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Paris S/S 2025 Women’s Fashion Week Report

The City of Light welcomed this edition of women’s fashion week with pouring rain; proof that god hates fashion. No matter; the influencers influenced, and I am convinced that a tsunami could not stop the fake dressing for the cameras — mother nature is no match for late capitalism. At Dries Van Noten without Dries Van Noten the change in the makeup of the audience was palpable. The editors were mostly relegated to the second row to make room for “content creators.” In front of me sat a girl who must have been in her early twenties. She was armed with an iPhone ensconced in some gizmo that allowed her to record the show on video in a semi-professional way. Preoccupied with filming, she did not look at the clothes once. And what did she miss? A definite change.

Spring / Summer 2025 Men’s Paris Fashion Week Report

Spring / Summer 2005 Men’s Paris Fashion Week Report: Shows

Paris was merciful to men’s fashion week, which concluded this past Sunday. The weather was fine, and the city was strangely uncrowded, the tourists spooked by the mess of the upcoming Olympics, and the greedy hospitality industry that jacked up prices in anticipation of a flood of moneyed visitors was forced to eat its hat.