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The Big Four — New York, London, Milan, Paris — are already living in the spring-summer season of 2025. We live by a regular calendar, not a fashion schedule, but for us this is a great opportunity to study what we saw before the season starts, in order to meet it fully armed. The New York shows are already behind us, and I propose to sum them up and highlight the main trends. In this review, I have collected five of the brightest of them.
Fringe
The New York Fashion Week trend is too obvious and has already become a cliche. But designers stubbornly continue to create “live” pieces with fringe. This season, this dynamic decor resembled shredded sheets of paper, as at Prabal Gurung, Monse , and SS Daley , or falling streams of rain, as at Proenza Schouler and Ralph Lauren . Michael Kors and Nanushka offered raffia fringe, while Phillip Lim offered ribbons made of rhinestones. Nanushka used fringe on belts, Tory Burch on bags, and Michael Kors even on shoes.
Ralph Lauren
Deconstruction
Deconstructivism as a trend in fashion is an everlasting fashion constant. Based on an ironic attitude to rules and canons, designers continue to create something new. On American catwalks, rethinking familiar forms and destroying stereotypical designs was not even in every second, but literally in every collection. Michael Kors, Alaïa, Tory Burch and Nensi Dojaka preferred the technique of asymmetry; Ralph Lauren, Brandon Maxwell and Phillip Lim showed complex cuts with slits and constructor-like items; and JW Anderson literally wove a dress like a basket.
J.W. Anderson
Transparency
For several seasons now, “naked” things have literally taken over the catwalks, and this was the case in New York. But how can you create a harmonious image using transparent things without a sense of proportion and fashion dexterity? I answer – with the help of observation! I have collected ready-made images from American catwalks for you – catch ideas, but do not forget that this is a catwalk stylization, and in real life you can always adjust the image with a crop top, underskirt or slip.
Tory Burch
Waist
The hourglass silhouette, the gold standard of female beauty, is back in fashion! So it’s time to think about buying a gym membership to get into perfect shape by spring. We see examples of Christian Dior’s favorite silhouette at Ralph Lauren, Carolina Herrera, Brandon Maxwell, Tory Burch and many other designers. Michael Kors , in addition to the waist tightly cinched with a belt, has put a belt on jackets and outerwear. Let’s have a “wasp waist”!
Brandon Maxwell
Crop tops
Another reason to get into sports is the loud trend of looks with a strip of bare stomach that took off at the past Fashion Week. Crop tops, like Carolina Herrera and Michael Kors ; bandeau tops, like Alaïa ; short T-shirts, like Tory Burch and Ralph Lauren ; blouses and turtlenecks, like Tommy Hilfiger and Brandon Maxwell — any trick is good for showing off a well-toned abs.
Tory Burch
I really hope you enjoyed reading my review.