New York Fashion Week: Michael Kors’ layered luxury, Siriano inspired by cars
NEW YORK — Michael Kors layered up for his fall/winter 2025 collection at New York Fashion Week on Tuesday, rounding out six days of shows and nearly 60 designers showing off their latest looks. (Watch the show here: https://tinyurl.com/y2ajz29y.)
Known for his love of practicality and luxury, Mr. Kors infused his latest collection with the theme of throwaway chic.
“I love the idea of ease, comfort, mobility and movement. Looking chic without being studied and stiff. And the French word for it is dégagé, which is, you know, throwaway chic. So, you’re definitely going to see what I like to say is warm modernism,” said Mr. Kors.
Models were dressed in a range of outfits — from draped wool coats to supple leather dresses and flowing silk blouses — that were relaxed yet sensual, providing a twist on power dressing and a departure from recent trends of revealing attire.
“It’s actually a pretty covered-up show. I think we’ve gone as naked as we can go. So maybe it’s time to cover up, but still feel powerful, sexy, but in a more sensual way so that when you move, movement is sexy. It’s, you know, things that catch the breeze when you walk. To me, that’s everything,” Mr. Kors explained.
Other highlights of the week included Wes Gordon at Carolina Herrera, who took inspiration from the movie Being There to display brightly colored dresses adorned with giant flowers.
Sergio Hudson, who dedicated his show to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, gave everyday wear a haute couture twist, with denim pleated skirts and chunky cashmere knits.
CHRISTIAN SIRIANO
Designer Christian Siriano looked to the automotive world for his Fall/Winter collection at New York Fashion Week, presenting plenty of metallics for both women and men. (You can see the show here: https://tinyurl.com/2v2a2bdc. )
Models dressed in shiny jackets and trousers, sleek dresses and voluminous gowns walked down an all-red catwalk with a parked Toyota nearby. Designs nodded to cars with some details appearing as paint slicks, oil slicks, as well as tire tracks. Mr. Siriano used plenty of red as well as blue, black, and bronze.
“(The collection) was… inspired by a… connection between sexy… automotive design and clothing. So the red… symbolizes for me that iconic red car, that iconic red dress on a red carpet and how those… go together,” Mr. Siriano said backstage.
Mr. Siriano’s show on Thursday took place on the first day of New York Fashion Week, where some 60 labels, including Michael Kors, Carolina Herrera, and LaQuan Smith were to present their creations. The event ran until Feb. 11.
New York is the first leg of the autumn-winter 2025/2026 catwalk calendar, with buyers and editors then heading to London, Milan, and finally Paris to see designers present their latest lines. — Reuters
