Putting together a trend report is a most daunting task.
How to summarize months of work and countless looksplus all the front-row chatterinto one list?
After thespring 2025 menswear collections, the project was even more challenging.
From left to right: Luar, Balenciaga, Miu Miu, Bottega Veneta, Bally, McQueen
What does one make of a season of contradictions?
That talk in the front row?
On the runways what we saw was push-pull between magnitude and intimacy.
Its vastness made one feel both small and present.
Were trying to give people options to what are standard conventional ideas of aesthetics, Owens said.
My seatmates all cried.
The finale at Rick Owens, spring 2025 menswear.
AddLoewe,Emporio Armani, andDsquared2to that mixalmost everyone seemed eager to follow that happy trail.
Thefall mens collectionsin January emphasized wearability.
Sophisticated, but not pretentious is how Amis Alexandre Mattiusi described it.
While ties remained a thing, a couple of key labels in Milan satirized them.
They were comically long atMoschinoand irrationally large atJW Anderson.
Irrational clothing, is how Anderson summed up his eponymous collection, an idea that somewhat wraps the season.
We can sell clothes, which is great.
But the goal for an artist is to create emotion, said Mike Amiri.
That is what hes always donereplace the occasional banality of this that we do with a raison detre.
The finale at Dries Van Noten, spring 2025 menswear.
Dries Van Noten takes one final bow.
Core Work
Midriffs and happy trails become the center of attention.
A Leg Up
But gams got a closer look, too.
Easy Breezy
Sheer outerwear (and pants too)?
Its really a thing.
Call the Gardener
Lavender carriers and head-to-toe florals.
Too Many Lines Crossed
Plaid is now a spring fabric.
Waistland
Foldover and inside-out waistbands underline the midriff erogenous zone.
A Classic Man
You cant go wrong with a nice shirt and good pair of pants.
I See Paris, I See France
Why can I see your underpants?
Cotton boxers make a comeback.
Untied
Funky ties that undo last seasons formality.
