Autumn-winter 2024-25: what's fashion's comeback?

With a few months’ delay, the major trends seen on the catwalks during the Winter Fashion Weeks shows are now arriving on the shelves and in the streets. Here’s a (non-exhaustive) look at the silhouettes we’re most likely to come across…

What will the fashion-conscious woman look like this Autumn-Winter 2024-25? Admittedly, the trends spotted on the catwalks of the major fashion houses and designers during last winter’s Fashion Weeks are not always followed to the letter by fashionistas and elegant women…

But the creations covered by the press should find their way more or less into stores, from mass market to luxury. And they’ll be making their presence felt on the streets, in our homes and at social and festive events in the last months of 2024 and the first months of 2025…

See red

This season, the color wheel is set on red, a warm color ideal for raising the temperature.

Designers have slipped it into numerous looks, whether in plain versions, in small touches or within tartans, a pattern that has made a noticeable comeback.

In its plain version, red lit up numerous catwalks, whether in Haute Couture or Prêt-à-Porter, at Gucci of course, declined by Sabato de Sarno via its burgundy hue baptized Red Ancora, which sublimates bags and skirts in patent leather, at Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Schiaparelli, Ferragamo, Jil Sander, Simone Rocha, Isabel Marant or Sportmax…

Red is everywhere, day and night, as an accessory or on dresses and coats, on knits and on warp and weft… Sometimes it can even be seen in a total look, as at Ferragamo, which plays with the triptych long red slit dress, high-heeled pumps and matching bag, all in the same beautiful tomato shade.

But it’s also a possible hue for check patterns, particularly tartan, a great classic that came back with a vengeance on many catwalks, from Dior to Chanel, via Burberry, Chloé, Loewe and Acne Studios. But while it’s made more sophisticated with embroidery, fringe and draping, it’s more reminiscent ofVivienne Westwood’s Punk-Victorian heritage than the kilt worn by the well-behaved girls of yesteryear.