While Paris is the home of fashion’s most historic maisons, just as important is its status as a hotbed for emerging and independent design talent. Our Standout category celebrates the upcoming brands and designers taking fashion forward, with Spring 2025 showcasing a broad and exciting mix of design perspectives.
Paris also comprises a uniquely global community, and standout shows from Ukraine’s Litkovska, Korea’s Time, and Italy’s Niccolò Pasqualetti, were among our favorites. A longtime Copenhagen staple, Ganni marked its Paris debut with a thoughtful evolution of its signature brand of playful yet polished eclecticism.
Exploring goddess mythology, Gabriela Hearst deepened her environmentalist perspective with an exploration of how respect for the power of the earth and the power of women are intertwined.
Rokh leads the pack with a collection that offered a beautiful vision of gender fluidity while exploring an exquisite contrast between the sharp lines of tailoring and corsetry and softly blooming craft techniques.
Here are The Impression’s picks for the Top 10 Standout runway shows of the Spring 2025 season from Paris as selected by our editor-in-chief, Kenneth Richard.
10 (tie) – Litkovska
10 (tie) – Vaquera
9 – Time
8 (tie) – Niccolò Pasqualetti
8 (tie) – Ganni
7 (tie) – Ester Manas
7 (tie) – Casablanca
6 – Ottolinger
5 – Christopher Esber
4 – Atlein
3 (tie) – Vautrait
3 – Gabriela Hearst
2 – Rabanne
1 – Rokh
