As the top event in the fashion industry, Fashion Week can always accurately capture the pulse of future fashion. At the just concluded 2025/26 Fall/Winter Fashion Week, what trends have made a stunning appearance and are about to lead the fashion wave of the next season? Today, let's explore the five key trends together.
Return to the countryside: Embrace the simplicity and warmth of nature
In the fast-paced modern life, people are increasingly eager to return to nature and find inner peace. The "Return to the Country Calling" trend came into being. It updates the aesthetics of the wooden house style, cleverly combines traditional plaids with patterned knitting, and exudes a strong sense of comfort and nostalgia. The addition of workwear silhouettes and outdoor style items not only adds practicality, but also makes the whole style full of casualness and freedom. Brands such as Burberry, Missoni, Nehera, and Caro Editions have interpreted this trend on the catwalk. The models wore coats with traditional plaids, patterned sweaters, practical overalls and outdoor boots, as if they came from the countryside, showing the simplicity and warmth of nature.
Quiet luxury style: luxurious texture in low-key
The dignified and luxurious quiet luxury style has become a hot trend at the 2025/26 Fall/Winter Fashion Week. It abandons overly ostentatious designs and transforms from tight and slim to more volume and hourglass shapes. This style advocates high-quality materials, strengthens the silhouette through hidden designs and prominent features, and shows luxurious and durable qualities. Max Mara, Chanel, Fendi, Michael Kors, MKDT Studio and other brands are well versed in the essence of quiet luxury. They use high-quality materials such as top leather and brushed fabrics, and use simple and smooth lines and exquisite details to create low-key yet luxurious clothing, highlighting the wearer's elegant taste.
Dark Romance: The Interweaving of Mystery and Sweetness
Drawing on the Dark Romance Trend Forecast and the Fantasy Glam Trend of the Youth-Driven Factor, "Dark Romance Feminine Grit" injects dark and rebellious elements into the romantic new retro aesthetics. Dark shadows are combined with elements such as tulle and lace to create a cool and sweet atmosphere. Brands such as Ann Demeulemeester, Christian Dior, Simone Rocha, Alexander McQueen, and Pauline Dujancourt shine on this trend. On the catwalk, models wore black tulle dresses with lace and metal accessories, which were both feminine and exuded a mysterious dark atmosphere, showing a unique charm.
New Retro: The Gorgeous Bloom of Maximalism
Drawing inspiration from the multi-eclectic trend forecast and the sexy nostalgia trend of the youth-driven factor, "New Retro New Retro Glam" is sweeping the fashion world with a booming maximalist attitude. The new bohemian style is combined with the aesthetics of extreme glamour. Extraordinary textures, eye-catching prints and wavy soft volume silhouettes are the prominent features of this trend. Valentino, Zimmermann, Anna Sui, Ulla Johnson and other brands have interpreted the new retro beautifully. Colorful printed long skirts, tops with complex textures, and loose wavy skirts show a gorgeous yet casual style, making people feel like traveling back to that charming retro era.
Intelligent Workplace: Reshaping the New Fashion of Workplace Dressing
Workplace dresses are no longer limited to overly loose and lazy styles, and more structured silhouettes have become the new favorite. "Intelligent Workplace Work Experience" is consistent with the trend of subverting office clothing. Brands break through the limitations of corporate dress codes through fitted cuts and exquisite details.
Givenchy, Carolina Herrera, Calvin Klein Collection, Bally and other brands showed a series of domineering suits at fashion week. These suits are tailored to fit and pay attention to details, such as exquisite buttons and unique collar designs, which not only show the competence and professionalism of professionals in the workplace, but also have a sense of fashion.
These five key trends of the 2025/26 Fall/Winter Fashion Week present us with a wonderful fashion feast. Whether it is the simplicity of returning to the countryside, the low-key luxury of the quiet luxury style, the mystery of dark romance, the gorgeousness of the new retro, or the competence of the intelligent workplace, they will continue to shine on the future fashion stage. Which trend do you love most?
