New York Fashion Week 2025
New York Fashion Week 2025: Stripes, 90s Minimalism & Calvin Klein Statement Looks
NYFW has always been about commercial clarity—but this season, the city reminded us that minimalism can hit harder than chaos.
On the Runway & Beyond
• Stripes Everywhere: From bold, graphic bars to ultra-fine pinstripes, designers layered stripes against solids or let them stand alone as statements. In street style and on catwalks alike, stripes dominated with confident asymmetry and sharp contrast. Geometry is timeless—this season, stripes proved it again.
• 90s Revival: Minimalist tailoring, slip dresses, square-toed boots, and androgynous vibes dominated. It wasn’t nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake. It was a strategic return to clean lines after seasons of volume and texture overload. The 90s revival came back sharper than ever. It was a deliberate pivot away from excess, reminding us that minimalism can be muscled
• Calvin Klein’s Manifesto: The show was a reminder that restraint can be louder than excess. Crisp tailoring, pared-back palettes, and modern elegance made a clear statement: sometimes less is infinitely enough. Monochrome precision, architectural fits, and pared-back palettes turned restraint into rebellion.
• Utility & Texture Warfare: Alongside minimal shapes, utility elements cropped up — harnesses, cargo pockets, structured belts — but refined, not raw. Texture battles between soft knits and slick synthetics created tension without clutter.
NYFW 2025 showed that subtlety is strategy. Stripes and 90s minimalism may look simple, but in a world of maximalism, clarity commands attention.
