The Forecast: This Is What 2025 Fashion Will Look Like

Exactly 377 days ago, I wrote the 2024 version of this exact story and started by discussing the ever-changing fashion environment throughout the year prior. Back then, I was excited about the possibilities surrounding some of the industry’s more recent creative-director hires—including designers Matthieu Blazy at Bottega Veneta (Blazy started in 2020) and Louise Trotter at Carven. (Trotter started in 2023.) Changes were happening at major houses, new legacies were being built, and excitement was in the air. Little did I know then that 2024 would bring about even more variation. Just last week, Trotter announced her departure from Carven, followed by Blazy at Bottega Veneta. The Italian leather goods brand then named Trotter as Blazy’s successor. A few hours later, Chanel answered every fashion person’s most burning question: Who will take over from Virginie Viard? The answer was Blazy. That’s only two of the industry’s many swapped seats this year.

Suffice it to say, 2025 is on track to blow 2024’s chaotic and unpredictable energy out of the water, but that doesn’t mean we must go into the year completely blind. After studying the spring/summer 2025 runway collections and end-of-year culture shifts, I feel confident about my predictions about what’s to come in the next 365 days or so. Below, read up on 2025 fashion before the year even begins, from 180-degree aesthetic changes to fresh color trends.

Though this trend has been slowly creeping up for a few seasons now, Saint Laurent’s S/S 25 collection really put it on the map. We’re calling it a few different things, including soft power and power play, but generally speaking, it’s fashion’s move toward a softer version of workwear that isn’t as sharp and tailored as it’s been in the past. Suits are slightly more relaxed and oversize and styled personally with cuff bracelets, oversize sunglasses, and interesting outerwear. The trend extended to Bottega Veneta, Stella McCartney, and Christopher Esber. In a press release following Louis Vuitton’s show during Paris Fashion Week, the house’s creative director Nicolas Ghesquière called soft power the ultimate oxymoron given that softness and power are often seen as opposites. However, where they meet is really where successful women reside. They’re multifaceted beings who are able to balance the two contrasting concepts naturally.