The Spring 2025 Season Includes Alessandro Michele’s Highly Anticipated Runway Debut at Valentino
The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode has shared its official schedule for Paris Fashion Week in September. The Spring 2025 women’s ready-to-wear calendar, running from September 23 to October 1, includes 70 shows and 38 presentations, compared to 67 shows and 40 presentations for the Spring season in 2024.
The most anticipated highlight is undoubtedly Alessandro Michele’s debut runway show for Valentino on September 29th, which follows on the heels of the surprise release of his first collection lookbook in June.
Notably absent from the schedule is Maison Margiela. Recently emerging reports suggest that creative director John Galliano may be departing, though the brand has declined to comment. Instead, Maison Margiela plans to host an event on September 30, with further details to be announced.
Off-White will also be missing from the Paris schedule, as it is set to debut its collection in New York.
This season marks the return of Gabriela Hearst, who has not shown in Paris since her Spring 2021 show in October 2020. Ludovic de Saint Sernin returns after a single season in New York, and Y/Project is back after skipping Fall 2024 to prioritize investments. Christopher Esber, the 2024 Andam Prize winner, returns to the presentation calendar alongside Heliot Emil and Aigle. Newcomers Alainpaul and Niccolò Pasqualetti, an LVMH Prize finalist, also join the schedule.
Chanel will present its first ready-to-wear show since Virginie Viard’s departure, designed by the studio, on October 1. Dries Van Noten’s collection will also be studio-designed following the designer’s farewell in June. Other returning highlights include Dior, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Loewe, Chloé, Balmain, Alexander McQueen, Hermès, The Row, and Victoria Beckham. Louis Vuitton will close the official calendar on October 1, while Coperni is set to stage its off-calendar show at Disneyland that evening.
Due to the dismantling of Olympic installations, which will still be ongoing at the time, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode has advised members to avoid show venues in the Place de la Concorde area.
