If surrealism is twisting the meaning of daily objects, then the shows in Paris delivered in spades: flipping sweaters and transforming them into dresses at Issey Miyake, switching up functional garments at Ottolinger, where shirts were deconstructed and collars worn as embellishments, and at Paloma Wool where knitwear was turned on its head.

Fashion Month Spring 2025 ended with Paris Fashion Week. The event highlighted trends like bubble skirts, sharp tailoring, and soft butter yellow. New styles were also introduced, including Grandma Chic,

It was a Paris Fashion Week full of rumors. The shows took place as Chanel, perhaps the most famous Parisian fashion house, looks for a creative director in the wake of Virginie Viard’s departure earlier this year. For many attendees, a question hung in the air: What if this designer took over at Chanel?

The massive exhibition space in central Paris has an atrium ceiling and is flanked with mint green ironwork, and it is where Karl Lagerfeld staged his elaborate, theatrical runway shows for the French luxury fashion house.