(L) Models showcasing Zimmermann collection; (R) Models showcasing Saint Laurent collection at Paris Fashion Week (Pic: AFP)
Models present a creation by Zimmermann
Spring summer 2025 is going to be full of flowery feminine prints and floaty blouses and skirts if the Paris runway shows are anything to go by. Irish designer Jonathan Anderson at Loewe won a lot of fans for his hooped flowery dresses where you could see not just the crinolines underneath, but the boxing boots too. Australian brand Zimmermann’s flowing powder-pastel dresses were given a hard edge by jackets.
Models walk on the ramp after a presentation by Dior
Another quiet revolution is taking place on the runway. High heels have been giving way to a procession of flatter, more practical footwear. Dior's famously feminist designer Maria Grazia Chiuri pretty much did away with heels in her collection. Sweden's Acne Studios matched its chicest business suits and skirts with imitation carpet slippers, further embedding a strong trend to liberate the comfy slipper from the style crime stocks.
Bella Hadid and other models present a creation by Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent's Anthony Vaccarello dived into the personal wardrobe of the brand's founder, Yves Saint Laurent, to dress the models in the legendary designer's double-breasted suits. They walked in oversized men's suits nearly 60 years after the French designer revolutionised fashion by putting women in men's black tuxedos.
Model showcases a creation by Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham's suits were cut closer to the body and were a lot less literal, some with sleeves torn of or legs slashed -- if these symbols of male power had been mauled by all the ages of stored-up female rage.
Models walk the ramp for Chloe
Retro and provocative at the same time, bloomers are definitely back next summer. Created in 1851 by the American Libby Miller, they freed women up to ride bicycles and horses, though they were mostly worn under dresses. And it is in that same feminist vein that they have returned to the Paris catwalks, worn often with men's jackets or shirts in a daring and functional combo. French label Chloe really ran with the look with a line of lacy bloomers worn under suit jackets and bombers.
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