Schiaparelli’s SS25 show explored bright loud colours, prints and airy shapes revealed through the house’s legendary 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 this collection, we decided we were going to make clothes not just for our clients, but for their daughters and granddaughters. Future Vintage, I’m calling it.”
A key part of the collection was the Schiaparelli knitwear, which the house described as its “sartorial birthright”, updated for the new season in a richer and lightweight version, both chic and comfortable.
Elsewhere in the collection, there are trick-of-the-eye menswear archetypes – the tank top, the tennis polo, and the white pique button down – all inset with invisible stretch corsets, subverting each archetype and glorifying the female form.
For SS25, Schiaparelli showcased new updates on some of its classic bags too. Coming back for the new season in new shades and colours, the house icons include the Secret bag and its emblematic Padlock clasp, the Jewelry Anatomy range, and the latest Schiap bag.
There was also a new addition, the Hobo bag, a sleek round shoulder bag in all the season’s most desirable materials and colours: suede with glossy spray-painted gradations, zebra jacquard, or over-dyed and faded heavy cotton. The mini version, with a detachable chain, is just as mischievous and practical.
And last but not least, the Schiaparelli shoes, with an exclusive take on flats this season. The house presented its very first flat, in a dreamy aqua ombre that calls to mind a sun-drenched poolside afternoon; a barely there sandal, with crystal detailing at the toe and the heel, a moulded foot slide in metallics and second skin shades.
