I know that age is just a number, but when it comes to Ferragamo, age does tell an intriguing story. The Italian house is two years shy of its 100th birthday, and its creative director, Maximilian Davis, is newly 30. I don’t envy the job of young designers tasked with reinvigorating heritage brands, but I certainly enjoy watching them take on the challenge. Perhaps no one working in fashion today has risen to the occasion quite as successfully as Davis. His latest offering for the fall/winter 2025 season has left little doubt of this.
To get inside Davis’s head, you needn’t look further than Ferragamo’s show notes, in which he described the world of dance as his principal inspiration for fall, continuing the theme he started last season. He set out to explore “the work of the German Tanztheater and the unbound expression of their liberated choreography,” the brand stated. “Anchored in visual echoes of the 1920s and 1980s—the decades key to the genre of expressionist dance—the collection explores harmonies across time through Davis’s distinct lens.” How exactly does this inspiration translate to clothes and accessories? Continue reading to find out.
The Ferragamo Way to Wear Leggings
Dancers need clothes that allow for easy movement, so leggings are a no-brainer. In his dance-inspired fall/winter 2025 collection, Davis made sure to include the closet staple but took it to new heights. “Off-stage wardrobes are entirely knitted from jersey yarn in fluid reconfigurations of familiar forms,” the brand explained. Davis expounded on this theme. “The surrealist idea of taking everyday objects and making them feel a little disturbed is something I [find] very interesting,” he said. “Creating a sense of discomfort in the expected.”
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(Image credit: Courtesy of Ferragamo)
(Image credit: Courtesy of Ferragamo)
Double the Bags, Double the Fun
What’s better than one Ferragamo Hug Bag? Well, how about two? “A new animation of the Hug sees the icon doubled and belted across the body,” the show notes explained. As a notorious overpacker, I could see myself traipsing through airports with a supersized belt bag or two. But will the everyday luxury consumer be interested in making this daring double play? Only time will tell!
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(Image credit: Courtesy of Ferragamo)
(Image credit: Courtesy of Ferragamo)
If the Shoe Fits
I couldn’t possibly write a Ferragamo show review without highlighting the new shoe designs. After all, it’s the one category the house was built on back in 1927. The show notes called out several specific silhouettes: “The abundant florals of Ferragamo’s eighties campaigns and archival shoes also appear directly translated into footwear: Blooms realized in organza, leather, and satin overspill across almond-toe pumps or, for sandals, wrap around calves. Elsewhere, a new wedge, inspired by Salvatore Ferragamo’s mid-century innovation for a seamlessly covered shoe, adopts an elongated, futurist form.”
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(Image credit: Courtesy of Ferragamo)
(Image credit: Courtesy of Ferragamo)
Birds of a Feather
To write this review, I looked through photos of the entire collection multiple times. Without fail, I always found myself gravitating toward the feathered creations. These beautiful pieces are bound to end up on a red carpet in the near future. The Oscars may be behind us, but fear not: We still have the Cannes Film Festival and the Met Gala ahead of us. Who will be the first celebrity to wear a feathered Ferragamo number? Your guess is as good as mine.
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(Image credit: Courtesy of Ferragamo)
(Image credit: Courtesy of Ferragamo)