The impressive contrast autumn/winter season that New York Fashion Week has come and conquered! Here, luxury coexisted with minimalism, and rebellion intertwined with refinement. It was an absolute treat for Flowers. The New York runway scene checked all the fashion boxes commercially and creatively, and we were impressed. From the revival of grunge in the 90s to the sparkle of metallics, designers rethink the classic aesthetic with a fresh, positive approach.
The fall/winter season may have felt more restrained than this season, but the theatre moments were still attracting attention. Marc Jacobs was captivated by unscheduled sights, sending puppet-like models down the runway with an exaggerated, almost surreal silhouette. Christian Siliano leaned against the high octane charm of revealing car-inspired gowns and flashy clubwear that glittered like chrome on the highway at midnight. And with a distinctive display of conceptual artistry, Tom Brown closed the week with a bird fantasy.
NYFW is coming to an end, but their most influential collections, Instagrammable moments and unexpected statements redefine the next big scene in fashion. There are four notable trends that have emerged from this season’s outrage.
Lesbian Core Layer
This pants-over-dressing layered approach resonates deeply with the rise of the aesthetics of lesbian cores where utilities meet individuality. Pants and dress pairings provide a practical, nonsense nod to an attitude of practicality, while ensuring room for self-expression through fabric play and styling habits.
NYFW Autumn/Winter 2025 saw the appearance incorporate a new life, combining practicality with playful experiments. Coach embraced the juxtaposition with an oversized knit that covered tailored pants, while young women’s clothing designer Alex S. Yu raised the volume with a carved dress layered over patterned pants .
Grunge redux
Grunge resurfaced in 2025 in the fall/winter NYFW. This is not as a nostalgic nod in the 90s, but as a rethinked rebellion for a generation that does not fear the dissonance of service. The runway pulsated with an unconventional spirit. The designers tinkered with the genre’s distinctive rebellion, refined the traditional aesthetics of the past.
The lineup of European label Proenza Schouler features a painful knitwear, skillfully hanging from the shoulders and dismantled but careful. Their palettes – charcoal and muddy olives on predmin – promoted the calm melancholy of the rain-stained sidewalk. The texture seemed to tell a cute, morning story of the nights we spent at the diving bar and the cold city. Fashion names like Alexander Wang and Tory Burch have also been released with Tailored Grunge. The sharply cut suit, along with shredded hems and tormented finishes, is an ode to the tension between rebellion and suppression, along with muted plaid inserts.
Executive Office Fashion
Corporate Chic has given a devastating twist to 2025 NYFW fall/winter. Because the designer leaned over the office siren. The classic language of business attire remained: sharp tailoring, crisp shirts, and a calm palette. But beneath the surface there was an obvious sense of play.
Michael Kors led the charge on the runway, paired with a perfectly cut blazer and leaning forward pants, evoking the power dressing nostalgia of the 90s, but this time it’s easier to power. Nepali-American designer Prabal Gurung also introduced asymmetrical hemlines and unexpected fabric combinations, destroying the uniformity of the company without abandoning its essence. Tory Burch remakes the pencil skirt with an unexpected Ruching, but the coach injects the youthful crippling that found loose wear tie, and the pinstripes are softened with knit layers.
Lacey Season
If there is one fabric that has lasted a prolonged impression this season, it is lace. Sheer has been ordering attention for a while, but the lace has emerged as a material Du Jour. But forget about the saccharin free hoho iteration of the 2010s. Lace today has fewer flower crowns and more femme fatales.
On the runway, the area of Corina Strada’s “Fampier” was covered in melancholic veils. Off-duty model Alex Condani leaned against Coquette’s aesthetic with a knowledge wink, but Kesha’s Brat ensemble showed the lace potential as delicate and rebellious. This was not a winter night race. It is a race for a world that is not afraid to accept that contradiction.
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