Paris Fashion Week 2025
AMIRI F/W ‘25
FOR FALL/WINTER 2025/26, MIKE AMIRI TURNED TO MID-CENTURY LOS ANGELES NIGHTLIFE, PRESENTING HIS COLLECTION INSIDE CLUB AMIRI — A FICTIONAL LOUNGE SPACE FILLED WITH NODS TO HOLLYWOOD’S GOLDEN AGE. THE CLOTHES CARRIED THAT SAME SENSE OF NOSTALGIA, WITH RELAXED TAILORING, WIDE LAPELS, FLARED TROUSERS, AND SHARP-COLLARED SHIRTS STYLED WITH LEATHER AND SILK TIES. LUXE MATERIALS LIKE CROC-EMBOSSED LEATHER, SEQUINS, VELVET, AND SATIN BROUGHT TEXTURE TO THE FOREFRONT, WHILE A PALETTE OF DEEP BURGUNDY, GOLD, ESPRESSO, AND INDIGO GROUNDED THE MOOD. STANDOUTS RANGED FROM A SILVER LAMÉ PINSTRIPE SUIT WORN WITH A SILK CAMISOLE TO CRYSTAL-DETAILED KNITS AND FLUID TUXEDOS. THE RESULT WAS A REFINED BLEND OF VINTAGE GLAMOUR AND CONTEMPORARY POLISH — CINEMATIC, BUT WEARABLE.
WILLY CHAVARRIA F/W ‘25
AFTER DECIDING TO MOVE FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS FASHION WEEK, WILLY CHAVARRIA MADE HIS PARIS RUNWAY DEBUT WITH TARANTULA, A COLLECTION CELEBRATING HIS 10TH YEAR IN THE INDUSTRY. STAGED AT THE HISTORIC AMERICAN CATHEDRAL, THE SHOW BLENDED WEST COAST STREETWEAR, CONTEMPORARY TAILORING, AND CHICANO HERITAGE. SIGNATURE BROAD-SHOULDERED SUITS, BOUCLÉ JACKETS WITH GOLD BUTTONS, AND SCULPTURAL OPERA COATS CONTRASTED WITH ’90S-INSPIRED ADIDAS TRACKSUITS, BOLD GRAPHICS, AND ARCHIVAL PIECES, CREATING A DYNAMIC JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN CASUAL AND COUTURE. THE COLLECTION EMPHASIZED BOLD SILHOUETTES—VOLUMINOUS TOPS WITH CINCHED WAISTS, FLANNEL SHIRTS, WIDE JEANS, OVERSIZED CHINOS, AND ITALIAN WORKWEAR FABRICS TO ELEVATE CLASSIC CHICANO STAPLES. A RANGE OF GOLDS, DEEP PLUMS, BOLD REDS, SOFT GREYS, AND THE BRAND’S SIGNATURE USE OF BLACK ADDED A TOUCH OF DECADENCE, WHILE BOLD GRAPHICS AND WIDE-BRIMMED HATS REINFORCED THE STREETWEAR EDGE CHAVARRIA STRIVES FOR. CHAVARRIA’S ACTIVISM WAS FRONT AND CENTER, ENDING THE SHOW WEARING A SWEATSHIRT READING “HOW WE LOVE IS WHO WE ARE,” TIED TO A CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTI-LGBTQ+ LEGISLATION. CELEBRITIES LIKE J BALVIN, BECKY G, TOKISCHA, AND OZUNA AMPLIFIED THE SHOW’S ENERGY, WITH J BALVIN DELIVERING AN INTIMATE LIVE PERFORMANCE. TARANTULA SHOWCASED CHAVARRIA’S ABILITY TO MERGE RESILIENCE, ROMANCE, AND METICULOUS ARTISTRY, SOLIDIFYING HIS ROLE AS A TRAILBLAZER IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL FASHION INDUSTRY.
AURALEE F/W ‘25
THE AURALEE FW 25/26 COLLECTION SHOWCASED JAPANESE MINIMALISM AT ITS FINEST, BLENDING SLEEK SILHOUETTES WITH A WHIMSICAL PLAY ON TEXTURES. THE COLLECTION FEATURED CASHMERE MOLESKIN, MERINO MOUTON FUR, LAMB LEATHER FINISHES, SILK ANORAKS, AND INTRICATE KNITWEAR. STANDOUT LOOKS INCLUDED A ROSE-COLORED WORKWEAR CANVAS JACKET PAIRED WITH DARK-GREY TROUSERS AND A WHITE BUTTON-UP, A BLACK LEATHER JACKET LAYERED OVER A LEATHER VEST WITH A BRUSHED-WOOL GRASSY GREEN POLO, AND A FOREST GREEN CASHMERE PUFFER LAYERED OVER A TIFFANY BLUE PUFFER WITH A BASE LAYER MULTICOLORED FLANNEL. THE BRAND SHOWCASED OUTERWEAR WITH AN INCREDIBLE RANGE INCLUDING LONG WOOL COATS, SUEDE LEATHER JACKETS FEATURING MERINO FUR COLLARS, BOMBER JACKETS, CASUAL ZIP-UPS, UTILITARIAN CHORE-COATS, AND LEATHER BOMBER JACKETS OVER DOUBLE-BREASTED CASHMERE COATS. WHILE RELAXED JEANS, TROUSERS, AND CHINOS PROVIDED CONSISTENCY AND BALANCE TO THE COLLECTION. RYOTA IWAI’S COLLECTION CELEBRATED UNDERSTATED LUXURY, REDEFINING MODERN MINIMALISM THROUGH PRECISION AND TEXTURE.
