The top 12 trends of the fall 2025 season —which range from cozy to cubist and are designed for work and play—somehow manage to navigate smoothly through a time as distorted as a reflection in a funhouse mirror. It’s not that designers are burying their heads in the sand, “You know, it’s in the air, this sort of darkness,” said R13’s Chris Leba, summing up the general mood. It’s no surprise, then, that many collections had a Gothic or Emo sensibility that acknowledged this vibe.

Fight or flight is the instinctual response to fear, and resistance was one of the rallying cries of the season (note the many references to armor). Some designers substituted escapism for physical retreat, conjuring free-flying birds or referencing the comforts of home where you can pull the covers over your

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