Inside or Out-of-the-Office, Boss is Working for the Future Commuter
Review of Boss Spring 2025 Fashion Show
By Angela Baidoo
THE COLLECTION
THE VIBE
Future commuter, home away from home, well-travelled
The art of relaxation is a theme that designers are exploring, especially when it comes to the silhouette. Spring 2025 has creative minds thinking up solutions to make our everyday lives more easeful and in the process expanding their design codes from structured to softly svelte.
Boss creative director Marco Falcioni told The Impression backstage that the collections title of ‘Out of Office’ was a metaphor “We started from a point where we had been pursuing the perfect suit, but what happens after business, you want to go Out-of-Office, because being the boss is also about taking time off to rest and do your activities, no matter if you do yoga or travel. Resting is the ultimate luxury.” This term, as it turns out, perfectly encapsulates where the designer is envisioning the future of BOSS, not as a brand that you only turn to when you want an expertly tailored suit but where you can now find work-to-workout gear.
Set in the grounds of the Palazzo Senato, a natural lawn had been created throughout , which those with precariously high heels navigated delicately, but also drove home Falcioni’s message that spring 2025 is for getting outside of the office walls, and to that point “touching grass”. A concept we also saw in New York at Collina Strada.
The clothes were louche enough for R&R but still felt put together enough to take a meeting – albeit via zoom – if needed. When talking about the construction of the tailoring which came in an array of fabrics, including a washed silk, Falcioni said that in order to communicate this new relaxed direction some of the suits came unlined and in other cases the main outer fabric was also used as the lining, Falcioni said of this process “We took away any constriction from the garment, starting from our hero garment – the blazer – we took away the shoulder pads and the full canvas construction, we even took away the lining of the blazer and lined it with the same fabric as the outside”. It may be too early to say, until they can be inspected up close or tested in the real world at least, but frequent business commuters may just find the ultimate travel suit in that aforementioned washed silk look.
His choice of a muted yet indulgent palette brought the fluid looks to life in the deeper greens and blues along with rusts, with the thinking behind this that each piece in the collection should be easy to combine. Again, the idea of ease as the future of how brands should approach engaging with their customers.
THE DIRECTION
THE QUOTE
We don’t need the office anymore, it’s not 9 to 5, it’s actually 5 to whenever. It’s a moment for fashion to be grounded, everything had to reflect what is going on and the industry is evolving once again and it’s a good moment”
Marco Falcioni, creative director, BOSS
THE WRAP UP
Even though it is not overly showy or possessing maximalist design ideals, the new BOSS is cultivating a loyal following, for its still evolving take on its tailoring foundations, led by Marco Falcioni – who brought out his design team for his finale and had the foresight to include in his cast renowned stylists, cultural tastemakers and the most in-demand athletes (from Ben G. Cobb and Luke Jefferson Day to Loris Karius), he also said that he wants to give the brand a fourth dimension, and the first exciting examples of this was seen during Metaverse Fashion Week when they successfully developed one of the best immersive experiences in the space.
In the breaking free from the CorpCore restrictions of last season we saw that any brand can and will alter their DNA to remain in tune with the times.
