What Trends to Wear, Love Fashion for Autumn Winter 25
In our post “AW25 We Will Love To Wear” we took a closer look at London’s fresh takes on autumn style and we explored the first looks of the season in “Love A Fashionable First Look“. But with the season starting just around the corner, there’s so much more to discover beyond the UK. Designers from around the world and their AW25 collections, that are packed with inspiration for the cosy months ahead. What Trends to Wear, Love Fashion for Autumn Winter 25
In “MERCY,” Gerrit Jacob’s latest collection, themes of religious & spiritual iconography, youthful rebellion, and cultural memory collide, giving form to a raw and introspective exploration of faith and rejection. Inspired by personal experiences with Christianity, “MERCY” brings a lens to the tumultuous relationship between belief and self-doubt, as well as the liberation that comes from questioning tradition.
The collection, deeply inspired by the transformative journey of body acceptance, celebrates the human form in all its authenticity. Prints featured on the garments were created from photographs of real people who shared their struggles with body image, allowing them to tell their stories and overcome their fears. These prints embody the essence of the human body, reflecting the strength, freedom, and beauty that come with embracing one’s true self. Some designs were created in collaboration with a tattoo artist.
Tyler McGillivary’s debut Fall/Winter 2025 runway presentation tells the story of a perfect “Date Night” in 30 looks. The show opens with a taxi yellow, viscose faux leather jacket and matching mini skirt — setting the stage for a strict colour story that draws from the collection’s textiles and mimics the lights of a glowing skyline.
A narrative of the night then unfolds through photo prints and surreal details such as a taxi cab print mini skirt, custom lip-shaped buttons, appliquéd flowers, lipstick kisses, and vintage brooches.
For Fall 2025, Alice + Olivia by Stacey Bendet unveiled a production of unprecedented theatricality: a textured, romantic, and fantastical collection inspired by the world of William Shakespeare and the costumes of The Royal Shakespeare Company. With stage-worthy flourishes like lace collars and cuffs, the collection takes the characters and finery of the great playwright’s beloved stories and reimagines them for modern women and occasions.
Stacey Bendet infused Fall 2025 with elements of romance and drama to evoke the characters, language and imagery of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets. The intricate fabrications and regal silhouettes in the collection were developed from a dream starting point: the costumes that brought the most famous plays in the world to life.
This collection is about exploring the idea of ephemeral beauty – that single elusive moment where everything comes into focus, where everything is perfect in the garden. It is comprised of pieces that I cherish, in the new pieces I nurture in my creative process that I hope the Herrera woman treasures just as much when she brings them into her wardrobe, like planting a new seed in the garden.
“Growth has its season. There are spring and summer, but there are also fall and winter. And then spring and summer again. As long as the roots are not severed, all is well and all will be well.”-
Chance the Gardener a.k.a. Chauncey Gardiner “Being There”
“Twisted American sportswear. A second glance at classics: prim cardigans are slashed through the sleeves; sweatpants are knit in Japanese brushed jersey; sweaters are embroidered to look like tweed. A wardrobe collected over time, where each piece becomes irreplaceable: the perfect blazer, a favourite dress, a worn-in sweatshirt. Women are defining ‘classic’ for themselves.”
Tory Burch
Hands like a faggot, life like an ugly swan.Hand gestures gay, flamboyant, pato – just like the clothes he wore,exacto, like Simón. Simón el maricón.Represented a whole generation of Mira ese pato,me decías, doña en gracia.Doña en Gracia, who had no grace, but very gracefully tossed a one-dollar baguette bread out the window as you walked by, not a fuck given, en gracia.Not sure, pero graciosa sí.Bendito, mira el hijo de Super, se parece a Simón.Leave me alone – l’m no maricón.Jenna, I said, esa sí es Simón.It was like a mirror I had to see every time I stepped out, but now I know that the real maricón is you.
Fall 2025 is centred around this figure, the matriarch– her nuance and complexity, sensuality and intimacy. For too long, her story has been reduced and flattened. I’ve been thinking a lot about how the portrayal of us, as black women, needs to be readdressed. It was difficult to find images that painted a whole picture of our lives, our interior worlds, our complexities, our knowledge, our generative creativity, and our beauty. Last November, I put out a call to my community:
“I am researching images of the black women that came before us and paved the way: the auntie, the trans mothers, the grandma, the matriarch.”
For Fall/Winter 2025, Kate Barton shifts the lens from the runway to a more intimate form of storytelling, framing her latest collection through the women who inspire and wear it. This season, the designer trades the traditional show for a campaign that is less about presentation and more about presence—a quiet yet powerful study of how clothing moves, evolves, and adapts through the lens of women supporting women.
At its core, this campaign is a conversation—one that extends beyond the fashion cycle and into something more enduring. Barton has assembled a collective of remarkable women, each distinct in style and substance, each shaping the world in their way.
Carolina Sarria’s Fall/Winter 2025 collection breathes new life into their defiance—reimagining a world where the dispossessed become the arbiters of style, where the scars of war are transformed into declarations of power. Distressed and charred textiles evoke the scorched earth of ravaged towns while gleaming silver and gold thread recall the flashing of blades in moonlight, and the glint of armour before battle.
The collection’s disparate tartans nod to the Scottish clans—once fractured, now momentarily bound together in opposition—while raw-edge tailoring mirrors the haphazard assembly of garments marked by war and necessity. The silhouette is defiant, the posture unyielding: streetwear imbued with the spirit of modern punk, where anarchy is less a threat than a birthright. Graphic prints emblazoned with 1637 mark this as both a relic and a prophecy, a moment in history resurrected for a new rebellion.
The hallmarks of traditional menswear tailoring reach from the outside in: suede elbow patches and contrast collars complement self-covered buttons, belts, and armbands, while modular shirting in vibrant gingham silk features removable collars and cuffs akin to gilded age tuxedo shirts. Emblazoned with “65” about Thom’s birth year, a tweed football pinnie and chocolate brown suede varsity jacket pay homage to collegiate classics. Elsewhere, sequin, boucle yarn, silk ribbons, and featherlike thread converge in red, white, blue, and silver tweeds. 3,500 black, silver and clear Swarovski crystals are skillfully linked into a trompe l’oeil dress that alludes to the classic Thom Browne uniform. a striking level of detail, both functional and decorative.
Andreas Moskin
The FW’25/26 collection is inspired by the Ukrainian cultural elite of the 1920s and 1930s. The designers reinterpreted the classic men’s suit, adding unexpected details: a fixed belt in elongated jackets, asymmetrical seams and deconstructed suits in red and khaki. The collection uses traditional materials – tweed, cashmere, and wool, as well as knitted items that add texture.
In a world divided, now more than ever, collaboration is vital. For AW25, Hoor Al Qasimi continues her mission to use fashion to highlight and uplift artists and creatives across the globe. This time, she joins forces with Māori artist Emily Karaka, whose emotive work dives deep into themes of ancestral history, language, and connection, and tackles issues including territory disputes, land loss, and political oppression. Across huge canvases, the resilience of the Māori people is laid bare in a cacophony of colour, as brush strokes are intermingled with bold expressions of language and age-old Māori phrases and statements.
With Karaka’s work, the seed of inspiration for AW25, the collection blooms into life in a series of signatures QASIMI is known for. Louche shirts matched with loose trousers speak of the silhouettes of the Middle East and North Africa, while slouchy windbreakers and worn-in hoodies emphasise the casual ease inherent to the house.
Anamnesis in ancient Greek philosophy is the recollection and recognition of eternal ideas that lie at the origin of the world’s phenomena. Similarly, men’s clothing pieces reclaim their original identity, providing inspiration for a contemporary and balanced fusion, perfectly cohesive and increasingly enriched by the sum of its individual elements.
The balance of the new style emerges from a meticulous blend of distinctive elements. Each piece contributes to the harmony, with rich colours standing out through carefully curated combinations. Every pairing is refined by details and lightness—two essential characteristics of the collection and of everyday life.
The invite, in the imagination, is at the languid Adriatic limit, between the industrial and the damp-sweaty techno, the ideal place for a romantic excess, extraordinary yet gratuitous. Sea, night, winter: a legendary threesome.
Those who find themselves there are in search of a violent minute, capable of overturning the course of things: in their clothes, the inside-outness starts from the weights that reverse the value of the underwear, brought to surface level: the jackets – cotton ribbed, the rough and transparent mohair trousers, the padded crepe-de-chine outerwear. Everything calls for touch, yearning for the nude.
This collection, conceived as a visual poem, explores the search for the sensuous in an increasingly cold and dark world. PIERRE-LOUIS MASCIA invites us into a profound reflection on human fragility and the very essence of art. It echoes the Schopenhauerian vision of the artist as a sensitive and solitary being, in search of fragile beauty in a world often indifferent to this quest.
For the designers, creation is a release, an act of both resistance and fragility. Through their silhouettes, they capture the wandering of the human soul, torn between beauty and pain. «Wandering is the very essence of creation; it is what enables freedom.»True to its stylistic signature, the house moves between lightness and movement, fluid tailoring and casual elegance. Silhouettes are enveloped in bombers, long coats lined with silk, flowing, ethereal dresses, shawls, and protective stoles. Floating trousers are paired with velvet kimonos and quilted jackets.
Maksu –Pre-AW
A world brought to life through colour, texture, and the warmth of storytelling, this season’s Pre-Fall MAKSU collection opens the gates to its secret garden, a place where time seems to stand still and everything blooms in its fullest splendour. “The Garden of Time” is a tribute to its roots, to those artisanal techniques and iconic pieces that defined its essence, now reimagined for a winter filled with light and life.
Every piece in the collection is lovingly handcrafted in MAKSU’s Spanish atelier, where traditional techniques meet contemporary design. Here, flowers, leaves, and botanical textures transform into vibrant prints and romantic details that evoke a garden in eternal bloom. Each piece captures the beauty of the moment: embroidery and lace blend with low-maintenance satins, while botanical tones and prints add a wild yet refined edge. Silk and satin textures play a key role within the pre-fall collection, offering dresses and tops with matching skirts and blouses in playful and bold prints.
Origami Noir” collection: a sculptural celebration of contrasts for Autumn/Winter 25/26. Inspired by the artistry of origami, the collection combines sharp structure with fluid transparency, creating a bold yet refined aesthetic.
The collection straddles the edge between indulgence and rebellion. Cinched-waist fur coats and barely-there slip dresses speak to a life lived in extremes. Sheer lace flirts with perception, while leopard prints claw back control. A signature beaded floral—delicate but defiant—appears where you least expect it. Slogan tees nod to a past that was never just an era, but a statement: a declaration of self, of survival, of refusing to apologise for wanting more.
The collection features hand-dyed prints throughout, resembling old photos tinted by time, leaving unique imprints of time on plaid coats and trousers. The colour-blocked stripes and hollowed-out sweaters break the monotony of autumn and winter, while the reversible fur-collar jackets, with their drawstring waist design on classic silhouettes, enhance body proportions and add unique details. The ultra-small patch pockets are a highlight of this season’s products. Child-sized pockets become the focal point on several tops, creating a whimsical contrast with adult-sized clothing, continuing 8ON8’s consistent humorous and playful style.
The AW25 collection emerges from the designer’s vision of light piercing the darkness of long, gloomy nights. Each piece in the collection represents a radiant individual, shining with personality and capturing the essence of joy and optimism.
“Good things take time,” says the brand’s designer, Cookie H. With a focus on craftsmanship,The Ember of Essence is a celebration of patience and dedication. Each garment is meticulously hand-dyed and hand-stitched by the skilled team, whose attention to detail and commitment to craftsmanship ensure that every piece is created with the utmost love and care. The intricate process results in a collection where each piece reflects the designer’s vision with the artistry and thoughtfulness that went into creating it.
With straightforward pieces free of superfluous details, Anthony Vaccarello’s Winter 2025 women’s collection for the house affirms this founding ethos. Instead of speaking through ornament or padding, fabrics and precise construction shape the garments. Pure forms and volumes are derived from construction and cut.
Ample stone-washed skirts worn with leather blousons create ambiguity, while a concise palette – saturated versions of signature Saint Laurent colours – fills out the collection’s clear lines.
Blending nostalgia with modern elegance, Zimmermann’s Fall 25 collection, Hypnotic, draws inspiration from the spellbinding 1975 Australian mystery film Picnic at Hanging Rock. Ethereal lace, Victorian smocking, and dreamy layers of sheer organza contrast with sharp suiting, leather-trimmed riding wear, and earthy tones inspired by the Australian landscape. Delicate details—Valentine’s letters hidden in chiffon, maps of Mt. Macedon woven into prints—create a sense of mystery.
The strength of women and the experience of motherhood is celebrated through irony, creativity, and cheerfulness in the AW25 collection, unfolding from the purity of birth to a milestone of 6 months.
Inspired by the gentle curves of rattles and the comforting embrace of baby slings, the garments blend nylon with vintage fabrics, reinterpreting these elements through a sophisticated, elevated lens filled with exciting surprise.
“The main theme of Goddess symbolism is the mystery of birth and death and the renewal of life, not only human but all life on earth and indeed in the whole cosmos. The Goddess took her energy from the springs and wells, from the sun, moon and most earth… representing cyclical—not linear—mythical time. In art, this is manifested by the signs of dynamic motion: whirling and twisting spirals, winding and coiling snakes, circles, crescents, horns, sprouting seeds and shoots. The snake was a symbol of life-energy and regeneration, a most benevolent, not an evil, creature. Black did not mean death or the underworld; it was the colour of fertility, the colour of damp caves and rich soil, of the womb of the Goddess where life begins.”
Marija Gimbutas, The Language of the Goddess, 1989.
From the opening silhouette, primal textures trick the eye. A flared coat is worn as a dress – its collar high and waist cinched with a fine gold belt. Once reserved only for the most noble furs, here intarsia, honeycomb and Gheronato patchwork techniques are applied to shearlings that resemble fox, mink and sable, yet are not. The conceit continues as the hourglass — a nod to infinity — manifests in satin balza skirts, flounced corolla jackets and a rounded sleeve. Marbled plissé and ribbed knit dresses dissolve into curled lettuce hems, eel and lamb leather patchworks flare in A-line chevron skirts, and raw-cut menswear coats cocoon with a hidden martingale to operatic effect.
This latest collection explores the isolation born from digital overconnection—how constant social media engagement can distance us from our true selves. Surrounded by thousands of likes, followers, and fleeting interactions, we can still feel deeply alone. Through a powerful mix of timeless denim and vivid leather, this collection expresses both the fragility and strength of that emotional duality.
Ahkeke perfectly embodies the AW25 pencil skirt trend with its refined, modern take on the fitted midi silhouette. Mirroring the season’s shift from sharp suiting to elegant eveningwear, the brand’s designs blend structure and fluidity—ideal with oversized knits or statement blouses—capturing the versatility and sophistication seen across the catwalks.
Feben’s fall collection is a meditation on and celebration of what it means to be a staunch woman – the female creative reserves and resilience we can call up even in tough times. Staunch is the word that Edith Bouvier Beale – Little Edie – called herself in Grey Gardens, the documentary that has entranced fashion designers ever since its release in 1975.
The John Lewis collection focuses on taking timeless essentials and giving them a modern twist with elevated fabrications and unique design details. The classic two-piece is reimagined in a heavyweight fabric with chore jacket design elements such as patch pockets and stitched cuffs. The zip-up cardigan becomes a jacket hybrid with an oversized fit and bobble texture layered over a suede over-shirt for a contemporary feel.
WEALTHYBOYSCLUB offers a fresh take on Menswear, drawing upon the modern male image of being ‘exquisite and chic’. The brand’s sharp tailoring and distinctive detailing strike a harmonious balance between relaxation and strength, evolving into a concept of gender-fluid fashion with daily sophistication.
GIABORGHINI unveils its Fall/Winter 2025 collection, an ode to timeless elegance and stylistic innovation. Through a refined reinterpretation of iconic designs that have shaped fashion history in recent decades, the brand infuses its aesthetic language into bold, modern, and uncompromising creations. The FW25 collection stands out for a palette of neutral, sophisticated, and versatile colours, designed to harmoniously adapt to every moment of the day and any style.
Autumn/Winter 2025 channels their off-duty-but-always-on boldness—an effortlessness that takes a hell of a lot of effort—gleaned from falsely candid pap snaps of 00s It-girls and fashion industry bigwigs. Swerving nostalgia, KNWLS passes the era’s emblematic casual kitsch through a prism of contemporary elevation.
This collection inhabits that threshold—between silence and emergence, structure and release. Strength is presence: a silhouette that holds, fabric shifting from armour to refuge. Tailoring is sharp yet yielding; a sculpted shoulder is confident, a pencil skirt is precise. Elsewhere, fabric wraps, shelters. Scarves slip into capes, padding becomes a shield, shoes and bags soften into pillows—warmth carried wherever one goes.
Magdalena is Magda Butrym’s most personal collection yet, a tribute to her heritage and identity. Inspired by Polish weaving traditions and the artistry of Magdalena Abakanowicz, it showcases handcrafted textures, intricate knitwear, and sculptural silhouettes.
Casablanca’s view of Japan is resolutely contemporary, an homage to the ceaseless creativity of youth countercultures that shape Japan’s modern landscape. The customised super bikes and embroidery of Bōsōzoku contrast with Hawajuku Kawaii, in turn juxtaposed with the uniforms of Japanese corporate culture, and the flamboyance and celebration of rave attire. Alongside, there are riffs and references on the hyper-modern cityscapes of Japanese Metropoli, as well as echoes of the lush panoramas of its countryside and mountains. A country of contrast inspires a collection of opposites, in harmony.
St. Agni’s Fall/Winter 2025 collection beckons with a story of duality, where strength meets softness, and utility dances with elegance. This season, the brand dares to traverse new horizons, weaving a narrative of contrasts that is at once timeless and thrillingly avant-garde. The collection opens with earthy whispers of toffee, khaki, and black olive, grounded by the serene embrace of putty. These tones anchor designs imbued with utilitarian grace: detachable pocket belts, glossy finishes, and soft suede textures echo the understated allure of the 1970s.As the narrative unfolds, the palette ignites with passion—vibrant reds, shimmering metallic silvers, and dark, inky blues emerge, evoking an athletic energy.
The new fall/winter 2025 collection by Slowear Woman introduces itself as a celebration of individuality, an intangible value that takes a tactile form as sophisticated silhouettes in vibrant colours, made from the finest materials with impeccable tailoring. A bold statement for women who embrace the future by honouring the essence of the past, cherishing expertise and timeless quality.
The FW25 collection, Air•Memory, is an exploration of the pursuit of happiness – a heartfelt tribute to my mother Ai Lan, whose unwavering support has been instrumental in bringing my childhood dream of becoming a fashion designer to life. This collection also acknowledges my mother’s own dream of holding her first art exhibition, and it is my deepest wish that, through our debut show in Milan, we can take one step closer to making that dream a reality.
In the new Fall/Winter 25-26 collection, the act of creation manifests in the beating heart of the Ferrari universe: the Officina, seen in its various facets as an artisanal workshop, a centre for study, a design lab, and the blueprint to launch a collection into production.
The AW 25-26 collection also launches the Spark model, a new snake made of a succession of luminous stones that wrap around the ankle in a precious spiral of crystal baguettes. This new accessory is available in purple, orange, and grey metallic fabrics, blue, purple, and raspberry velvet, on sandals, gritty cuissardes, and ankle boots as well, in black stretch nappa leather.
The Loro Piana Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Women’s Collection is a horse riding quest to discover The Way We Were: not for the sake of nostalgia, rather to reaffirm the timelessness of the Loro Piana values. Vast and untamed landscapes are the heart of the Loro Piana way of connecting clothing and life.
Memories of childhood holidays. Today, the destination for a Grand Tour to discover a heritage of beauty and splendou,r enduring the corrosion of time. Pompeii Future is a journey into the past, projected into the future, celebrating the eternal value of art and creativity.
This season, Marco De Vincenzo moves in a dense and primordial matter, and imagines the collection from the material itself, which is tactile, thick, and tangible, made of overlapping levels in which even prints are a glaze, a rubberization, an embroidery on the underlying texture. Lines move liquidly around the body: they mark and caress it, and then flare.
Cesare Casadei looks to the future with the brand’s highly anticipated Autumn/Winter 2025 collection. Drawing inspiration from his favourite cultural moments in history, Casadei masterfully captures the essence of these eras, reinterpreting them with a contemporary aesthetic that meets the evolving needs of modern women.
Pitch black. The floor and curtains surrounding the catwalk are the threshold between what we see, the figures clearly cut into the foreground, and what we are invited to imagine. Recomposed by Benji B, the sounds and voices rise as in a dream, a slow vortex, reassuring and deliberate. Like the black leather jacket and the steel studs and eyelets that punctuate the garments throughout, the black, white, and red pointy shoes and boots. The light is cold; hyper-real.
PHILIPP PLEIN, the renowned luxury fashion house, took Milan Fashion Week by storm to debut its iconic FW25 Collection. This show returns to ‘The Plein Hotel’ in Milan for the second time on the womenswear schedule. The brand hosted a bold, brave catwalk that radiated modern country energy within the Fall-Winter 2025 Collection.
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