My Top 10 Fashion Moments of 2025
The looks, shows, and spectacles I couldn’t stop thinking about
Fashion in 2025 didn’t just dress bodies — it built worlds. From runway-as-performance-art to pop stars, magazines, and TV characters fully committing to camp (in total In The Closet style), this year proved that fashion works best when it’s dramatic, self-aware, and a little unhinged. Perfection felt boring; personality didn’t. These are the ten moments that made me pause, screenshot, rewatch, and gag.
1. August Barron Spring 2026 RTW — “The Housewife”
Presented in a Paris club with a literal living-room set, August Barron dismantled the fantasy of domestic perfection. Benjamin Barron and Bror August Vestbø exposed seams, linings, and labor — turning imperfection into the point. Quietly radical, deeply human, and very AB.
2. Gucci Pre-Fall 2026
Demna’s Pre-Fall for Gucci felt like a research project made public — archival archetypes, refined and reconsidered. Less spectacle, more intention. Tom Ford–era echoes without cosplay. A smart pause before a bigger statement (his actual debut is set for February).
3. Vogue World: Hollywood
On October 26, Vogue transformed Paramount Studios into a cinematic runway event directed by Baz Luhrmann. Seven acts — from Golden Age glamour to Afrofuturism — paired legendary costume designers with fashion houses. Fashion as film, nostalgia as spectacle, camp as craft.
4. Doja Cat — Tour Ma Vie World Tour
On the Tour Ma Vie World Tour, Doja Cat and stylist Brett Alan Nelson delivered ’80s power dressing, lingerie-office siren hybrids, body-horror references, and Blitz Kids energy — all with full commitment. Fashion as character, not costume.
5. W Magazine — “Peak of Chic” (Fall 2025)
W Magazine’s Fall Fashion Issue was a love letter to Steven Meisel. With covers starring Lana Del Rey and Julia Garner, styled by Karl Templer, it leaned fully into iconography, drama, and hyper-stylization. Fashion history, filtered through a 2025 lens.
6. Vogue — “Personality Dressing”
Photographed by Carlijn Jacobs, this story was loud, kitschy, and fearless. Featuring Alex Consani, Adut Akech, Yseult, and more, it proved maximalism still has bite. Honestly? It felt more September-cover-worthy than half the covers this year.
7. Kim Kardashian as Allura Grant — All’s Fair
Kim Kardashian’s wardrobe in All’s Fair might be her best on-screen fashion ever. Costumed by Soki Mak (with Paula Bradley for the rest of the cast), Allura Grant lives in archival Gaultier, Donna Karan, and Chanel. Unrealistic? Sure. Camp? Absolutely. Empowering? Well, yes!
8. The Return of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
Under new Creative Director Adam Selman, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show finally clicked. Campy, nostalgic, sexy, and self-aware — very Moschino-coded. Not high fashion, but that’s the charm. Fun won.
9. Meg Stalter’s Red Carpet Looks
Meg Stalter, styled by Kat Typaldos, blurred fashion and performance art. Diet Coke box-tops. Bedazzled Dunkin’ cups. Corsets printed with her own face. Camp with confidence — no irony required.
10. Vogue Portugal — “The Art of Living” (November)
The November issue of Vogue Portugal gave us three covers that didn’t play it safe. Two by Sam Spence (including the lobster-claw, blue-eyeshadow moment) and one tanning-booth fever dream by Jamie Nelson. Glossy, weird, and perfect.
The Takeaway
If 2025 taught me anything, it’s that fashion thrives when it commits — to camp, to excess, to personality, to fantasy. Whether it was a lawyer in fishnets, a runway in a living room, or a Diet Coke turned couture, the best moments didn’t ask for permission. They just went for it.
And honestly? That’s exactly the kind of fashion I’ll always make room for in the back of my closet.