Highlights From The Spring/Summer 2025 Fashion Week Shows

Aeworld   |   29-10-2024

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Ralph Lauren 

Ralph Lauren unveiled the houses new collection in the well-heeled US summer retreat of the Hamptons. The show took place at Khalily Stables in Bridgehampton, showcasing the houses equestrian connections.

Quiet luxury and subtle shades of blue and cream took centre stage in the collection, which was revealed to a front row including Jude Law, Naomi Watts, Usher, Tom Hiddleston and Dr Jill Biden.

Alaia 

Parisian fashion house Alaia revealed its new collection in the Guggenheim Museum as part of New York Fashion Week. Led by Creative Director Pieter Mulier, the location was chosen as a nod towards the historic connection between the US and the French house. For SS25 Mulier offered American-influenced sportswear with an Alaia twist. 

Tommy Hilfiger 

Tommy Hilfiger took over a Staten Island passenger ferry to showcase his new collection. Revealed on a boat moored in lower Manhattan, the collection features preppy staples, including low-slung jeans and nautical touches across jackets and jumpers. A collection that perfectly captures the brands DNA. 

Carolina Herrera 

Carolina Herreras creative director Wes Gordon put forward a collection bursting with monochrome shades, bright hues and floral motifs. Each guest at the show had a pink rose aling with a quote by the American painter Georgia OKeeffe, which inspired Gordans vision. I found that I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldnt say in any other way – things that I had no words for.”

Tory Burch 

Tory Burch revealed a collection inspired by the houses 2006 roots and the spirit of sport. For this season, Burch is bringing Y2K style back to the house with a new take on the early noughties footwear that first put her fashion house on the map – the Reva ballet flat. Else wear in the collection, there were loose-fitting and oversized silhouettes, with touches of sportswear influence. 

Coach 

Coach debuted its Spring 2025 collection on New Yorks famous High Line. Creative Director Stuart Vevers revealed a collection inspired by American Classics through the lens of youth. The pieces mixed elements of classic tailoring and couture-inspired cocktail dresses with more casual looks pulled from the counter-cultural vocabulary of skate, heavy metal and new wave. 

Burberry 

Daniel Lee revealed Burberrys latest collection at the UKs National Theatre during London Fashion Week. The show was set against a brutalist backdrop with the set designed by artist Gary Hume. The designer championed the early noughties, with ultra-low-rise trousers and Utilitarian touches throughout the collection. 

Noon by Noor 

Noon by Noor showcased the houses SS25 collection in London. The latest pieces by the Bahrani design duo are inspired by artists who examine the concept of light, such as Man Ray, who contributed spectacular work to both the Surrealist and Dada movements in the 20th century. In ode to the late artist, cousins Shaikha Noor Al Khalifa and Shaikha Haya AL Khalifa, who founded the fashion house in 2008, titled the new collection Ray of Light”. 

JW Anderson 

Jonathan Anderson revealed his SS25 collection for his namesake brand in London. The designer showcased short-sleeveless dresses at the collections core whilst playing with theatrical hemlines and structured silhouettes. 

Erdem 

Erdem’s collection embraced a refined elegance with a nostalgic nod to the past. Known for his romantic aesthetic, Erdem Moralıoğlu showcased intricate floral embroidery, delicate lace, and flowing silhouettes inspired by vintage glamour. The collection’s soft colour palette of pastels and muted tones contrasted with dramatic, structured tailoring, creating a harmonious balance between classic femininity and modern sophistication, evoking timeless beauty with a contemporary twist.

Simone Rocha 

Simone Rochas Spring/Summer 2025 collection was a delicate fusion of romance and rebellion. Known for her ethereal yet edgy style, Rocha presented soft tulle dresses, embroidered florals, and intricate lace, juxtaposed with unexpected leather accents and voluminous silhouettes. The collection evoked a sense of modern femininity, blending innocence with strength, as Rocha explored themes of beauty, vulnerability, and empowerment through her signature poetic lens.

Richard Quinn 

Richard Quinn’s Spring/Summer 2025 collection dazzled the audience with its signature mix of bold florals, structured silhouettes, and avant-garde designs. Known for his fearless approach, Quinn blended romantic femininity with a subversive edge, showcasing dramatic gowns, voluminous shapes, and intricate embellishments. The collection played with contrasts—soft pastel tones clashed with vibrant prints, creating a powerful visual narrative of modern glamour and theatricality.

Fendi 

Sheer silhouettes and muted colourways took centre stage at Kim JonesSS25 womens collection for Fendi. There were noughties touches throughout the collection too, with asymmetrical hemlines, micro shorts and sleeveless shift dresses. 

Prada 

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons put forward a tribute to individuality” for Pradas SS25 show in Milan. Metallic ultra minis took centre stage alongside space-age headgear. There were bold colourways in the collection, too, from verdant green to shocking pink, all through a lens of futuristic vacation-wear with a 1960s influence. 

Tods 

Tods SS25 collection celebrated Artisanal Intelligence.” Explaining the process behind the theme, the house said it is about valuing the individual and reminding us that, beyond any innovation, behind any product lies the knowledge and hands of its creator. Craftsmanship8 and the excellence of Made In Italy values, which have always been essential to Tods, constantly engage in dialogue with research and experimentation.”

Versace 

Donatella Versace brought the jovial spirit of the late 1990s. to her SS25 collection for Versace. Bold prints, tea dresses and power suits all took to the runway through a kaleidoscope of nostalgic colourways, from pastel palettes to bold brown and blue shades. 

Dolce&Gabbana 

Dolce&Gabbana brought nostalgic nineties glamour to the houses SS25 show in Milan. Titled Italian Beauty”, the collection was in part an ode to Madonnas 1990 Blonde Ambition tour wardrobe, (the music icon was a guest at the show and received a standing ovation). Across the runway, there were platinum wigs and silhouettes inspired by the era. 

Max Mara 

Micro shorts and maxi skirts took centre stage at Max Maras Spring 2025 collection. While outerwear pieces included the classic trench coat, oversized jackets and blazers across muted colourways of beige, black, cream and white. An elegant and understated collection that perfectly captures the Max Mara woman. 

Dior 

For the Dior SS25 womens collection, Maria Grazia Chiuris ambitious objective was to recapitulate the meaning of the garment, as if each model has been given the chance to speak and reveal the work preceding its own construction.” For this project, the designer was inspired by the houses archives, specifically the Amazone dress, created by Christian Dior for autumn-winter 1951-1952. The reference point for the dress was a legendary figure, known for her strength of spirit, which is examined through a lens of autonomous, courageous femininity. 

Schiaparelli 

Schiaparellis SS25 ready-to-wear collection explored bright colourways, prints and airy shapes, revealed through the houses historic couture lens, and of course, with an eye to the future. As creative director Daniel Roseberry explained, The world may feel more chaotic than ever, but here, the mood is celebratory: both of what fashion can be, [and] how fashion can make you feel. At the beginning of the collection, we decided we were going to make clothes not just for our clients but for their daughters and granddaughters. Future vintage, Im calling it.”

Chloé 

Chemena Kamali celebrated her first year at the helm of Chloé with a collection inspired by 70s nostalgia and the joy of the warmer weather season. Discussing the show, she said, I wanted to capture that longing for summer and the way summer makes you feel – taking the essence of Chloé’s roots as a starting fantasy moment of the summer months when you reconnect with yourself. When you pause, escape, explore, discover and recharge.” The collection felt very reminiscent of the brands glory days, with boho chic very much at the centre. 

Saint Laurent 

Anthony Vaccarello returned to Saint Laurents home on the Left Bank of Paris at Rue de Bellechasse for his Summer 25 show. For the collection, the designer was inspired by the personal style of the houses founder, Yves Saint Laurent. As Vaccarello explains in the notes which accompanied the collection: The relevance of Saint Laurent clothes is distilled from the independent attitude of the woman who wears them. Her contradictions reflect Yves Saint Laurents own persona, I which artful sophistication coexisted with instinctual desire.”

Valentino 

Alessandro Michele debuted his first collection for Valentino at Paris Fashion Week, following his eight-year reign at Gucci. For SS25 the designer examined the concept of beauty, from a philosophical standpoint, as he wrote in the notes which accompanied the collection: When I say beauty, I am clearly not referring to its universalistic, dogmatic and normative mythologisation. I rather allude to that unique capability to deeply feel and connect with something that unveils and reveals a new universe of meaning: an epiphany in which the connections between us, things and living beings, become immediately visible.” On the runway this concept was presented with many classic Michele notes, from bows and fur to lace details. 

Louis Vuitton 

In the Cour Carrée courtyard outside the Louvre in Paris, Louis Vuittons artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière constructed a runway space inspired by the houses beloved trunk to showcase the new LV SS25 collection. Last night, in the show which marked the close of Paris Fashion Week, the house revealed a collection of contrasts inspired by the oxymoronic nature of the phrase soft power.” The result was a show which examined harmonious opposites, structure and lightness, ethereal opulence and razor-sharp delicacy. Swipe through for some of the highlights.