Decrypt the fashion password for 2025: Top 10 Spring and Summer Pandemic Trend Forecasts in 2025

Discover the top 10 spring and summer fashion trends for 2025, crafted in response to the pandemic's influence. Our comprehensive guide reveals how resilience and innovation shape evolving styles, ensuring you remain at the forefront of fashion. Stay trendy and informed with expert insights that will elevate your wardrobe and outlook in a post-COVID world.

 

Volume 1 / Vest

The vest, traditionally hidden in layering roles as everyday attire, has rarely taken the spotlight on the runway. However, the evolution of fashion has made this seem only natural. Looking back to two years ago, Prada had already elevated the white vest to a crucial position in the opening look of their Fall/Winter 2022 collection, giving it a new fashion significance. Recently, Liu Yifei appeared on the cover of VOGUE's September issue wearing a white vest, cleverly conveying a relaxed and casual fashion attitude through this piece.

 

       

Ralph Lauren｜Stella McCartney｜Christian Dior

As time flows to the Spring-Summer 2025 collection on the runway, the tank top has successfully transformed; it is no longer content with being a mere layering piece but has proudly become a fashion focal point that can complement luxurious dresses or perfectly pair with skirts and trousers. Its minimalist and easy-to-match qualities make it an essential and dazzling presence on the fashion stage this season, effortlessly showcasing diverse styles and infusing everyday outfits with new vitality and inspiration.

Fendi｜Etro｜TOGA｜Tory Burch

Volume 2 / Romantic Bohemia

Bohemia is infused with a free-spirited soul here, which can be seen as a fashion style that enjoys freedom and is overflowing with romantic charm. The dress styles are relaxed and carefree, adorned with exquisite details of tassels and vintage elements, and the accessories are meticulously crafted by hand. Compared to its outward appearance, it expresses a unique attitude and style.

Saint Laurent｜Roberto Cavalli｜Ralph Lauren

This season on the runway, a romantic Bohemian spirit prevails, as if carefully orchestrating a journey of spiritual escape on the stage of fashion, aimed at breaking free from the constraints and shackles of the mundane, allowing the soul to soar freely in the realm of liberation.

Etro｜Chloé｜Ulla Johnson｜Proenza Schouler

Vol.3 / Tassel

When it comes to the romantic Bohemian style, tassels are undoubtedly a key decoration that takes center stage. In the Spring/Summer 2025 runway shows, numerous brands cleverly integrated tassel elements into their designs. This includes both delicate and lively short tassels, as well as stylish and carefree long tassels; some are merely accents on parts of the garments, serving as the finishing touch, while others employ large areas of tassels, making them a key factor in shaping the style, and there are even entire dresses made entirely of tassels.

Proenza Schouler｜Christian Dior｜Giambattista Valli

Tassels are presented in various forms in design, and the romantic charm they carry is so strong and evident that no one can question or deny the romantic attributes they bring to clothing. They are like faithful messengers of romance, spreading seeds of romance on the fashion runway and blooming with dazzling romantic brilliance.

Chanel｜Erdem｜Lafayette148｜Prada

Vol.4/ Ruffle

Ruffles are another classic decorative element that interprets romance. This season on the runway, ruffles shine like a dazzling fashion star with a high frequency of appearances across various brand designs.

Alberta Ferretti｜Collina Strada｜Marques’Almeida

Sometimes it dances like a lively sprite, lightly embellishing the hem of the skirt, adding a touch of playfulness and vivacity to the outfit; at other times, it resembles an elegant dancer, gracefully extending over the dress, interpreting a romantic melody; it can also appear in the unique form of ruffled collars, akin to the delicate embellishment on an elegant swan's neck, showcasing nobility and grace; and even more, the entire skirt may be enveloped in ruffles, with layers of pleats undulating like waves, seemingly capturing the essence of romance and releasing it wholeheartedly. This is undoubtedly the most vivid and pinnacle expression and presentation of romantic sentiment.

Louis Vuitton｜Ulla Johnson｜Zimmermann｜Valentino

Vol.5/ Complex Decorations

Compared to the subdued minimalist design style that was prevalent in previous years, this season's designers have undergone a significant shift in their creative concepts. They are no longer pursuing simplicity and modesty, but are boldly embracing decorative elements, generously incorporating various decorative techniques into their designs. This trend is particularly evident in the realm of dress design.

Balmain｜Loro Piana｜Zomer

Whether it is the lively tassels, exquisite embroidery, sparkling sequins, unique textured fabrics, realistic three-dimensional flowers, or casual scraps of fabric, they have all become creative materials in the hands of designers. Even brands like Balmain, with their innovative approach, meticulously adorn dresses with human face patterns, pushing creativity to its limits and presenting an extremely complex and luxurious visual effect that dazzles the eye, as if proclaiming a glamorous return of decorationism to the world.

Elie Saab｜GUCCI｜Ponte｜Uma Wang

Vol.6 / Three-Dimensional Sculpture

This season's fashion stage presents more than just the richly ornate decorative elements resembling blooming flowers. Many brands have further expanded their design concepts, skillfully incorporating a sense of three-dimensionality.

Ganni｜JW Anderson｜Marni

Some brands choose to infuse unique silhouettes and charm into skirt designs with vintage petticoats, making the wearer feel as if they have traveled back to an elegant era of the past. Other brands fully explore the characteristics of the materials themselves, allowing the hems of the garments to take on fantastical and unique shapes reminiscent of "UFOs," filled with a sense of futuristic sci-fi and imagination. Additionally, some brands, through meticulous attention to texture and structure, shape each piece of clothing into soft sculptures, where every fold and line exudes a strong artistic aura. Today's designers are clearly no longer fixated on the simplicity and tranquility offered by minimalism; instead, they are exploring diverse and imaginative creativity with a sense of freedom, striving to uncover more unknown design realms full of infinite possibilities in the vast cosmos of fashion, aiming to bring more surprises and breakthroughs to the fashion industry.

Issey Miyake｜LOEWE｜Zomer｜Mugler

Vol.7/ Hook and Needle/ Weaving

In this season's fashion trends, crochet and knitting have become exceptionally prominent design expressions. Mesh structures and hollow holes frequently appear in various design works, all meticulously crafted through crochet or knitting techniques.

Acne Studios｜Chanel｜Elie Saab

The design of this type of crochet and weaving is extremely diverse in application; it can be presented in minimalist basic styles, such as elegant suit collections or flowy dress designs, showcasing its fashionable charm for everyday wear. Alternatively, it can create a strong three-dimensional effect like Chanel's "birdcage" shape, using unique crochet techniques to deliver a striking visual impact. Similarly, JW Anderson constructs creatively unique dress silhouettes through innovative weaving concepts that captivate the eye. Additionally, Erdem’s luxurious woven pieces highlight high-end sophistication, perfectly blending weaving craftsmanship with luxurious textures, showcasing the brand's distinctive design taste and upscale fashion style.

CFCL｜Erdem｜JW Anderson｜Simkhai

Vol.8/ Perspective

Since the early spring collection of 2025, the dreamy and abstract sheer elements have begun to emerge frequently in design works, and this unique stylistic charm has been unreservedly continued into the current spring/summer collection of 2025.

Alberta Ferretti｜Simone Rocha｜Nensi Dojaka

Sheer fabric is undoubtedly the star material on this season's design stage, relying on its exceptional Perspective properties to become a powerful tool for many designers in creating a mysterious atmosphere. The vast majority of brands have keenly captured this quality of sheer fabric and cleverly applied it. Whether it's a charming dress or a simple yet stylish regular piece, they are imbued with an enchanting effect that is both elusive and present. This exquisite design technique subtly yet perfectly highlights a discreet and captivating sense of sensuality, attracting everyone's gaze and showcasing unique fashion charm and design ingenuity.

Del Core｜Fendi｜Etro｜Louis Vuitton

Vol.9 / Mini Shorts

Since Miu Miu pioneered the unique trend of wearing panties as outerwear, it has successfully led the fashion direction, inspiring peers to follow and emulate. In no time, designs featuring underwear as outerwear have become commonplace on the runway, with shorts becoming increasingly shorter. This season, Miu Miu continues to incorporate the element of underwear as outerwear, and Prada has quickly joined this trend with extremely short designs for its shorts, while many other brands have also launched mini short styles.

Acne Studios｜Miu Miu｜Max Mara

Although it is difficult to predict how long this style can remain at the forefront of fashion, it is undeniable that this relatively fabric-saving and unique design is still very much in vogue, continuing to exude a distinctive influence on the fashion stage, attracting the attention of fashion enthusiasts and the public alike, and becoming an undeniable phenomenon and trend in the current fashion world.

Prada｜Vaquera｜HUI｜Ferragamo

Volume 10 / Overcoat

Even though the pursuit of creativity and the divergence of design thinking in the fashion design field have already reached a high level, there is still a need for specific design styles to take on the responsibilities of commercialization. A well-crafted coat or trench coat that meets market demands undoubtedly becomes the best choice to bear this important responsibility.

Max Mara｜S.S. Daley｜Stella McCartney

For brands with prominent commercial characteristics, the design of items such as coats, suits, and trench coats is an essential part of their product lines. Although the popularity of suits has declined in recent seasons compared to the past, and their prevalence has fallen, coats remain steadfast and continue to play a crucial role in commercial operations and everyday fashion styling. They serve as a vital support for brands in responding to market demand and balancing commerce with fashion.