Everything in here is from the fall-winter 2025 runway, pt. 3
Exploring my favourite fall 2025 pieces, one more time <3
Here we are, at the finale post of fall 2025 runway shows. I have gathered up the rest of my most beloved to share with you. I hope you enjoy <3
My very favourites have a ✨ next to them. I think fall of 2025 collections have been showcasing so much creativity. I am both pleased and greedily grabbing it all with both hands.
Ganni fall 2025 rtw
Show location: Hotel Pozzo di Borgo
The theme: a sense of home, belonging.
My favourite look is this deep red-brown overcoat with matching pants and white turtleneck:
The blue look is my second favourite. And the embroidered florals on this black gown are lovely:
I love when clothing plays with textures, heavier layered with lighter. This brocade bag is a dream and a half:
I see the warmth. The layering, draping, and patterns all create a feeling of security. Paired with the beautiful setting, it makes for a wonderful display.
Mame Kurogouchi fall 2025 rtw ✨
Maiko Kurogouchi presented her marvelous fall collection at Ogata, Paris - a Japanese tea and cuisine house. The setting was calm, relaxed, and beautifully organized by Kurogouchi. This is a common location, and energy, for her runway shows.
The deep, lush, gorgeous reds & black in her pieces were inspired by traditional Japanese lacquerware:
Kurogouchi was additionally inspired by the mochi she regularly has for breakfast, and the suminagashi technique of marble printing.
With a straight face, tell me these absurdly beautiful pieces are not bringing a tear to your eye? You can’t do it. They are breathtaking:
These puffer dress-coats are representative of “smooth pebbles of a riverbank, the delicious softness of mochi, or clouds of spun sugar.”
What a feat. Everything is so lovely.
Stella McCartney fall 2025 rtw
This is such a fun collection. It immediately made me think of Working Girl (1988) and office fashion in the eighties.
This is my favourite bit. Look at this delicious blue-green:
And this gown, which is very very Schiaparelli to me.
A well-rounded, beautiful showing. Thank you, Stella 😏 how much fun it is to see glamorous gowns, padded shoulders, and candy colours.
Tom Ford Fall 2025 rtw
“I hope I seduced you all,” said Haider Ackermann backstage after debuting his first collection as creative director for Tom Ford.
This collection is all about renewing the brand, bringing it back to life, sensuality, cheekiness, and finding Ackermann’s groove.
I love and adore this delicate lilac gown:
And all of the pops of colour among the black & white looks:
This merlot trench is so so alluring oh my goodness!
I haven’t found myself all too enticed by Tom Ford in a long time, but this show was pleasant and I look forward to seeing what Ackermann will bring to the brand in the future.
but beautiful 4…, Undercover fall 2025 rtw ✨
Jun Takahashi wanted to create his fall collection as an ode to his personal favourite: Undercover’s fall 2004 show. FW 2004 was inspired by Patti Smith’s style and Anne-Valérie Dupond, phenomenal artist.
Fall 2025 marked Takahashi’s 35th anniversary as a designer, and so, with that, he wanted to bring his most beloved vision back, renewed, nostalgic, recreated.
Takahashi is not interested in trends or striking silhouettes that are so tight one cannot breathe. He is interested in creativity, aura, surrealism. Every look from this fall show is enchanting to the eye and the mind. Starting with this absolutely beguiling two piece suit, dripping in gold:
I love how many pieces are covered in little jewels, trinkets, pins. Everything feels worn and loved.
This gown (though it is a little hard to tell from the photographs) is a play on ‘wearing a plush toy,’ it is a puffer party dress with legs and a snout.
Outstanding jacket covered in a glowing candle print:
I love tiny details that make me DELIGHTED. Like this golden spider brooch and the rich blue tassels decorating this creamy lemon coat:
Wings <333 I love some wings.
The shoes in this collection are a marvel to witness. I love when everything is so fun, filled with playfulness and fortitude and excitement. I love seeing what comes next, I love the detail. These look like a pair of heels the Other Mother from Coraline would wear.
We really see Anne-Valérie Dupond’s signature sculpturing here:
Pure mastery, in my opinion. I love every moment.
Schiaparelli fall 2025
The theme for this show, in Daniel Roseberry’s words, was about envisioning “a world without men, (…) women inherited the earth. What would they do with the remnants of male archetypes?” Roseberry says this idea came to him from his recognition of the women in his life, who only dress for themselves and other women, no longer dressing for men.
I do need to give a bit of an eyeroll at this origin story, it’s very 2004 “women rule the world” vibes, but I’ll bite, I suppose, considering the collection itself is absolutely stunning.
I love the belt layering with the huge gold buckles. And the design on this coat 💋
These two pieces are REMARKABLE. I love them so much:
That classic Schiaparelli look with this top (L):
The most luxurious loungwear I’ve ever seen, and a most amazing golden column gown:
This dress… is perfect. I love it, I LOVE the colour and I love the texturing. The high slit <33333 a sapphire look is my dream. I think this dress has just been added to my list of “favourite runway dresses of all time”
I love Schiaparelli, I am rarely disappointed. Thankfully, this collection was no different. Every bit as beautiful as I expected.
Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood fall 2025 rtw
In keeping with Vivienne’s consistent practice in anti-authoritarianism, gender expectations are torn apart at the seams, and gorgeous suits, skirts, and gowns are worn with conviction.
This collection is very Vivienne inspired, imo. You can see her influence, and I love that.
This green gown is screaming Westwood so hard her throat is raw. I love it:
CHAOS!
A wonderful finale gown, I love the crosshatching and soft, pliable fabric with the grand, ballet-like skirt.
I should have added a few more photos of my favourite pieces, but it’s almost hard to choose. The show blends and blurs in a fantastic way, each look being very Westwood, very Kronthaler all at the same time. That’s the point, I suppose, isn’t it?
Fractured Motion, Rokh fall 2025 rtw
Location: 19th-century home in the Avenue Marceau, Paris, mid-conversion.
Rok Hwang is not here for minimalism. He wants no boredom, no sameness, but delight. So many pieces are ballooning, swooning, bubbling over.. 🥂
I love the look, everything is tailored perfectly or curvy swoops.
And these remarkable structural pieces. Sculptures in progress, sort of like the house.
Thank you for art and for love <3
McQueen fall 2025 rtw
This is a really wonderful McQueen collection (by Sean McGirr). It’s Night Walks inspo creates a vivid image in my mind. Apparently, this runway show opened up with a whoooooo! from the crowd. Something not common at fashion runways, but demonstrates just how beloved the McQueen fashion house remains.
LOOK at these fantastic, ultra-pointed shoes:
I have a weakness for soft lilac gowns:
They are all amazing.
And these reds. The reds are so striking.
Reminds me of dollhouses and dollhouse wardrobes:
What a dress (L) oh my gosh! And this very neat jeweled moth facepiece (R) that is giving me Silence of The Lambs meets Yellowjackets meets Candyman. The crystal masks from this collection were created by artists Matthew Empringham and Frederic Coomes alongside the McQueen atelier.
All wonderful. Truly.
Matières Fécales fall 2025 ✨
This collection is so interesting to me. Very much McQueen inspired (admittedly so from its creators), it is compelling and absorbing to gaze through. Each piece strange and beautiful.
This red gown in particular stands out as a favourite for me among fall 2025 fashion runways. It looks like blood-red spun sugar.
The contacts are INCREDIBLE, I love a demon-y moment. And Debra Shaw? Oh my goodness, I love seeing her walk.
Wings!!! Wings <3
Such distinct shapes, strict lines, memorable beauty, and well-tailored silhouettes. This is a new-to-me brand, but I’m looking forward to delving in and seeing what else they offer.
Heads or Tails, Marine Serre fall 2025
Hosted at: the Monnaie de Paris, a Parisian mint.
Each guest was given a handmade coin (a talisman) stamped with Marine Serre’s crescent moon symbol as well as a portrait of Serre herself.
As soon as I saw this collection and its red draping, I thought Twin Peaks. The immediate recognition was correct, Serre did indeed create the set as an ode to David Lynch:
I love that Irma Vep is also featured as a reference.
Coin dress:
Love this leather look and “wet” gown:
Lively and lovely animal print tights:
And a couple behind the scenes shots:
The set is what makes this collection so exhilarating for me. I love the pieces, and paired with a red draped backdrop and horror-esque flooring, it is amazing.
Reflections of Desire, Di Petsa fall 2025
The theme of Dimitra Petsa’s fall collection focuses on the erotic, the romantic, and the divinely sexual.
Each model is a character representing their own story, being a muse, wanting to discover their sexual desires. The Myth of Di Petsa.
Heart shaped wings and a bright red bloom:
I love this candelabra look and her vampire fangs. The silver metal torsos were handmade by Petsa:
These lipstick prints are from Petsa herself, who spent hours upon hours with her favourite lipstick, kissing paper, to find the very best kisses she could. “They’re kisses of hope,” Petsa says. She was heartbroken at the time of creating it. I think this lends such a visceral feeling to the piece.
This model was given a flower from this attendee. She returned the gift with a kiss.
Crystallized tears makeup look:
These men are doting over A Bride, as flower boys, handing her calla lilies. Calla lilies are often representative of rebirth and purity.
I love when the pieces coming down the runway make you curious, make you want to know their history and inspiration. Di Petsa is exemplary in this area. Creating stories for each look is how she is able to infuse such personality, creating boldness and intrigue and sensuality.
Nothing Pure Can Stay, Róisín Pierce fall 2025 rtw ✨
Presented at the Irish Embassy, Roísín Pierce delicately wove her own narrations into the soundtrack of the show. She read Vladimir Nabokov and Sylvia Plath. Lyrics from Mazzy Star and Nina Simone. And Pierce’s mother reciting Irish song. How wonderful is all of that? And how fitting for these pieces - in all of their fine, exquisite splendor.
Many of these gowns represent winter snowflakes, or new buds and petals of a plant.
Everything is so decadent and beautiful in a way that feels intangible, like they would slip from your grasp should you try to hold onto them too long.
What divine art. I so deeply love this show.
Most certainly a treasure of artistry and captivation. The delicacy of these gowns remind me of Keira Knightley’s green dress in Atonement, how it was said to so easily break apart if not held together just so. I love.. so much. This runway makes me want to write romance novels.. poetry.. sit in the grass and daydream until night falls. Amen.
Oscar de la Renta fall 2025
This is a really lovely assemblage of pieces by Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia. Each look highlights a certain de la Renta elegance that we come to associate with the house. They say: sophistication and intrigue.
I am absolutely obsessed with these three ensembles, I love the huge red skirt:
This silver gown on the right is DAZZLING:
And these jackets, ah I love the feather imagery:
The collection’s colours were focused on “cedar, blue quartz, chrysanthemum, and citrine.” Isn’t that delicious to say in your mouth? Say it aloud.
Bravo, bravo, for real, I love it.
Ahluwalia fall 2025 rtw ✨
Priya Ahluwalia looked toward cultural archives for her fall collection. Ahluwalia made trips to the Black British Archives and the V&A museum, as well as noted the book Afro-Atlantic Histories by Adriano Pedrosa as part of her inspiration.
Ahluwalia cares for preservation of one’s culture and the treasures and mementos included in that. She was additionally inspired by the draping in Nigerian clothing + Indian clothing.
I absolutely love these pieces. They are so, so lovely. I love the way the textures & fabrics move together.
All of the jewels are representative of passing down jewelry throughout one’s family.
A detail I love is this tweed suit, which Ahluwalia said reminds her of the snow-storm static of a television while old family videos play.
Purely delightful and beautiful. This collection is small, but memorable. I look forward to Ahluwalia’s return to the runway in September.
This has been such a merry time! It has been gratifying, relaxing, and beautiful. I love seeing the repeating patterns and the way designers grow. I love finding new-to-me designers. This makes me want to dive into 2024 collections and keep going backwards until I read the eighties and digital archives become harder to find.
I hope you are taking good care, my lilies <3 I would love to know what from my selection is your favourite(s).
Sending my love,
xo Katharine
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the gold-adorned takahashi set took my breath away! I also really loved the reflections of desire collection, especially the cool crystallized tears makeup look! :’) I wonder how difficult it was for the model to resist touching her eye area…