With a leaner schedule due to several major brands showing off-calendar or taking time off from the runway, this Milan menswear season felt focused and forward-thinking. From relaxed takes on formal tailoring to boundary-pushing experiments in fur and fringe, the collections were about the clothes themselves, and what it means to choose to wear.
Jordanluca’s show may have ended with an amazing surprise moment – Milan fashion week’s first ever on-the-runway marriage, between designers Jordan Bowen and Luca Marchetto – but the collection itself had plenty of romance, edge, and clever surprises of its own.
Playfully subverting masculine stereotypes while undertaking a seriously considered exploration of texture and tailoring, Simon Cracker further emerged as the city’s young brand to watch.
Beginning with classic wool suiting, Zegna continued its quietly innovative explorations of ageless elegance.
Never predictable and always visionary, Prada once again takes the lead. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons paired raw fur trims with sharp suit pants to create an unexpected layering of the animalistic and the elegant – an ode to following one’s instincts in fashion and beyond.
Here are The Impression’s picks for the best men’s runway shows of the Fall 2025 season in Milan as selected by our editor-in-chief, Kenneth Richard.
10 – Woolrich Black Label By Todd Snyder
9 – Mordecai
8 – Dunhill
7 – Jordanluca
6 – Pierre-Louis Mascia
5 – Simon Cracker
4 – Dolce & Gabbana
3 – Magliano
2 – Zegna
1 – Prada
