From the Olympic games to to an atmosphere of luxury stagnation, designers had lots to contend with in Paris this season. The best collections of Spring 2025 from the French fashion capital, however, rose to the challenge and focused in on what is essential in design for a complex contemporary world: clothing that is functional, yet doesn’t trade on character and creativity.
With his second runway collection at McQueen, Seán McGirr explored Irish folklore as he delivered a collection that felt truer to the theatricality, drama, and elevation of his predecessors at the house.
Under the new creative direction of Louis Trotter, Carven continues to unmistakably position itself as a heritage brand to watch.
After delivering our favorite show at Milan last week, Miuccia Prada strikes again with an excellent Miu Miu collection that continues her intuitive yet intellectual layering of disparate dress codes into a statement wardrobe of feminine freedom.
The most anticipated show of the season, Alessandro Michele’s runway debut at Valentino did not disappoint, offering a richly realized return to the designer’s world of vintage glamor and bourgeois decadence.
Louis Vuitton takes home the coveted number one spot with Nicolas Ghesquière’s excellent show – complete with a catwalk made from the maison’s antique travel trunks – that continued to mine his uncanny ability to synthesize disparate historical references and structural experiments into one-of-a-kind clothing that is at once immediate and avant-garde.
Here are The Impression’s picks for the Top 10 runway shows of the Spring 2025 season in Paris as selected by our Editor-in-Chief, Kenneth Richard.
10 (tie) – Issey Mikaye
10 (tie) – Loewe
9 (tie) – McQueen
9 (tie) – Chloé
8 – Balenciaga
7 – Carven
6 (tie) – Saint Laurent
6 (tie) – Dior
5 – Victoria Beckham
4 – Miu Miu
3 – Valentino
2 – Courrèges
1 – Louis Vuitton
