Catwalk series

For spring/summer 2025, Nicolas Ghesquière wanted to explore the fascinating oxymoron of "soft power".

"This collection thrives on contrast, seemingly generating constant movement," he explained. "Sartorial soft power can also be a striking back-and-forth between two contradictory yet harmonious opposites. The suppleness of structure.

Intractable lightness. Mastering vibrations. Spidery depths.

Open fashion show

Ethereal opulence. Razor-sharp delicacy. Resolute femininity. The mechanics of fluidity..."

The SS25 Miu Miu collection – which had as star-studded a catwalk as ever with Alexa Chung, Hilary Swank, William Dafoe and Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban – was entitled 'Salt Looks Like Sugar' and was a comment on how the boundaries between fact and fiction are increasingly blurred in our post-truth era.

Meanwhile, it also examined "early youth as a period of absolute truth," Miuccia Prada ex