Jacquemus F/W 2025.25 Versailles

[Creative]

He fell into irrelevance no? I feel his hype is gone.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

I love that he has a theme and he creates a collection around it.
Le paysan, the peasant.
Yes, these people spent some hours collecting strawberries or lavender and are coming home under the Provence sun... as imagined by Christian Dior (I totally agree with you, yslforever. Some womens looks here feel more Dior than all the guests at Jonathan's debut).

We asked for better construction and since La Croisière he is giving better construction.
Just ask and Jacquemus will give.

He is entering his Imperial phase and I expect great things in the seasons to come.

 

[Lola701]

He fell into irrelevance no? I feel his hype is gone.

It’s a good thing that the hype is gone.
It’s forcing him to actually deliver good clothes.
Hype is not a good thing for those brands build on « culture », « feeling », « mood » or whatever.
Now he is working for longevity and it’s great that despite his commercial success, the criticiscm didn’t died. Because it forced him to never rest in his laurels.

When I see that BoringDotcom is praising Willy Chavarria and bashing Jacquemus, I’m thinking that Simon is on the right path!

 

[Avonlea]

Looks like he finally has someone competent in the studio.

 

[THD96]

I think it's a great collection.

For once his clothes finally matched with his ambition. Oftentimes with Simon, he has all the big talk and inspirations, and grand budgets and yet the clothes felt behind.
This time the clothes finally look well executed. The cuts are good and the fabrics are decent. Finally, money is being distributed equally between every department.
My favorite looks are look 48, the wrapping silhouette is beautiful, and look 58.
And the accessories are good. I like the leek clutch and garlic leather charms. And the way the models carry multiple clutches in a crate are cute.
And a wonderful cast, they elevated the whole collection.

 

[Olaffo]

Finally menswear department woke up and took the job seriously. Great suits and everything look so put together without major flops. Probably will get some separates like jackets or shoes. Good job !

 

[Creative]

It’s a good thing that the hype is gone.
It’s forcing him to actually deliver good clothes.
Hype is not a good thing for those brands build on « culture », « feeling », « mood » or whatever.
Now he is working for longevity and it’s great that despite his commercial success, the criticiscm didn’t died. Because it forced him to never rest in his laurels.

When I see that BoringDotcom is praising Willy Chavarria and bashing Jacquemus, I’m thinking that Simon is on the right path!

But his brand was purely based on that… on being hyped. No fashion, no quality no nothing. Just hype.

I feel now that the hype is gone and nobody actually cares anymore, he is trying to step up the game but I feel it’s too late. If you see a Jacquemus bag you think that girl belongs to another era… it didn’t age well.

To me the clothes still look pretty bad in the shows, then in the multi brand stores you see some garments that are kinda cute but it’s like Isabel Marant already.

 

[rowjellies]

What is his obsession with constantly showing off calendar? Is he afraid of showing on calendar?

 

[Grets]

Another desperate appeal to the quiet luxury ladies when his core customers are the women who follow the Kardashians/reality TV for their fashion cues. It's another Pretty Little Thing rebrand.

 

[FashionFanatico]

A bit sad that the uninspired mens looks are dragging everything down.
Because there are some lovely summer dresses in the mix (the less opulent the better).
Don't understand the urgency to show something called «Le Paysan» at Versailles.
It's a bit decadent, silly and makes no sense, but it's also very Jacquemus.

 

[jeanclaude]

For me this is just a parade of pretty lamp shades for Mediterranean houses.

 

[helmutnotdead]

great collection? lord the bar is so low.

 

[Lola701]

What is his obsession with constantly showing off calendar? Is he afraid of showing on calendar?

He is showing according to the pre-collections calendar but close to the arrival of the clothes in stores. It allows his clothes to be in shops for 6 months and he only does a capsule for winter and summer.
That allows him to not do resort/prefall and for his collections to have a full life in stores.

 

[Alquimista]

Menswear is hideous. It just does not make sense. And when it does, when you recognize a suit, it's terrible.

The women's improved technically but lots of badly designed nonsense too.

 

[Simera]

I kinda like it. I love a Mediterranean vibe. The casting was amazing.
The lace dress Selena wore is my favorite.

Of course I may be bias because I love Vivienne Rohner and she was the face of this collection and closed, so maybe that is blinding me haha

 

[tomtakesphotos]

its really beautiful

i dont understand the deep negativity around him on this forum

 

[couturefan]

I actually liked this collection, it seems like he is more confident and focused this time. Great casting as well, especially the male models.

 

[GIVENCHYlover]

He is showing according to the pre-collections calendar but close to the arrival of the clothes in stores. It allows his clothes to be in shops for 6 months and he only does a capsule for winter and summer.
That allows him to not do resort/prefall and for his collections to have a full life in stores.

I think he also does it to stay relevant. With big names making headlines every day—Bella Hadid naked on the runway yesterday, Balenciaga today, Chanel tomorrow—it's hard to stay part of the fashion conversation.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

It’s a nice “back to basics” kind of collection, and certainly has woken up design wise. The setting dwarves the collection though. As nice as an idea it seems doing it at Versailles, probably wasn’t the best choice in the end. Strangely, it makes things look not just more monastic but gloomier.

He should have done more with the sheer stripes, even in different colours. The opera coat style dresses are a tad lazy as well. Execution pattern wise could have benefitted with a little more thought to distribute all that fabric weight to more flattering balance points. I like the idea though. But yeah… there’s a lot of ideas here that I like but the execution still isn’t there. That being said, everything is made better. There’s still a lot of fine tuning to cover up and progress through the weaknesses.

 

[lhhbl]

There’s only a few nice pieces. Don’t grt all the praise here. The clothes look heavy and bulky and very passé. That dress on Sora is specialy hideous.
Menswear improved, but still I don’t see anybody wearing that