New York delivered Wu-Tang Clan fist bumps and Botticelli-adjacent Rihanna street style; London gifted us a Harry Styles mullet and a late-late night courtesy of Charli xcx; Milan proffered perfume-bottle Versace heels and Bottega bean bags; and Paris, well Paris brought back Bella Hadid. Here, Vogue brings you the nitty-gritty details of what actually went down during a spring/summer 2025 show season to remember.
New York
Rihanna played Botticelli’s Venus at Alaïa
There was only one woman who could make the fashion pack wait longer than the acceptable 30-minute time at Alaïa’s Guggenheim takeover. Oh na na, what’s her name? Our US colleague, Chloe Malle, summed up the moment best from the ground: “Clutching her custom Alaïa crystal mesh dress across her chest like Botticelli’s Venus emerging from the shell, the nautilus of Frank Lloyd Wright’s interior rising above her, the mononym icon appeared like a siren fresh from a shimmering sea.” All, of course, was promptly forgiven. AN
Wu-Tang Clan dapped up the guests at Tommy Hilfiger
“Something iconic, but a little unexpected,” was how Tommy Hilfiger decided on this season’s venue: a massive ship at the southernmost tip of Manhattan that operated as a Staten Island Ferry until 2021. The same could also be said for the designer’s closing act. Towards the end of Hilfiger’s red, white and blue presentation of crinkled collegiate uniforms, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Raekwon of Staten Island’s Wu-Tang Clan delivered a performance of “C.R.E.A.M.” and “Ice Cream”. Method Man offered Anna Wintour a fist bump. DR
