Standout Fall 2025 Sneakers, Luggage Seen at Paris Style Week Shows

PARIS — There’s life past the catwalk, in bustling showrooms and charming presentation venues that rival runway reveals. These places present the proper backdrop for accent manufacturers to highlight sneakers and luggage from their fall 2025 collections. From ‘90s minimalism that elevates on a regular basis kinds to clever thrives highlighting craftsmanship, manufacturers explored a variety of artistic path. In between, labels revisited their icons with refined tweaks, embraced suede and animal patterns with gusto, and even tuned into new, progressive frequencies with their designs.  

Right here’s a roundup of highlights seen over the previous week:

Bulgari

Appointed as artistic director of Bulgari’s leather-based items and equipment final yr, Mary Katrantzou is demonstrating her sturdy dedication to creating these classes on their very own, positioning them as equally essential and compelling because the Roman home’s fantastic jewellery line.

“We simply want to vary how folks view Bulgari luggage and what they’re for. It’s not going to be an adjunct model, it’s Bulgari — however to me it’s all about to supply one thing distinctive which you could’t discover wherever else,” Katrantzou stated. “Earlier than, this was thought-about extra of a recruiting class…however what I’m attempting to ascertain is that our luggage must really feel aspirational to our excessive jewellery shoppers. And naturally, [these bags] will recruit new shoppers but in addition should be on the similar stage and rejoice the identical symbols and icons [of the jewelry].”

Stuffed with nods to the long-lasting traces of the Roman home, from the Serpenti household to the Tubogas watches and jewels, references had been seen within the particulars just like the clutches constituted of unique skins, for instance.

Katrantzou introduced some enjoyable, too. Celebrating the 12 months of the Snake, she designed the Serpenti Cuore 1968 bag, the silhouette recreated as the form of a coronary heart, half in padded calf leather-based and the opposite in snake-like gold-plated brass deal with, embellished with hand-set multicolored enamels. Accessible in basic shades like white and black, in addition to eye-catching colours similar to turquoise and crimson, it was additionally rendered in a glittery model with virtually 5,000 pavé crystals.

For a extra quotidian use, the Greek designer checked out a gem’s marquise minimize to create the form for the oval base of the Divas’ Dream Marquise purse, provided in grained leather-based in addition to ultra-luxurious variations similar to ostrich and alligator skins.

Roger Vivier

Whereas 3D flowers are actually ubiquitous in vogue, Vivier’s use of the rose — starting in Forties couture appears to be like — is an instance of the legendary designer’s concentrate on innovation.

Now artistic director Gherardo Felloni is placing his personal spin on the rose motif, with a wide-ranging assortment of kinds specializing in the flower — and its deeper that means.

“It’s actually stunning and delicate, however in the event you [pick it up] the flawed approach you’re going to be damage. It’s fairly a good looking rationalization of femininity, Felloni stated. “It’s an iconic factor for us, however one thing that no person actually is aware of about. It’s good for us to inform this story now.”

Paul Andrew

It was a busy vogue month for Paul Andrew, who made his debut in Milan for Sergio Rossi, and took the gathering to Paris Style Week through collaborations with Duran Lantink and Hodakova.

The designer additionally confirmed his namesake label within the Metropolis of Mild — together with a putting Murano glass heel. “Final summer time, I met a Murano glassmaker at a good friend’s feast in Milano. He was engaged on a stained-glass window challenge and the pictures he confirmed me had been magnificent. It led me to assume how thrilling it might be to make a press release heel utilizing panels of glass,” Andrew recalled of his inspiration.

The paintings of the heels began as cubist doodle drawings within the designer’s sketchbook. Artisans then introduced them to life in shatter-safe glass panels utilized to a hole clear heel unit.

Elsewhere within the assortment, satin roses embellish PVC sandals, metallic shields shine on calf loafers and shearling offers sandals a comfy really feel because the fur pattern heats up.

Delvaux

Belgian luxurious model Delvaux staged one other putting presentation within the lavish halls of Hôtel d’Evreux, reflecting on two foremost themes from the 1958 Brussels World Expo.

The primary celebrated Le Brillant, one in every of its key kinds launched that yr and partially impressed by the graphic traces of Pavillon Philips engineered by Le Corbusier. The second centered on the mural “The Individuals,” which artist Saul Steinberg created for the American Pavilion again then. Three panels of this paintings had been showcased for the primary time exterior museum partitions on the presentation, as Delvaux funded its restoration as a part of its ongoing dedication to the humanities. 

The panels served as impactful backdrops for the baggage displayed, which included the brand new Brillant Tempo, a slouchier tackle the model’s hero design. Its supple building was notably charming within the cinnamon hue that matched the characters portrayed in Steinberg’s artwork.

Létrange

Suave thrives had been current at Létrange, too. The model’s technical prowess was clearly seen in its unique model of the long-lasting Empreinte bag, crafted from Himalayan crocodile and enriched with actual pearls set in its signature sculptural steel deal with. At the moment there’s just one piece obtainable on this planet, so for a extra democratic different there are the hand-painted luggage launched as a part of its on-going partnership with the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco.

If final season’s assortment explored the underwater world, for fall 2025 polar creatures similar to penguins and polar bears served as inspiration for its key designs.

Pierre Hardy

It’s been 25 years because the French artistic launched his namesake model, and Pierre Hardy has by no means strayed from his unique imaginative and prescient: to design architectural, wearable designs.

For fall, heels come glossy and straight in a six-centimeter top, or a play on the curved form of an arc. Hardy’s signature graphic particulars take form in a bubble remedy on ballet flats, mules and sandals.

A wealthy autumnal colour palette — bordeaux, forest inexperienced, violet, mustard, camel — defines a lot of the gathering. And dual-gender derbies and moccasins attraction to all.

Nodaleto

“I’m all about nostalgia from the ‘90s,” stated designer Julia Toledano of her new pump, aptly referred to as “Nodstalgia.”

The type options the model’s signature sq. toe, nevertheless it has a extra minimalist really feel this season, whereas the sturdy geometric heel has added curiosity with a tiny star brand on the again.

Toledano is prepared for a “cozy winter” with a capsule assortment of faux-fur pumps, together with one in tangerine — the model’s signature colour that may be a tribute to the founder’s Moroccan roots.

13 09 SR

With essentially the most creative presentation format of the season, Serge Ruffieux and Emilie Faure are ones to be careful for. The 13 09 SR cofounders invited editors and patrons to hop on their branded van, transporting them from present to point out, all of the whereas presenting key kinds from their new assortment displayed on the seats and an ironic, AI-generated quick film premiered on a display screen. 

Realized by the Italian artist generally known as @RickDick on Instagram, the place he shares fashion-related memes together with his 156,000 followers, the “As Seen on TV” clip was centered on optimistic, love-oriented information and surrealist eventualities, starting from Miuccia Prada giving a kiss on the cheek to Donatella Versace — foreshadowing of an upcoming enterprise deal, a lot? — to a frog rain harking back to a scene in 1999 film “Magnolia,” one in every of Ruffieux’s favorites.

In between, the clip spotlighted the brand new 13 09 SR sneakers, together with extra female takes on its well-known leather-based mules and pointy slingback flats, as seen in a standout Capri blue model with white embroideries. Nonetheless, new iterations of the model’s rock boots with an edgier vibe acquired all the eye, like a sock model coming with a sharp toe, the label’s signature Egg heel and a plethora of buckles cinching the ankles.

Aeyde

Aeyde is stepping in its witch period — simply in time for its tenth anniversary that shall be celebrated with a brand new headquarter in Berlin in fall. The cult shoe model based by Luisa Dames confirmed a powerful fall 2025 assortment dubbed “Aeyde Hexe,” the German time period for witch, evoking sisterhood and feminine empowerment with its sensible, glossy sneakers that garnered a large worldwide fan base through the years.

Earthy tones of oxblood and tobacco in addition to cascades of steel studs marked the vary, which included new silhouettes like Marty, a boot impressed by the bestselling Uma squared-toed mary jane flats, and the Rhea pointed knee-high type. A T-bar ankle boot crafted from black napa leather-based with a snake sample was the proper mix of favor and luxury, that includes versatile heels that mixed coolness with wearability.

Giaborghini

A witchy vibe additionally ran by means of a few of the kinds in Giaborghini’s expansive fall 2025 assortment, which primarily had been a variety of impartial colours, unique pores and skin results and graphic shoe shapes in numerous heights to cowl day-to-night events with ease.

The Faye stretch boots in leather-based and python-printed pointy toe and its Frances ankle boot model had a curved kitten heel that multiplied their vogue quotient whereas protecting issues unfussy and approachable. In bootie-land, the model additionally launched the Marta equestrian flat boots in two tones and reworked its profitable Florence high-heeled type in a bicolor model for the primary time, additional emphasizing its leather-based building. 

Elsewhere, the gathering ran the gamut from the Barbara shiny pointy mules to the Amelia fringed leather-based pumps and the second capsule assortment created with Kylie Jenner’s stylists Mackenzie and Alexandra Grandquist, which included additional ample open-toe boots with a sinuous wedge which might be positive to attraction loads of fashionistas come subsequent fall.

Le Monde Béryl

The excitement round Le Monde Béryl appears to proceed. The stylish model established by Lily Atherton Hanbury and Katya Shyfrin in 2016 stretched its assortment past its in style slippers, mary janes and ballerina flats, embracing new textures and silhouettes. Cue to the Agnes line of mules and clogs, which include shearling particulars, and the Victoria pump with a banana-like curved heel. Different standout kinds embody a T-bar mule with a graphic wedge, glossy Chelsea boots in pony pores and skin and elasticated mesh flats lined in rhinestones.

The basic Dana idler with leather-based tassels on the higher provided a refresh of the model’s unique designs and joined the likes of the Desert boots and the Orlando moccasin, which had been expanded in measurement to accommodate the growing demand from male prospects, too.

Neous

Former Harper’s Bazaar U.Okay. editor and stylist Vanissa Antonious continued to construct on her model’s signature clear aesthetic with subtle kitten heels and peep toes. Word the standout Culumba slingback type crafted from one piece of leather-based folded over to create a tiny opening on the entrance, particularly within the chocolate model. 

Elsewhere, textures and hues like abrasivato burgundy, crimson napa, cream crepe de chine, clear meshes and laser-cut fabrications knowledgeable pointy options, unfussy slingbacks and rounded-toe ballerina flats. Whereas new additions had been made to the purse assortment such because the Leo type with its vintage-tinged attraction and the Berenices Baguette shoulder bag combining tone-on-tone suede and napa leather-based.

Manu Atelier

Contemporary from its new retailer opening in Istanbul, Turkish accent model Manu Atelier continued to broaden its profitable Le Cambon kinds, which have appeared on the arms of Katie Holmes and Barbara Palvin. Its timeless, seamless design punctuated with a tiny steel buckle was reinterpreted in an oblong form that marked the primary East-West type by the model, in addition to provided in new colorways like camel, navy and grey khaki.

For fall 2025, founders and sisters Beste and Merve Manastır tweaked its idea into a brand new on a regular basis model crafted from eight items of leather-based hand-stitched collectively, and launched their subtle tackle the physician bag design. The latter is ready to develop into their subsequent massive hit because of the basic form constituted of comfortable black leather-based and chocolate nubuck leather-based, the sensible inner aspect pockets and the zippered central compartment that may retailer every little thing a girl may wish all through her day.

Laurence Dacade

The veteran designer, who debuted a Palais-Royal pop-up for vogue week, confirmed her fall assortment within the house, which she affectionally referred to as a “shoe field.”

Inside, sketches and inspirations from Dacade’s temper board served as a becoming backdrop for the kinds, together with fight boots with multicolored studs and metallic particulars.

Leather-based gaiters reworked ankle boots into knee-high or thigh-high kinds. The designer’s signature Angie and Merli boots acquired an replace, whereas mary janes and brogues additionally stood out in attention-grabbing materials therapies. Dacade additionally had some extra massive information: She not too long ago debuted a brand new footwear model in Japan.

Cazabat

Jean-Michel Cazabat, who threw a celebration at his new Paris retailer, was as soon as once more impressed by the spirit of the ‘70s.

Disco-ready metallics, giraffe print and python-printed leathers jazzed up the gathering of trainers, night pumps, sandals and ballerinas.

He referred to as his new slingback “a contemporary model of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s.’”

Lancel

Issues took an unique flip additionally at Lancel, which turned its retailer right into a festive jungle to current the most recent iterations of its luggage. The standout designs got here with zebra patterns that created a graphic impact on the structured silhouettes of logoed tote luggage and cross-body luggage, in addition to on the softer form of the model’s Sienna bucket type.

Rupert Sanderson

The designer went all in on eel this season, giving slingbacks and pumps a shiny, elegant end.

A lace-up night sandal with geometric mesh panels and crystal inserts is one other standout, whereas a brand new slingback with a block heel and a daring deep V-shaped higher is a contemporary tackle the type.

Stephane Kélian

After quietly relaunching storied French shoe label Stephane Kélian for spring 2025, Estelle Bauer is making an even bigger splash for fall.

The model builder and entrepreneur, who has earlier expertise at manufacturers similar to Scholl and Hush Puppies, was enamored with Kélian for many years earlier than taking its reins. “I’d describe it as a mixture of Paris and Florence, combining sophistication, design and tradition,” stated Bauer, who licensed Stephane Kélian from Groupe Royer, which is offering logistics assist.

From a design perspective, Bauer is protecting the concentrate on Kélian’s signature braided-leather kinds which have outlined the label because it debuted within the Seventies.

Produced in India, the gathering options boots, loafers, mary janes and extra. A wedge from the archives is reimagined for fall in a lighter iteration.

Nomasei

With Worldwide Girls’s Day falling on March 8, proper in the midst of Paris Style Week, the sustainably minded Paris model determined to mark the event with its second drop for (RED), the group cofounded by Bono and Bobby Shriver to fight AIDS.

The bestselling Nono idler acquired a particular “Purple” replace. For each buy of the idler or the model’s crimson platform sandal, Nomasei will donate 20 p.c of the retail worth to assist the group’s efforts in bringing life-saving well being care packages for ladies and women in communities most in want.

“We’re extremely honored to companion with their workforce, particularly throughout Girls’s Historical past Month, once we think about the worldwide impression AIDS and different well being care points proceed to have on girls and kids all over the world,” stated cofounder Marine Braquet.

Maeden

Minimal lovers may rejoice with Maeden’s new kinds. The Amsterdam-based label launched by Christian Heikoop in 2022 received the equipment prize on the 2024 ANDAM Style Awards and already secured distribution at prime worldwide retailers for a cause: Its light-weight luggage with understated attraction make for good funding items because of their sweet-spot worth factors and a luxe really feel.

The model, which companions with a century-old licensed tannery primarily based within the Netherlands that produces leather-based from byproducts of native dairy farms and assembles its items in an atelier in Tuscany, expanded its assortment with the Yumi Sling model of its in style tote bag and the brand new Monday shoulder bag, a comfortable, gentle carry-all punctuated by a single refined {hardware} that appears greatest in its suede iterations. 

Grounds

Designer Mikio Sakabe continues to push boundaries together with his Tokyo footwear label’s exaggerated outsoles and high-tech constructions.

This season, he took the form of a hand and put it on a sole of a sneaker. “I like to design massive footwear,” the designer stated after his inaugural runway present in Paris, which additionally featured his rising attire vary and a brand new eyewear vary.

Jude

What occurs while you design each sneakers and furnishings?

You present them each off throughout Paris Style Week, after all. Jurgita Dileviciute, cofounder of rising footwear label Jude and design agency Challenge 213A, talked concerning the footwear model’s goal to be a go-to label for ladies who gravitate towards timeless and minimalist designs.

“Not each shoe is for me, however we at all times attempt to have the cool lady in New York in thoughts,” stated Dileviciute, who displayed the sneakers on her fashionable tables. (The footwear and furnishings are made in Portugal.) The autumn 2025 shoe assortment, which Dileviciute designed with cofounder Denitsa Bumbarova, facilities round boots and pumps. Earth tones dominate, and supplies like snakeskin, dusty suedes, nubuck and buttery napa are key.

Phileo

Philéo Landowski, FN’s 2024 rising expertise winner, continues to juggle a high-profile Comme des Garçons collaboration together with his personal assortment.

This season, the designer up to date his signature designs, together with his ballet flat, with the aim of interesting to a wider viewers. Materials innovation was additionally key, with patent, distressed suede and napa leather-based among the many main tales.

Côte & Ciel

The identify of this utilitarian-chic model, which has collaborated with Yohji Yamamoto’s Y’s model lately, means coast and sky. So for the autumn, artistic director Émilie Arnault drew inspiration on an individual who spent his life between each: French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

The suspended quantity of a deployed parachute grew to become the curved backside of a tote bag that may fold all the way down to smaller proportions. The gathers of an aviator flight jacket outlines the purposeful volumes on a backpack. She additionally figured the winged paratrooper’s badge within the form of a belt bag.

Hagelstam

“Classics with a twist” is how former journalist and influencer Sandra Hagelstam describes her year-old footwear model.

Primarily based between Helsinki and London, the founder stated she designs with a minimal and muted aesthetic, at all times including some attention-grabbing particulars.

“I draw numerous inspiration from males’s gown sneakers that I work into female shapes,” she stated. For fall, a idler pump with buckle detailing and distinction sew pump are among the many highlights.

Andrea Wazen

“We’re taking a look at a way more edgy Andrea Wazen lady,” stated the designer, who ventured past her crimson carpet and night roots this season, with extra day-to-night appears to be like — together with loafers, ballet flats and decrease heels.

Her favourite type? A flexible mule, in a 75mm heel top, with the label’s signature bow reimagined as a metallic accent.

The mother of two additionally not too long ago launched her first “mini” assortment, with pint-size variations of her signature designs. In fact, Wazen’s platforms, beloved by Jennifer Lopez, are nonetheless entrance and heart.

Michino

Designer Yasu Michino continues to broaden his repertoire of stylish shapes impressed by his multicultural upbringing and one eye on revisiting basic shapes.

Take the Trocadero bag, a two-handled purse with clear swish traces. A gathering of Japanese torii gates and basic French structure resulted in a symmetrical entrance but in addition a sculptural asymmetrical profile.

In the meantime, the Palais Royal bag was created in collaboration with Miho Kawahito, director of ready-to-wear for Japanese label Seven Ten. A curved lid and a specifically designed hinge are nods to childhood treasure packing containers whereas the extensive opening makes it sensible.

Additionally new for the season are leather-based items, which vary from sunglass carriers to pencil instances, all with the identical D-shaped ring that permits them to be clipped onto a lanyard — for the sake of practicality as a lot as security on the go.

Duha

Born in Tunisia and primarily based in Dubai, rising expertise Duha Bukadi designs along with her heritage high of thoughts — however the former architect desires to have numerous enjoyable with it. “It’s for ladies which might be severe, however don’t take issues too severely,” she stated.

Bukadi unveiled her first full winter assortment, produced in Italy and Brazil, with an emphasis on new textures and daring particulars.

A playful closed-toe type options crystals within the form of a foot on the higher, whereas the Infants flat in allover studs is a spotlight. Materials play was additionally in focus, with pony hair leather-based usual in a Bambi print.

Ancuta Sarca

Contemporary off her fragrance collaboration with Molton Brown, London-based designer Ancuta Sarca was in Paris as a part of the British Style Council’s NewGen initiative.

Many of the designer’s materials and supplies are upcycled or recycled, and this season, Sarca — identified for her sneaker heel hybrid — labored with deadstock leather-based to drape and manipulate the fabric into oversize bows on boots. Luggage and ready-to-wear are additionally a rising a part of the enterprise, in addition to males’s sneakers.

Ruslan Baginskiy

Transformation is what impressed the Ukrainian milliner for the autumn. “The world round us is altering so rapidly and adaptableness has develop into important — in life and in design,” he stated. “I needed to create items that mirror this second, visually attention-grabbing but in addition versatile and multifunctional.”

Cue new iterations of his hat bag, this time with trims and braids in leather-based, but in addition an enthralling bow-decked tackle the baklava and scarves that remodel into fetching caps relying on the way you knot them. A$AP Nast is already a fan.

The model additionally launched a brand new inside object, a hat stand that may be saved flat for journey, created in collaboration with Milan-based artistic studio Objects Are By.