobeika 

The Georges Hobeika Haute Couture Spring 2025 collection was revealed in Paris this afternoon. Father-son design duo, Georges and Jed Hobeika described the pieces in the show as part of “a story straight from the soul,” taking inspiration from their family archive and shared memories for the collection.

Dior

For the house’s latest collection, Dior unveiled a Spring-Summer 2025 Haute Couture show championing “total freedom” and the “disruption of time.” As the house explained in the notes: “In this temporal paradox, [creative director] Maria Grazia Chiuri moves in total freedom, as if the mirrors that fill the couture studio could, similar to Alice’s looking glass, allow access to another reality, dominated by constant mutations of meaning. A reality that would grant this fashion dream, without ever having to relinquish astonishment or irreverence, and which would have the power to metamorphose shapes and emotions.”

Tamara Ralph

Tamara Ralph revealed her new Spring Summer 2025 Couture collection today, called “Poétique Symphony.” Discussing the collection in the show notes, the designer described it as “A homage to the timeless elegance and the art of couture, in which each piece resonates with the grace and grandeur of a symphonic masterpiece. Inspired by the delicate harmonies and intricate layers of orchestral compositions, the collection unfolds like a poetic bouquet with floral notes, blending art and craftsmanship in perfect unison.”

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