Paris Fashion Week 2025: The Biggest Trends, Designers, and Must-See Moments

Paris Fashion Week 2025: a corrected editorial guide

Paris Fashion Week’s Fall/Winter 2025–2026 womenswear season brought together major Paris houses in March 2025. This updated archive focuses on verified collections and creative leadership, correcting several claims from the original version that mixed brands, seasons and outdated designer roles.

Valentino: Alessandro Michele’s new chapter

Alessandro Michele had been Valentino’s Creative Director since April 2024, succeeding Pierpaolo Piccioli. His appointment reshaped the house’s visual language around eclecticism, historical references, ornament and a highly personal interpretation of Valentino’s couture heritage.

Alessandro Michele. Photo: Walterlan Papetti / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0.

Louis Vuitton: Nicolas Ghesquière and futuristic luxury

Nicolas Ghesquière continued to lead Louis Vuitton womenswear, combining experimental construction, architectural silhouettes and references to travel and modern life. His work remained one of the most closely watched fixtures on the Paris calendar.

Nicolas Ghesquière at Paris Fashion Week. Photo: Myles Kalus Anak Jihem / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0.

Balenciaga: Demna’s final full year at the house

Demna remained the creative force behind Balenciaga during the Fall/Winter 2025 season. His work continued to examine proportion, everyday dress, couture technique and the tension between luxury and street culture.

Demna Gvasalia. Photo: Administration of the President of Georgia / Wikimedia Commons.

Chanel: house codes at the Grand Palais

Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2025–2026 ready-to-wear collection was presented at the Grand Palais in Paris. Bows, pearls, camellias, black and white, transparency and exaggerated proportions reworked familiar house codes while Chanel was still between long-term creative-director eras.

Chanel in Paris. Photo: ГП / Wikimedia Commons — Creative Commons licensed.

Dior: Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Fall/Winter 2025–2026 collection

At Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri explored transformation, memory and the history of dress. The collection revisited elements of Dior heritage and referenced the forms of former artistic director Gianfranco Ferré, framing clothing as a space where cultural and social codes evolve.

What was corrected

The earlier article incorrectly attributed Valentino’s 2025 creative direction to Pierpaolo Piccioli. Valentino appointed Alessandro Michele in April 2024. It also treated Gucci as part of the Paris Fashion Week lineup even though Gucci presented its Fall/Winter 2025 show in Milan. Unverified claims about specific celebrity runway appearances and AI-designed dresses have been removed from this archive.

Paris Fashion Week 2025 remains significant as a snapshot of a luxury industry in transition: heritage houses were balancing recognizable codes with new creative identities, while Paris continued to serve as one of the central stages for global fashion.