Paris Fashion Week 2025: Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Saint Laurent and Miu Miu showcase bold silhouettes and brand signatures, marking a season of transition in the industry

Paris Fashion Week 2025: Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Saint Laurent and Miu Miu showcase bold silhouettes and brand signatures, marking a season of transition in the industry

Autumn/winter 2025 was a transitional season, so to speak, with brands including Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Chanel, and perhaps Dior and Loewe – if the countless rumours are to be believed – going through major changes.

Paris Fashion Week, however, always ends on a high note.

Here are a few highlights from the last two days of shows.

Louis Vuitton

To the dismay of many fashion week regulars, Louis Vuitton held a very intimate show this season, probably with the smallest number of guests since Nicolas Ghesquière took over as women’s artistic director more than a decade ago.
A travel-ready outfit at Louis Vuitton autumn/winter 2025. Photo: Reuters

A lucky, chosen 400 were whisked off to a “secret location” that turned out to be L’Étoile du Nord, the former office building of a railway company dating back to 1845 and located next to Gare du Nord, one of Paris’ main railway stations.

The venue provided a fitting backdrop to the autumn/winter 2025 collection. There was an urgency to the proceedings, and to the clothing for that matter: windbreakers, jumpsuits, breezy dresses, parkas and plenty of outerwear – all styled to the hilt but still looking like something you could easily wear before embarking on a trip, in this case a train journey.

Looks from Louis Vuitton’s show, held near Gare du Nord in Paris. Photos: AFP
Looks from Louis Vuitton’s show, held near Gare du Nord in Paris. Photos: AFP

Travel, after all, is the essence of Louis Vuitton, which was born a trunk maker – but while travel is about adventure and discovery, the immediacy and rushed energy of the show felt more like a frantic escape from something than a jaunt to a glamorous destination.

As always with Ghesquière – the fashion designer with the best taste in music – the soundtrack played a key role. German electronic band Kraftwerk’s Trans-Europe Express was an inspiration, with the 1977 album cover appearing on some garments and accessories.

“Embraces, break-ups, reunions, travels with friends … so many crossroads that converge in the station, in every era and stage of life,” said Ghesquière in the show notes. “What really interested me was the concourse, its eclecticism.”

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