Various looks from New York's Fall/Winter 2025 Fashion Week and stylish condo buildings around the city
For as long as we can remember, fashion and architecture have been intricately woven together. Consider the delicate ornamentation of the Mughals' Taj Mahal echoing the richness of their luxurious textiles or the bold lines of Art Deco skyscrapers inspired by the glamour of flapper dresses. Fast forward to Zaha Hadid’s fluid, organic structures mirror the elegance of haute couture, while Louis Vuitton recently transformed their Fifth Avenue construction site into a towering stack of its iconic luggage trunks.
We could not help but notice the faint parallels between the runway shows at New York’s Fall/Winter 2025 Fashion Week and our city skyline. Whether deliberate, subconscious, or purely serendipitous, these fashion-architecture doppelgängers were impossible to ignore.
Below, we highlight the buildings and styles that strutted through NYC this runway season. It is little coincidence that many of them are located in some of New York's trendiest, most fashionably elite neighborhoods.
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The most obvious fashion/architecture link is located in the Ladies Mile Historic District and designed by DXA. 10W17 is a new condominium building that specifically pays tribute to the district’s prime shopping history. At 17 stories tall, 10W17’s 23 condo units will range from two to four-bedroom units, two of the units will be duplexes with more than 2,000 square feet of amenity spaces.
Calvin Klein Collection showcased minimalist designs crafted by their first-ever female creative director, Veronica Leoni. This cream excessively draped dress gathers and falls as beautifully as 10 W. 17th’s flowing facade.
Calvin Klein Collection showcased minimalist designs crafted by their first-ever female creative director, Veronica Leoni. This cream excessively draped dress gathers and falls as beautifully as 10 W. 17th’s flowing facade.
8 Spruce vs. Ulla Johnson
DBOX for Gehry Partners
Unmistakably Frank Gehry, the crunched skyscraper, 8 Spruce, soars 870 feet and offers 76-stories of impeccably crafted residences, world-class amenities, and breathtaking views of the city’s iconic landmarks and rivers.
Ulla Johnson celebrated the art of self-adornment through rich textures, metallics, and craftsmanship while training true to her bohemian aesthetic. The parallels between this gold textured cinched waist dress and 8 Spruce Street shine so bright.
Ulla Johnson celebrated the art of self-adornment through rich textures, metallics, and craftsmanship while training true to her bohemian aesthetic. The parallels between this gold textured cinched waist dress and 8 Spruce Street shine so bright.
Eagle + West (Photo credit: Jason O'Rear for OMA)
Eagle + West is a two-towered development in the heart of the Greenpoint Landing development on the Greenpoint waterfront. The complementary pair of towers was described by designer OMA Architects as "a ziggurat and its inverse," and are angled to make the most of natural light and waterfront views.
Inspired by his father’s car collection, Christian Siriano reimagined the sleek, traditionally masculine aesthetics of classic cars, transforming them into striking feminine silhouettes. This dramatic yet minimalist white dress with its broad angular shoulders that flow into a diagonal shawl mimics the zigzag ziggurat effect OMA created with its offset stacked boxes.
Inspired by his father’s car collection, Christian Siriano reimagined the sleek, traditionally masculine aesthetics of classic cars, transforming them into striking feminine silhouettes. This dramatic yet minimalist white dress with its broad angular shoulders that flow into a diagonal shawl mimics the zigzag ziggurat effect OMA created with its offset stacked boxes.
(Selldorf Architects)
Designed by Selldorf Architects, 10 Bond Street adds a bold yet harmonious presence to New York’s NoHo neighborhood. Reflecting the area’s low-rise scale and rhythm, the terracotta facade defines 10 Bond Street’s striking exterior, evoking the warmth of the district’s iconic brick buildings, and accented with weathered steel trim.
Gabe Gordon’s collection, titled "Rubber Boyfriend," drew inspiration from the '80s campy horror films with added homoerotic undertones (the collection's narrative ended with one of the dancers discovering her boyfriend kissed a teammate then transformed the boys into rubber sex dolls!). I am quite sure Selldorf was not inspired by anything remotely similar but aren’t the strong horizontal maroon stripes look so alike.
Gabe Gordon’s collection, titled "Rubber Boyfriend," drew inspiration from the '80s campy horror films with added homoerotic undertones (the collection's narrative ended with one of the dancers discovering her boyfriend kissed a teammate then transformed the boys into rubber sex dolls!). I am quite sure Selldorf was not inspired by anything remotely similar but aren’t the strong horizontal maroon stripes look so alike.
(Paul Warchol for BKSK Architects)
BKSK Architects' 25 Bond Street’s bold architectural design captures the industrial-strength aesthetic of the area while the façade's asymmetrical layering signals a modern shift.
Jane Wade’s "The Merger” collection continued the New York City-based label's mission of critiquing classism in the corporate world while reimagining office attire with a bold, avant-garde perspective. The colors and hard edges of this re-envisioned classic felt very 25 (James) Bond-ish.
Jane Wade’s "The Merger” collection continued the New York City-based label's mission of critiquing classism in the corporate world while reimagining office attire with a bold, avant-garde perspective. The colors and hard edges of this re-envisioned classic felt very 25 (James) Bond-ish.
121 E 22nd vs. Campillo
(OMA Architects)
The 18-story condominium was designed by Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), whose founder Rem Koolhaas wrote the 1978 “Delirious New York,” a “retroactive manifesto” that codified Manhattan’s “culture of congestion.” Shosei Shigematsu, a Partner at OMA New York, created 121 East 22nd’s dramatic, chiseled cascaded corner that deconstructs the block at the intersection.
The motif of Campillo's “Fictions of Reality” was a nod to the designer's Mexican roots as he strives to recontextualize his home country’s masculinity through Charro influences. We found the multiple different directional changes of this jacket’s chiseled collar feels so much like the beautiful triangular cutouts along 121 East 22nd’s edgy statement.
The motif of Campillo's “Fictions of Reality” was a nod to the designer's Mexican roots as he strives to recontextualize his home country’s masculinity through Charro influences. We found the multiple different directional changes of this jacket’s chiseled collar feels so much like the beautiful triangular cutouts along 121 East 22nd’s edgy statement.
The Fitzroy vs. Lapointe
Developer JDF describes The Fitzroy as “a hand-crafted Jazz Age terra cotta gem.” Designed by Roman and Williams, the striking 14-unit condominium features deep green façade, copper spandrels and window frames, terracotta cladding, and Art Deco influences.
Driven by the concept of endurance, Creative Director Sally LaPointe showcased the collection in a striking setting: on the official National Basketball Players Association court. The similarity of the color and the equal gleam both the building and outfit reflect, make us green with envy.
Driven by the concept of endurance, Creative Director Sally LaPointe showcased the collection in a striking setting: on the official National Basketball Players Association court. The similarity of the color and the equal gleam both the building and outfit reflect, make us green with envy.
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel worked with facade consultants to create the scattered framed curtain wall offering a unique perspective of the surrounding cityscape. The building’s typical floor plate features seven mega panels with the largest window opening to a 37-foot wide panorama! The building’s 72 apartment studios and one- to four-bedroom units occupy the 21 floors.
Simkhai’s funky, frayed, and sexy lineup perfectly evoked 100 Eleventh’s funky, frayed, sexy facade.
Simkhai’s funky, frayed, and sexy lineup perfectly evoked 100 Eleventh’s funky, frayed, sexy facade.
53W53 vs. The Blonds
(Ateliers Jean Nouvel)
Also designed by Nouvel, 53 West 53rd Street’s striking façade houses impeccably detailed residences designed by renowned interior architect Thierry Despont, each spacious and light-filled, with panoramic views framed unlike any before. The pinnacle of New York living, 53W53 offers a truly modern view.
Known for their uniquely alluring and unapologetically bold designs, The Blonds' runway shows are just as electrifying, accompanied by bursting soundtracks and cheering guests. This strongly structured black leather corset with architectural detailing could have easily been a silkscreen of 53W.53’s dramatic, perpendicular, and angled columns.
Known for their uniquely alluring and unapologetically bold designs, The Blonds' runway shows are just as electrifying, accompanied by bursting soundtracks and cheering guests. This strongly structured black leather corset with architectural detailing could have easily been a silkscreen of 53W.53’s dramatic, perpendicular, and angled columns.
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Rafael Viñoly Architects
Three Waterline Square is one of three towers that face the brand-new Waterline Square Park between Midtown West and the Upper West Side. The dramatic, 34-story tower, designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects, rises like an angled crystal.
29-year-old designer Kate Barton opted for one-on-one showroom appointments with the press instead of a traditional runway show. She enlisted friends like Winnie Harlow, Dee Hilfiger, WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick, and ballerina Violetta Komyshan to star in her Fall campaign, emphasizing the collection’s blend of style and practicality. This dress’s color, reflectivity, and multiple angle changes showed us how it's hip to be (Waterline) square.
29-year-old designer Kate Barton opted for one-on-one showroom appointments with the press instead of a traditional runway show. She enlisted friends like Winnie Harlow, Dee Hilfiger, WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick, and ballerina Violetta Komyshan to star in her Fall campaign, emphasizing the collection’s blend of style and practicality. This dress’s color, reflectivity, and multiple angle changes showed us how it's hip to be (Waterline) square.
Photo: © Hufton+Crow
As one of New York City’s most architecturally famous residences, the 11-story condominium building at 520 West 28th Street is the first New York City building designed by the late Dame Zaha Hadid, the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize. The striking, curvaceous building contains 39 apartments and adjoins the High Line elevated park.
Kate Barton’s striking futuristic form reflects light with jarring and jetting angles. If this isn’t Zaha, I don’t know what is.
Kate Barton’s striking futuristic form reflects light with jarring and jetting angles. If this isn’t Zaha, I don’t know what is.
Jardim vs. Tory Burch
Jardim is the inaugural residential condominium designed by award-winning architect Isay Weinfeld, brought to life by developers Centaur Properties and Greyscale Development with a team of global craftsmen. Located in vibrant West Chelsea, Jardim’s elegant towers span an entire block with a brick-vaulted private driveway leading to a fully attended lobby with three separate elevator banks.
Tory Burch’s reinterpretation of American classics felt old and new, just like this belted jacket with white streaks of lighting. It appears to emulate the dramatic tunnel of Jardim.
Tory Burch’s reinterpretation of American classics felt old and new, just like this belted jacket with white streaks of lighting. It appears to emulate the dramatic tunnel of Jardim.
The 914-foot, 70-story skyscraper, designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, ranks among the city’s tallest apartment buildings, while the gently-bowed, glass-clad design is among the city’s most graceful.
Designed by Wes Gordon for Carolina Herrera’s collection, this dress is a cascade of blue metallic water just like 15 HY’s sleek, sexy glass.
Designed by Wes Gordon for Carolina Herrera’s collection, this dress is a cascade of blue metallic water just like 15 HY’s sleek, sexy glass.
111 West 57th Street is the second-tallest apartment building in America, yet what makes it truly exceptional is its uniquely graceful architecture, sumptuous interior design and amenities, and astounding views. The world’s thinnest skyscraper is clad in floor-to-ceiling glass and rippling terra-cotta, ascends in delicate setbacks to a 1,428-foot pinnacle near-perfectly centered upon Central Park, which opens into an unmatched view from extra-tall windows.
Sergio Hudson showcased a rich mix of mohair and leather in deep autumnal tones, including shades of green, blue, and maroon. The alternating diagonals on this black geometric skirt juxtaposed with that shimmering gold blouse picked up the essence of 111 West 57th Street’s facade details.
Sergio Hudson showcased a rich mix of mohair and leather in deep autumnal tones, including shades of green, blue, and maroon. The alternating diagonals on this black geometric skirt juxtaposed with that shimmering gold blouse picked up the essence of 111 West 57th Street’s facade details.
111 Murray Street soars 792 feet to a flared pinnacle that stamps an exclamation point on the skyline and provides extra space on coveted penthouse floors. The architect, Robert Whitlock of Kohn Pedersen Fox, cleverly arranged the building structure to provide column-free corners where curved floor-to-ceiling windows open onto unobstructed views of the World Trade Center, the Hudson River, and panoramas that stretch from central New Jersey to the Hudson Valley.
This collection marked a shift from creating four collections to two cohesive ones. The designer explained that this change was driven not only by the exhaustion of developing four collections annually but also by the brand’s commitment to slow fashion and a focus on thoughtful craftsmanship. This dress looks anything but tired as it flows from toe contouring the model’s body just like the skin of the skyscraper.
This collection marked a shift from creating four collections to two cohesive ones. The designer explained that this change was driven not only by the exhaustion of developing four collections annually but also by the brand’s commitment to slow fashion and a focus on thoughtful craftsmanship. This dress looks anything but tired as it flows from toe contouring the model’s body just like the skin of the skyscraper.
(SHoP for JDS Development)
At 93 stories and 1,066 feet tall, The Brooklyn Tower redefines the New York City skyline with a supertall skyscraper that soars higher than the Chrysler Building. Brought to market by JDS Development Group with an envelope by the award-winning SHoP Architects, its striking design presents an eloquent, expressive dialogue between Brooklyn's past and future. The project incorporates the adjacent Dime Savings Bank, restoring its landmarked spaces while drawing inspiration from its unique Neoclassical motifs and patterning.
LaQuan Smith reimagined power dressing fusing opulence with sensuality. Choosing a lookbook presentation over a traditional runway show, the designer emphasized 1970s and 80s sharp tailoring, luxurious textures, and a rebellious glamour. Brooklyn Tower feels just like this extremely confident, sexy, sophisticated pantsuit.
LaQuan Smith reimagined power dressing fusing opulence with sensuality. Choosing a lookbook presentation over a traditional runway show, the designer emphasized 1970s and 80s sharp tailoring, luxurious textures, and a rebellious glamour. Brooklyn Tower feels just like this extremely confident, sexy, sophisticated pantsuit.
VIA 57 West vs. Natori
(Image credit: Hufton + Crow)
VIA 57 WEST at 625 West 57th Street is a 41-story rental building with a dramatic design that prompted CityRealty architecture critic Carter Horsley to call it “the most dramatic new building in New York City since Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum” and rank it among CityRealty’s Top 10 NYC Buildings of the Decade. Architect Bjarke Ingels of the BIG Group designed a structure that soars with a sail-like, metallic surface to a fine point, combining the American skyscraper form with the European courtyard building type. The courtyard, notched within the pyramid, offers a tranquil strolling garden.
Natori’s Fall line focused on the textured and layered traditional Japanese aesthetic. The folds of this fabric with its solids and voids feel like Via 57 turned upside down.
Natori’s Fall line focused on the textured and layered traditional Japanese aesthetic. The folds of this fabric with its solids and voids feel like Via 57 turned upside down.
(Tankhouse)
Nine Chapel is a 14-story condominium tower at 9 Chapel Street, located at the intersection of Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, and DUMBO. It was developed by Tankhouse and designed by the award-winning architecture studio SO-IL. The exterior of the building is adorned with a unique, undulating, and shimmering skin made of lightweight perforated metal.
This Carolina Herrera dress sparkles and sheer gold beautifully mimics the gold see-through metallic skin of 9 Chapel. Amen!
This Carolina Herrera dress sparkles and sheer gold beautifully mimics the gold see-through metallic skin of 9 Chapel. Amen!
ODA’s 126 East 57th Street spans the width of a city block from 56th to 57th street, with a plan to erect a 175,000-square-foot tower. Almost all units would have private outdoor terraces, pixelating the cast-in-place concrete façade with projections and recesses. The residential entrance is planned to be on 57th street, bringing residents through a copper mirrored gateway into a 6-story tall atrium with views to a lushly landscaped courtyard. Inspired by his Indian heritage, Bibhu Mohapatra’s solids and voids feel very reminiscent of ODA’s missing blocks.
40 Bond Street by Herzog & de Meuron Architects (Photo: Iwan Baan)
Designed by Pritzker Prize laureates Herzog & de Meuron, 40 Bond Street radically reinterprets the surrounding cast iron buildings. The 27 apartments, five townhouses and a penthouse unit all feature premium appliances, modern finishes, 11-foot-high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and wide-planked smoked oak flooring.
Christian Cowan’s tribute to his late muse embraced an emotional spirit of uninhibited creativity free from commercial boundaries. The same spirit of this collection burst off of 40 Bond’s facade.
Christian Cowan’s tribute to his late muse embraced an emotional spirit of uninhibited creativity free from commercial boundaries. The same spirit of this collection burst off of 40 Bond’s facade.
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Contributing Writer
Michelle Sinclair Colman
Michelle writes children's books and also writes articles about architecture, design and real estate. Those two passions came together in Michelle's first children's book, "Urban Babies Wear Black." Michelle has a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Minnesota and a Master's degree in the Cities Program from the London School of Economics.
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