September marks the beginning of month-long fashion show extravaganzas for spring/summer 2025, starting in New York before moving to London and Milan and finally wrapping up in Paris at the start of October.
New York Fashion Week kicked off on the 6th of September and will finish on the 11th. It features a plethora of presentations from well-known designers and top luxury brands, including Ralph Lauren, Alaia, Off-White, Proenza Schouler, Tory Burch, Coach, Michael Kors, and Tommy Hilfiger, among others.
So far, the New York Spring/Summer 25 season seems to be favouring comfortable and functional designs that still provide a stylish aesthetic, a colour palette of brights along with more earthy tones, throwbacks to the bubble hem and other trends of the 1980s, and sporty designs that feature feminine detailing.
Creative director Ib Kamara turned the water-side basketball courts at the Brooklyn Bridge Park into a runway for his "Duty Free" collection. Take a look at the full show below.
The collection was inspired by a trip to Ghana taken by Kamara, and according to the Off-White website, it "incorporates references and emotions [...] of what America, and New York in particular, represents in the collective African imagination: a utopia of opportunity". The collection uses sportswear as a "cultural facilitator" between Africa and America and has sharp architectural lines, athletic inspirations, and a new take on African panel draping running through it. Many garments are covered in feathers and sequin stars but still have a sporty silhouette and feel. There were plenty of corsets, padded shoulders, transparent materials, camouflage and orange plaid prints, and an arrow motif and hand-painted graphics created by Ghanaian artist Nana Danso. Take a closer look at some of the pieces from the show.
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What was your favourite look from this runway?
Did you enjoy the outfits from this collection? Which was your favourite? Did you like the Ghanaian influence? Did you enjoy the colour palette, bold prints, and beadwork? Did you appreciate the sporty aesthetic? Would you wear any of these pieces?
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