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Fashion moments which defined 2025

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Fashion moments which defined 2025
From the loss of some greats to joyful debuts, here were the moments everyone was talking about in 2025
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2025's defining fashion moments

2025 was a watershed year in fashion. As selected by the Wallpaper* style team, here are 10 moments that defined the zeitgeist. For a deeper dive, click here.

 
 
 
 
Giorgio Armani

01. The fashion world mourned Giorgio Armani

In early September, the fashion world mourned the death of Giorgio Armani, an arbiter of Italian style who founded his eponymous house half a century ago in 1975. One of fashion’s great success stories, he began the label with funds made from selling his Volkswagen Beetle; on his death, he left behind a multi-billion dollar empire spanning not only fashion but homeware, hotels, restaurants, fragrances and cosmetics. Read our obituary.

 
 
 
 
White modernist house beside pool

02. Alessandro Michele’s showstopping debut haute couture show for Valentino

The Italian designer hit new heights with an eclectic, era-traversing couture collection for Valentino

 
 
 
 
Calvin Klein

03. Veronica Leoni's stripped-back Calvin Klein show

A sensual minimalism defined the Italian designer’s anticipated debut as creative director of Calvin Klein Collection, which marked the American powerhouse’s first runway show at New York Fashion Week since 2018

 
 
 
 
Wooden pavilion-like home

04. Rick Owens' bombastic Paris retrospective, ‘Temple of Love’

The Dark Prince of Fashion sat down with Wallpaper* to discuss legacy, love, and growing old in Paris as a display at the Palais Galliera told the story of his subversive career

 
 
 
 
Dior menswear

05. Jonathan Anderson’s Dior debut: ‘bringing joy to the art of dressing’

The Irish designer made his much-anticipated debut at Dior in June, presenting a youthful S/S 2026 menswear collection that reworked formal dress codes

 
 
 
 
Matthieu Blazy

06. ‘I just wanted to have fun’: Matthieu Blazy's joyful Chanel debut

Transforming the Grand Palais into a glowing solar system, Matthieu Blazy’s much-anticipated first collection was rooted in ideas of modernity and freedom, marking a bold new chapter for Chanel

 
 
 
 
Maison Margiela

07. Glenn Martens revealed his vision for Maison Margiela

The Belgian designer's thrilling debut was a balancing act between past, present and future

 
 
 
 
Fendi

08. Fendi celebrated 100 years with an all-out runway show

In the wake of Kim Jones’ departure, Silvia Venturini Fendi took the reins for a special co-ed A/W 2025 collection marking the house’s centenary, unveiling it as the first act of celebrations within Fendi’s expansive new headquarters in Milan

 
 
 
 
JW Anderson

09. Jonathan Anderson took his eponymous British label in a new direction

J.W. Anderson marked a move into cultural lifestyle with a considered curation of art and objets

 
 
 
 
Antony Price

10. ‘Architect of glamour’ Antony Price's high-voltage final show with 16Arlington

Featuring a runway debut from Lily Allen, the show saw legendary designer Antony Price – best known for outfitting Roxy Music in the 1980s – unite with 16Arlington’s Marco Capaldo on the sensual after-dark collection. Just a month later, news would break of Price's passing. 

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
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