What a year 2025 has been for fashion.
Forget trends, colour palettes or hemlines, the past 12 months have been an action-packed calendar of buzzy new appointments, high-profile departures and, sadly, some famous deaths. There have been industry-altering buy-outs, and a noteworthy shift away from fashion's epicentre.
Kendrick Lamar's bootcut jeans
Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance made headlines for more than just the music. Getty Images
In February, singer Kendrick Lamar broke the internet when he took to the stage for his Super Bowl performance. Wearing a custom-made Martine Rose letterman jacket, emblazoned with the name of the final track on his GNX album, Gloria, and a pair of $1,300 Celine bootcut jeans, his performance drew an audience of close to 100 million, sparking a spike in online searches for flared jeans.
Tailoring Black Style at the Met Gala
Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong'o poses for the cameras at the Met Gala. EPA
In May, the Met Gala in New York finally paid homage to black men's fashion, via its exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. Inevitably, Rihanna and her partner A$AP Rocky stole the show- her dressed in Marc Jacobs, he in his own design – by announcing her third pregnancy.
Pierpaolo Piccioli joins Balenciaga
Pierpaolo Picciolli's first collection for the Spanish couture house Balenciaga. Photo Baleniciaga
In just one of the many appointments this year, Italian designer Pierpaolo Piccioli joined Balenciaga in May
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