Looking through thespring 2025 couture collections, a thought kept running through my mind.

What a great time to be alive if you love the theater of the absurd.

Nonsense and fairy tales.Alice in Wonderland, said Sarah Mower in her review.

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A model walks the Valentino spring 2025 couture show.

Couture has always been known for being the realm of fantasy.

We want to follow designers down their rabbit holes.

The ritual of making is completely different.

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Chanel, spring 2025 couture

And time did not exist.

References to everything mean references to nothing, mean something new.

(It would be the same, but we tell ourselves stories to live.)

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Christian Dior, spring 2025 couture

Giorgio Armani celebrated 20 years ofArmani Privewith an emphasis on swishing, secretly hedonistic trousers (The sheerness!

The caressing touch of liquid satin against the skin!)

It was akin to decorating your house with fresh flowers to receive a visit from a new love.

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Viktor & Rolf, spring 2025 couture

They called it a human interpretation of the endless possibilities of AI.

Except that we are our own AI.

Be your own AI.

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Rahul Mishra, spring 2025 couture

Short n Sweet

The new power suit is disarming in its proportions.

Elie Saab, spring 2025 couture

Childs Play

Designers just want to have fun!

A Great Gray Suit

Perfect proportions, styling, accessories.

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Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda, spring 2025

Oh this old thing?

Youd say when you receive compliments, which would be often.

Its the perfect finishing touch.

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Valentino, spring 2025 couture

Its poetry in motion!

For not caring that you’re cleaning the floor as you walk.

For having to say Oh, Im sorry, youre standing on my cape.

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Valentino, spring 2025 couture

Some Lovely Yellow Dresses…

Vintage-inspired and oh, so chic.

And Some Shocking Citron Looks Too

Yellow is clearly the hue of the season.

Til Death

Nothing says couture like a devastating wedding gown.

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Valentino, spring 2025 couture

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Armani Privé, spring 2025 couture

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Christian Dior, spring 2025 couture

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Zuhair Murad, spring 2025 couture

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Schiaparelli, spring 2025 couture

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Valentino, spring 2025 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier by Ludovic de Saint Sernin, spring 2025 couture

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Christian Dior, spring 2025 coutre

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Valentino, spring 2025 couture

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Schiaparelli, spring 2025 couture

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Ashi Studio, spring 2025 couture

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Giambattista Valli, spring 2025 couture

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Armani Privé, spring 2025 couture

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Schiaparelli, spring 2025 couture

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Christian Dior, spring 2025 couture

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Alexandre Vauthier, spring 2025 couture

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Elie Saab, spring 2025 couture

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Armani Privé, spring 2025 couture

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Elie Saab, spring 2025 couture

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Vilktor & Rolf, spring 2025 couture

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Ashi Studio, spring 2025 couture

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Valentino, spring 2025 couture

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Valentino, spring 2025 couture

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Valentino, spring 2025 couture

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Alexandre Vauthier, spring 2025 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, spring 2025 couture

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Christian Dior, spring 2025 couture

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Valentino, spring 2025 couture

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Chanel, spring 2025 couture

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Zuhair Murad, spring 2025 couture

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Julie de Libran, spring 2025 couture

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Christian Dior, spring 2025 couture

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Giambattista Valli, spring 2025 couture

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Viktor & Rolf, spring 2025 couture

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Chanel, spring 2025 couture

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Alexandre Vauthier, spring 2025 couture

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Viktor & Rolf, spring 2025 couture

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Christian Dior, spring 2025 couture

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Viktor & Rolf, spring 2025 couture

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Julie de Libran, spring 2025 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, spring 2025 couture

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Valentino, spring 2025 couture

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Alexandre Vauthier, spring 2025 couture

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Armani Privé, spring 2025 couture

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Chanel, spring 2025 couture

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Viktor & Rolf, spring 2025 couture

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Giambattista Valli, spring 2025 couture

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Jean Paul Gaulter by Ludovic de Saint Sernin, spring 2025 couture

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Chanel, spring 2025 couture

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Gaurav Gupta, spring 2025 couture

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Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda, spring 2025 couture

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Giambattista Valli, spring 2025 couture

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Alexis Mabille, spring 2025 couture

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Chanel, spring 2025 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier by Ludovic de Saint Sernin, spring 2025 couture