MCQUEEN, CHRISTIAN DIOR, DRIES VAN NOTEN, CHLOE, MIU MIU and GIVENCHY.
It was a Story of Two Silhouettes: Victorian Vixens in Hourglass Tailoring Flaunted Frills, Ruffles and Pinched Shoulders, whereas their Counterparts Sported Gigantic Shoulders and Impossibly Miniscule Waists.
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The cherry on the cake of the bi-annual world vogue week frenzy is all the time the inimitable Paris Trend Week – which prolonged over a full 9 days of blissful vogue.
Paris placed on a convincing set of reveals with designers turning up in full power and presenting stable collections for Fall regardless of world doom and gloom.
Maybe essentially the most noteworthy of all of the tendencies noticed on the reveals was the return to femininity (a response to world ‘wokeness’ maybe?). There was little signal of the gender fluid ensembles of current seasons, as an alternative frilly, flouncy ruffles and hour-glass frocks, coats and jackets have been noticed in every single place. McQueen was the the queen of the frill and flounce! Vivienne Westwood additionally ‘flourished’ in frilliness.
Velvet, satin and brocade have been the material of selection and one might certainly be forgiven to picture you have been on the set of a the movie adaptation of Gothic novel The Scarlet Petal and the White!
Capes, capelets and coats, usually in fur and regal ermine, continued the Gothic Victorian theme, and epic renditions have been seen at Miu Miu, Chloe, Rabanne, Balenciaga and Alaia.
Heels turned tremendous skinny and tall once more this season, and dangerously pointy! Miu Miu and McQueen placed on a masterclass celebrating the sharp toe.
‘Interior energy dressing’, 80s model nearly, additionally crescendo-ed this season. We’ve been watching shoulders increasing and increasing over the previous few seasons, however they’ve reached new ‘widths’ for A/W!
Outrageously massive shoulders, nothing wanting an engineering feat of ‘concrete’ shoulder pads, have been noticed in lots of reveals, most notably at Stella McCartney, Givenchy and Vivienne Westwood (which inevitably made waists appear even tinier).
Leather-based (notably black leather-based) and vegan leather-based (as seen at Stella McCartney) additionally featured as a key pattern.
Deconstructivism was noticed, as ever, within the choices of stalwart Japanese designers Comme des Garcon, Junya Watanabe and Yohji Yamamoto.
If one have been to single out a key color pattern (aside from the apparent black) it must be yellow. Miu Miu, Tom Ford, Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood and Givenchy – and lots of others – celebrated the color yellow, from flaxen and sunshine to amber and gold.
Nicely, all that is still to be stated is, sit again and spot for your self these tendencies in our hand-selected set of designer reveals.
MCQUEEN
Watch McQueen’s present right here: https://www.fhcm.paris/en/assortment/mcqueen-womenswear-fallwinter-2025-2026
You’d be forgiven to assume you have been on the set of a sweeping Victorian Gothic movie, the like of The Crimson Petal and the White, when offered with Dublin-born artistic director for McQueen, Seán McGirr’s providing for Autumn/Winter for the home of McQueen.
Charles Dickens’ London sprang to thoughts as fashions began showing on stage wearing razor sharp black ensembles with pinched waists, (nearly) Elizabethan collars and high-cut armholes (and certainly it was Dickens’ very personal autobiographical essay by which he described his insomniac wanderings by the streets of London that was the place to begin for McGirr’s assortment).
Lace ruffs framed faces as fashions stepped out in corseted waists, razer-sharp pointy toes, their coats sweeping coquettishly behind them. Lace-up, pointy Victorian mid-calf booties accompanied flouncy, ruffled Victorian clothes. Some clothes got here in pure crimson crimson carnation – very placing!
Furry, angel-winged shearling jackets stole the present, as did a really placing ermine coat and lots of decidedly uncoy Chantilly lace ensembles.
No surprise all of Paris has been lined in McQueen posters – McQueen completely captured the zeitgeist in Paris.
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DRIES VAN NOTEN
Watch Dries Van Noten’s present right here: https://www.fhcm.paris/en/assortment/dries-van-noten-womenswear-fallwinter-2025-2026
It was pure theatre at Julian Klausner’s first assortment as artistic director at, arguably, probably the most liked and most acknowledged of all vogue manufacturers.
Befittingly the reveals have been held on the very dramatic venue of the Opera Garnier with its mirrored halls. And dramatic it was!
Maybe essentially the most iconic of all of the seems have been the items constructed from outsized curtain tassels.
Different ensembles had an nearly oriental really feel about them of their material and in the way in which the sleeveless clothes wrapped across the physique.
Dries Van Noten’s signature dyed silk clothes featured in lots of locations, as did his beloved boleros, sequins, rhinestones, embroidery, jacquard and fringe.
Draped clothes appeared luxurious and unique, with the model’s well-known mixes of various textiles in a single garment: velvet and chiffon, brocade and jacquard, silk and sequins trying extraordinarily covetable.
The outsized knits appeared cosy and horny, particularly the way in which they have been paired with light-weight chiffon and organza.
A delightfully demure palette of bottle inexperienced, burnt orange, olive and browns made the distinctive silhouettes stand out much more.
All in all a wealthy tapestry of influences, shapes and shades that may down very effectively with lovers of the model, and can little doubt win Dries Van Noten many new followers.
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CHRISTIAN DIOR
Watch Christian Dior’s present right here: https://www.fhcm.paris/en/assortment/christian-dior-womenswear-fallwinter-2025-2026
This season’s neck ruff, neat little jacket, tiered skirts, flounces, frills and common dandy apparel have been all to be discovered on this pleasant assortment by artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri for Christian Dior.
Chiuri cites Virginia Woolf’s traditional 1928 novel Orlando the place a boy turns into a lady as time went on, as inspiration for the gathering, inspiration that underscores Chiuri’s ardour for costume and the way it has modified over the a long time and centuries.
Little using jackets, spats, corsets, knickerbockers, using boots and frilly white shirts with outsized cuffs shared the runway with ermine coats, tulle skirts, logo-ed t-shirts and essentially the most divine metallic crocheted maxi clothes.
Lacy Victorian touches accomplished the image, and have been very a lot in tune with the final zeitgeist of tremendous female Gothic Victoriana that we noticed throughout numerous manufacturers.
Up to date black strappy leather-based jackets appeared extraordinary paired with champagne-hued frilly chiffon blouses – pure perfection!
The pièce de résistance, and one which ran proper by the gathering was the Victorian corset, finishing a group that’s so magical and nostalgic, but so wearable – simply add a pair of these flat Christian Dior using boots and off you go… galloping into a gathering or lunch!
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CHLOE
Watch Chloe’s present right here: https://www.fhcm.paris/en/assortment/chloe-womenswear-fallwinter-2025-2026
Maybe essentially the most endearing of all of the flimsy slips, lacy blouses and flouncy Victorian-inspired ensembles at Paris Trend Week got here from the stables of Chemena Kamali, artistic director at Chloe.
Quintessential aristocratic nation home dwelling (or fortress dwelling) Britishness sprang to thoughts while perusing (and adoring!) all of the fur bobbles on the capes and stoles, the threadbare silk slips, the beautiful bits-of-nothing pastel lace clothes…
The signature Chloe lady shines by – a complicated and grunge-adoring hippy, all midriff, tiered skirt and lots perspective. The identical lady would nonchalantly be slipping into her silk nightly for a celebration on the lawns, pairing it with granny’s fur coat – and she or he’ll look 1,000,000 {dollars}.
This assortment is certainly like discovering a treasure trove of all of your great-granny’s gems stowed away within the attic.
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GIVENCHY
Watch Givenchy’s present right here: https://www.fhcm.paris/en/assortment/givenchy-womenswear-fallwinter-2025-2026
The legend that’s Sarah Burton offered her first assortment for Givenchy, after a protracted stint with Alexander McQueen
The brand-ed first seems on the runway recommended a up to date return to the very beginnings of the model in 1952, a stretchy lace catsuit with underwear on show.
Silhouettes have been sturdy, and emphasised shoulders (the ultra-padded shoulder look of the second was evident right here too), waistlines and sleeves.
The absence of sleeves was additionally a characteristic, with gathers, pleats and asymmetry taking the main focus. Outsized bows have been daring and placing equipment.
Hourglass silhouettes – most notably the ballet tutu clothes) have been interchanged with trapeze formed clothes, essentially the most placing of those the sunshine yellow sleeveless tulle gown which is a chunk of sculpture, actually.
Different memorable items embody the very shapely mid-grey coat with its avant-garde collar and the horny sleeveless black coat with its strategically formed lapels.
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MIU MIU
Watch Miu Miu’s present right here: https://www.fhcm.paris/en/paris-fashion-week
The genius that’s Miuccia Prada has obtained the zeitgeist spot on. She ponders, “The query is what can we retain of femininity? Does it assist on this actually harmful second? In warfare time?”
These of us who’ve been following Miuccia Prada’s vogue pondering over the a long time have been totally conscious of the truth that she’s intentionally been stripping vogue again to its barest necessities at Miu Miu.
Her press launch stated, “This season, we actually needed to create an class with nothing—by the on a regular basis, by direct manipulations of straightforward items.”
And this season’s providing – maybe extra so than most – was spartan – the fundamental parts that the majority folks would have of their wardrobe have been certainly the weather of the gathering: some vintage-ey faux fur, just a few lingerie-esque clothes, a few A-line slip skirts, some knee-length socks, just a few lurex jumpers… similar to in instances of warfare. (Thoughts you, these pleasant sparkly rhinestone socks have been unlikely to have been in any previous wardrobe in warfare time…)
However what makes all of the distinction is the shapewear worn beneath: the long-lasting 50s bullet bra was the star of the present.
Bits of sparkly gold jewelley brightened up the muted colors, and the do-it-yourself hairdo’s have been endearing!
To be sincere, most ladies crave simplicity of their day-to-day dressing. Life is difficult sufficient as it’s.
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GOODBYE FROM PARIS FASHION WEEK!
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