After watching Paris Street Fashion Spring 2025, I felt something I haven’t felt in a while: relief. Finally, some fashion that looks like clothing, real garments for real people. And even more, real people wearing them. Not creatures, not props. Just people you might see on the street, walking their dog, on their way to work, or simply enjoying life.
Yes, some outfits still had that touch of absurdity, the “weeders” as we called them in our previous blog post, those attention-hungry caricatures that don’t belong to real life, but rather to the noise. That noise has dominated the fashion scene for too long: angry, ugly, grotesque, and disconnected from what it means to live in your clothes.
But this time, Chanel made a choice. And I congratulate them.
They chose light, street, fabric, and grace. They chose to show their pieces in real light, on real sidewalks, with real movement. The fabrics were glorious — flowing, structured, breathable, and practical. The confection (tailoring) was impeccable. These are clothes meant to be lived in, not just photographed and discarded.
In contrast, and here’s where this links to our previous post about the madness of recent fashion shows, we saw many houses presenting the opposite: absurdity for the sake of shock, fashion turned into costume, and beauty reduced to gimmicks. Models no longer look like women, but like freaks, or mannequins, or alien concepts of femininity. That was our critique then, and it still stands.
We don't need a freak show.
We need clothing that adapts to life, to our rhythms, our appointments, our emotions. Because clothing is more than fabric. It is our skin in public. It speaks before we do. Whether we like it or not, we are judged, rejected, accepted, misunderstood, often based on what we wear. And though we may rebel against it, we do care about the impression we leave behind.
Not every outfit needs to scream. Sometimes, it's the quiet garment, the perfectly tailored coat, the flowing scarf, the well-made shoe, that says everything. These pieces don’t erase us. They enhance who we are.
And yes, we grow out of freak style. Some people still crave to shock, but most of us, eventually, just want to feel good, walk tall, and look appropriate for where we are, who we’re with, and what we’re creating.
So here's to fashion that returns to reality, to beauty, craftsmanship, discretion, and meaning.
Congratulations to Chanel for dressing real people with real beauty, not props in a theater of confusion.
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Chanel leads Paris 2025 with wearable beauty and elegant fabrics for real life, while others push absurd shows. A powerful contrast between timeless style and freaky fashion noise.
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