4 Couture Fashion Week Trends That Are Pretty and Wearable

When I describe Couture Fashion Week to non-fashion people, I do so by saying it’s the showcase where the fashion world’s most vivid dreams play out and come to life. True to form, the autumn/winter 2025 runways in Paris this week have been, as expected, a celebration of the extraordinary—from painstaking embroidery to silhouettes sculpted like art. No doubt about it—these are looks made for the rarest red carpets or destined to become part of the world’s most exclusive private collections. And yet still, even amid all the fantasy, there’s room for a little reality.

This time, I’ve taken a step back from the spectacle to look at what these couture creations mean for the rest of us (and our wardrobes) this season and next. What struck me most was the consistency across collections: there was a romantic thread woven through everything I saw. Whether it was a colour, a texture, or a silhouette, the mood was decidedly pretty and poetic.