Saint Laurent F/W 2025.26 Paris

[blueorchid]

From my male perspective, being a woman must be a very difficult task all around the world. Women go through a lot of hardships .

No offense, but... this is such a patronizing attitude. The hardships are mostly because of the patriarchy/men (sorry) and aren't going to be fixed by cool clothes (sorry). When men in fashion go on about how "strong" women are and how much they "love" women (especially their mothers, groan... "my mother was so stylish and strong... 🥱") it's almost like the gendered equivalent of the "noble savage."



Not sure about what's empowering about wearing dusty 80s clothes in 2025, but ok. Any item of clothing can be empowering, depending on how a woman wants to wear it. Maybe I feel empowered when I wear my parka in -30C weather because it empowers me to not get frost bite. What stands out to me is that "power" is something male fashion designers (typically) want to "GIVE" (certain) women. Not something women already have, it's presented as something we're lacking. As if we need your approval/help to be empowered. God the word empowered needs to die.

Not to bring up Yves, but... he had a point and it's more relevant in 2025 than ever: "It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion."

 

[fashionlov]

I like it but as someone else pointed out it is not the best collection that Vaccarello has designed for Saint Laurent. A collection that has found the right balance and is neither quiet luxury nor exaggerated

 

[LadyJunon]

No offense, but... this is such a patronizing attitude. The hardships are mostly because of the patriarchy/men (sorry) and aren't going to be fixed by cool clothes (sorry). When men in fashion go on about how "strong" women are and how much they "love" women (especially their mothers, groan... "my mother was so stylish and strong... 🥱") it's almost like the gendered equivalent of the "noble savage."



Not sure about what's empowering about wearing dusty 80s clothes in 2025, but ok. Any item of clothing can be empowering, depending on how a woman wants to wear it. Maybe I feel empowered when I wear my parka in -30C weather because it empowers me to not get frost bite. What stands out to me is that "power" is something male fashion designers (typically) want to "GIVE" (certain) women. Not something women already have, it's presented as something we're lacking. As if we need your approval/help to be empowered. God the word empowered needs to die.

Not to bring up Yves, but... he had a point and it's more relevant in 2025 than ever: "It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion."

Honestly at this point, I find high fashion's current obsession with "strong women" and "matriarchal power" to be a mental illness. Not only is it obscenely cliche, it also has this weird implication that female empowerment only comes in high-end/luxury clothing with 80s-inspired tailoring with linebacker shoulders. I feel like all of this is just a cover for the fact that lots of these designers simply design in a narrow autobiographical lens.