Here’s everything you need to know from days six to eight of Paris Fashion Week.
Hermès SS25
Hermès
Tan hues dominated on the Hermès runway this weekend. For SS25 creative director Nadege Vanhee revealed a collection inspired by the sensuality of summer. Light sheer fabrics and mesh were mixed with sturdier leather pieces with occasional hot pink shades intermixed with caramel, beige, cream and brown.
Elie Saab
Elie Saab revealed the house’s SS25 Safari-inspired collection at Palais de Tokyo as part of Paris Fashion Week this weekend. The Lebanese house put its signature spin on classic jumpsuits and maxi skirts through colourways of khaki, forest green, and burgundy along with animal-inspired prints.
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.
Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney has been known for her progressive approach to fashion since she first launched her eponymous luxury house in 2001. Nearly 25 years later she used her SS25 show to shine a light on the importance of preserving avian wildlife worldwide and the work of bird expert Jonathan Franzen and his book “The End of the End of the Earth”. In front of an A-List audience, the collection was titled “Save What You Love” and was inspired by “power, sensuality and sport” and was styled by Heidi Bivens, the costume designer for the HBO series, Euphoria.
Balenciaga
In the show notes for the Balenciaga Summer 25 collection creative director Demna explained “My early memories of fashion start with me drawing looks on cardboard, cutting them out, and making ‘fashion shows’ on my grandma’s kitchen table…35 years later, this show reconnects me to the beginning of my vision. It’s a tribute to fashion that has a point of view.” This inward reflection resulted in a deconstruction of traditional silhouettes and a series of daring boundary-pushing looks. He sent models out on to the runway in lingerie at the start of his show, which then built to more complete looks. There were early noughties touches (think low-slung denim jeans) paired with futuristic eyewear. The cocoon silhouette favoured by the house’s founder Cristóbal Balenciaga was updated too, applied to cropped outerwear through the collection.
