Heritage houses, disciplined craft and couture-inspired techniques underscored the capital’s role as a cultural and technical anchor.

While it may not carry Hedi Slimane’s rebellious edge, Michael Rider’s debut marks the beginning of a new era — one shaped by Phoebe Philo’s quiet wit and CELINE’s evolving blueprint for modern cool.

From Galliano’s rumoured exit from Maison Margiela to the new creative directors at Calvin Klein and Blumarine, here’s a recap of fashion’s creative director reshuffle.

For Spring/Summer ’25, the Celine man is a professed Anglomaniac paying homage to the the aristocratic high society of 1920s England—a paradoxical vision of imperial grace and youthful hedonism.

From the Dior Oblique monogram to Saint Laurent’s Yves Saint Laurent’s Cassandre motif, LUXUO explores the evolution of luxury maison emblems and how they inspire new takes on seasonal prints.

From BTS’s Jung Kook for Calvin Klein to NewJeans, as the face of Levi’s and Metawin Opas-Iamkajorn for Tiffany’s.