It’s been a week of fashion musical chairs up top, as announcements and big movements came raining down once the fall/winter 2025 season wrapped up in Paris. Sure enough, one can gather that the fashion set has been left with copious amounts of news to work through, but in the meantime? We’re all still learning to dress for ourselves.
Take the street style set that blazed through the fashion capital streets in the past month, for one. Adapting for the chilly weather, sudden temperature swings and pebbled concrete was an exercise in itself—if only to instruct the uniform and style codes for the sartorial folk of each city. True enough, there were the classic ideas for spring wear, from chic leather layers and the incorporation of knit separates to a steady reliance on denim as well as veritable outings of tonal ensembles.
Yet the lessons learned from the fall/winter 2025 season proved fruitful for further study, as the street set continues to prove their experimental approach and aptitude for layering with increasing finesse as each season passes. Hardly just about just throwing a trench over a shirt or jumper and calling it a day, the scene is one that sees showgoers and fashion enthusiasts push the boundaries and exhibit an unlikely flair. Like outside the Miu Miu show, where everybody showed off a certain penchant for colour and proclivity for throwing on things that would not usually belong together— and yet somehow seem to gel together. No doubt codes borrowed from the maison’s very own spring/summer 2025 season—of underthings worn on the outside, like lace slips and tubes tied haphazardly over shirts, whilst skirts hung low to reveal boxer hems.
All aspirational as they come, we can only hope to learn in kind and take inspiration in formulating some cleverly layered outfits for ourselves too. Here, some unorthodox layering lessons we’ll be putting into practice, from the street style captures of the fall/winter 2025 season, as lensed by Phil Oh.
1 / 36
Invert your layers
The brief? Throwing pieces that you wouldn’t usually wear over one another together. Think a polo or henley tee over a zipped moto jacket; or disregarding double collars, and throwing a short-sleeved knit or top over a crisp shirt. Very much Miu Miu spring/summer 2025 induced, and one we saw plenty of outside the maison’s show in Paris this year.
2 / 36
Invert your layers
10 / 36
A lesson in contrasts
There’s something very chic about throwing on some casual denim over an ensemble that otherwise feels dressy or elevated. Like a cropped jacket over your favourite shimmering skirt, or relaxed slacks over a shirt and tie.
11 / 36
A lesson in contrasts
12 / 36
Dries Van Noten gathered denim jacket, $849
Available at Net-a-Porter.
13 / 36
Valentino Garavani silk georgette shirt, $3,337
Available at Net-a-Porter.
15 / 36
Amina Muaddi gathered knee boots, $2,416
Available at Net-a-Porter.
19 / 36
Unbridled maximalism
At fashion week, it all comes to a hilt. We’re talking clashing prints and colours, an amalgamation of textures and statement accessories. Just couple it with some substantial attitude, and you’ll be acing the vibe.
20 / 36
Unbridled maximalism
21 / 36
Chloé cropped fringe leather jacket, $7,617
Available at Net-a-Porter.
26 / 36
Prada Galleria printed brushed leather mini-bag, $8,100
Available at Prada.
28 / 36
The dress comes first
We’ve seen kilts worn over trousers, but this street set has found ways to let the dress shine. We’re talking textural, one-shouldered gowns teamed up with a formidable spot of suiting, or a more casual knot worn with some relaxed, wide-leg trousers. Don’t forget to cinch and pull the look together with a chain belt or two.
29 / 36
The dress comes first
30 / 36
Bottega Veneta viscose embroidered dress, $9,530
Available at Bottega Veneta.
36 / 36
Yohji Yamamoto lace panel dress, $5,242
Available at The Shop Yohji Yamamoto.
