Paris Haute Couture 2025 - Beauty Trends
As ever, Paris did not disappoint. The Summer 2025 Haute Couture season transformed the city into a stage of vivid dreams, where fashion blurred the boundaries between the sacred and the surreal, the artisanal and the technological. It was a celebration of extravagance — of form, emotion, and imagination. Celebrities did more than simply walk the runway; they told stories through garments conceived by designers who are not only global icons, but also architects of fashion’s future.
In a parallel and meaningful shift, many houses turned their gaze towards both heritage and environmental responsibility. Yuima Nakazato explored fabrics cultivated from bacteria, offering a radical tribute to sustainability. Meanwhile, Franck Sorbier combined indigenous traditions and ancestral embroidery, reminding us that sophistication also resides in the hands of artisans and the wisdom of cultural legacy. Haute couture, now more than ever, embraces its cultural and ecological role with boldness and reverence.
Cardi B in the Spotlight
Undeniably, one of the week’s most talked-about figures was Cardi B. When it comes to boldness, she leads with authority. At Paris Haute Couture Week, she embarked on a powerful visual narrative, with looks that were more than fashion they were statements, each commanding the global spotlight.
“Am I the Drama?” At Schiaparelli
On the very first day, 7 July, Cardi arrived at Schiaparelli wearing a sleek velvet column gown with sculptural shoulders and pearl fringe a dramatic piece by creative director Daniel Roseberry. But what truly defined the look was the live raven perched on her arm, a striking companion in direct reference to her forthcoming album, Am I the Drama? The moment was instant iconography: Cardi did not simply wear couture she performed it.
In terms of beauty, she moved fluidly between extremes from sharply defined nude lips to bold, dramatic colours, always paired with a flawlessly polished complexion, achieving what could only be described as a “live Photoshop” effect.
Beauty Trends that Dominated the Week
The Messy Bun - Chanel
At Chanel, models walked the runway with low, undone buns — strands softly escaping, creating a look that married effortless modernity with timeless sophistication. It was a subtle counterpoint to the maison’s highly constructed garments. Beauty here was relaxed, fluid and quietly refined.
Vinyl Black Lips - Schiaparelli
At Schiaparelli, the surrealist aesthetic was heightened with the bold use of high-gloss black lipstick. Lips appeared in deep ebony with precisely defined contours and lacquered centres offering a finish both dramatic and luxurious. The rest of the makeup was deliberately pared back, allowing the lips to command full attention in a carefully orchestrated play of light and shadow.
Iridescent Brows — Iris van Herpen
At Iris van Herpen, brows became a focal point. Coated in opalescent pigments that caught light in coral, lavender, and silver hues, they evoked something ethereal alien, bio-futuristic, and intensely sensory. Paired with luminous skin, soft lips and an almost mythological aura, the look paid homage to a futuristic goddess archetype.
A Future Hand-Stitched
The Paris Haute Couture Week Summer 2025 made it clear: fashion is far more than clothing it is a language. One that may whisper or roar, but never stands neutral. From gravity-defying gowns to brows that shimmered like constellations, every detail reflected a collective yearning to craft new worlds imagined, heightened, and deeply human.
Between technological exploration and ancestral tradition, theatrical performance and ecological awareness, one truth became evident: the fashion of the future will not simply be seen it will be felt.
And as always, Paris breathes the first breath that sets it all in motion.
