Now that the style set has packed up its things and headed to Paris to close out fashion month, let’s sit down and discuss everything we just saw at Milan Fashion Week for the fall/winter 2025 season. The French capital may loom large, but over the past few seasons, Milan has quietly risen in the ranks as *the* fashion destination to pay attention to. This season, the city’s influence is reaching new heights. All week, insiders were abuzz about the season-defining Prada show, Fendi’s glamorous take on nonna-core, Max Mara’s refined color palette, and so much more because the shows gave us plenty to discuss and dissect. In case there were any lingering doubts, Milan is the moment.
This season furthered the vision of Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons with a collection that celebrated the glamorous—but still raw and messy—woman and gave us a glimpse into where our current era of elegant dressing is heading next. In the interim between creative directors, the design team at Gucci presented an homage to the house codes from throughout its rich history. And 100 years on at Fendi, Silvia Venturini Fendi stepped in to envision the womenswear collection with a luxurious and nostalgia-tinged collection filled with fur, lace, and ladylike elements. The first looks at fall 2025 are already exciting us, and below, you’ll find the seven most important trends to know about now.
Elegance isn’t going away per se, but it’s morphing into something more lived-in and less refined than the elegant-dressing tropes that have dominated in recent seasons. On the Milan runways that turned up as smaller opulent touches used to make looks feel more glamorous without being too obvious about it. Prada notably played with the tension between models’ messy hair and the bejeweled collar necklaces and brooches that finished off the upsized looks. At Fendi, skirt suits came embellished with crystals at the shoulders while at Alberta Ferretti, blazers and coats were finished with sculptural closures that made them a touch more special. For fall, beauty lies in the details.
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