Collina Strada Fall 2025 Review
Thank goodness for Collina Strada who remains one of the single most impactful women-founded labels consistently showing on the New York Fashion Week schedule. And thank goodness for designer Hillary Taymour’s wacky sense of humor and prolific take on weird girl fashion that always manages to keep things interesting and new. It’s what the universe needs right now, and she certainly delivered it for Collina Strada fall 2025.
As guests entered the raw, industrial white space in Chelsea on a blistering February night, active toddlers scattered the venue wearing their finest Collina Strada star-studded glittering sweaters as they played house with their toys. Another flight of stairs led up to the narrow runway all in white, a slightly more corporate take on the Collina Strada venues of the past which have ranged from parks in Brooklyn to gardens on the Lower East Side. Titled “Fempire,” Collina Strada fall 2025 was a powerful statement on girl-coded dressing for every woman. There’s irony in the fact that one can’t even type that very word without it getting autocorrected. “Matriarchy, Gynecocracy, Queen-dom, Her-archy, She-volution… Fempire,” the show notes stated.
Once the show began, the ethos was clear: Collina Strada fall 2025 is firmly for the girls. It’s about dressing for one’s self, taking up space, and never compromising. Enter: chunky flowing floral hoodie dresses, dramatic bug eye sunglasses and layers upon layers of ruffles and sheer lace paired with worn-in t-shirts with slogans like “girl dinner” and oversized maximalist knits and massive flannels. Regal ruffled dresses stacked with flouncy textures were the epitome of the Collina Strada gown, a mixed up, mash-up of grungy cool couture. For the occasion, Taymour upcycled wedding dresses from New Jersey thrift stores.
“As the Doomsday Clock ticks a second closer to midnight, we dream of turning an upside-down world on its head,” the show notes stated. “Imagine a world where power moves sideways and care is currency. A world that doesn’t just reverse outdated norms but rewrites the script entirely—keeping what works, reconfiguring the rest.” But best of all: these looks served as a kind of new world armor. The big glasses, cocoon-like hoods, many layers, chunky hoodies and even the frilly tiers of lace said it all. Sometimes, fashion is our shield.
It’s Collina Strada’s Fempire, and we’re overjoyed to witness it.
Images//courtesy of Collina Strada/Ryan Petrus
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