Carolina Herrera fall 2025: a garden in the sky
From the 48th floor of New York’s iconic Solow Building one could see a dense snow blanket weighing on the trees of Central Park. But inside the skyscraper, high above, a flower garden grown by Wes Gordon bloomed with resilience, in the show of his fall 2025 collection for Carolina Herrera.
CLIC to read this article in Spanish, in the Style section of El Carabobeño: Carolina Herrera: un jardín en las alturas
Draped in silk, molded as metallic applications and printed on sophisticated skirts and dresses, the floral inspiration came from a constant reference in Gordon’s work: the book “Being there” by Jerzy Kosińsk, adapted to film by Hal Ashby in 1979.
Gordon stated that “this collection is about exploring the idea of ephemeral beauty – that single elusive moment where everything comes into focus, where everything is perfect in the garden. It is comprised of pieces that I cherish in the now – pieces I nurture in my creative process that I hope the Herrera woman treasures just as much when she brings it into her wardrobe, like planting a new seed in the garden.”
The silhouettes were a testament of floral inspiration, from the body hugging designs that look like stylish stems and the blooms of textile volume, to the shape of inverted flowers one can guess from tight shoulders and pleated torsos leading to full skirts.
The white dress shirts that are part of Carolina Herrera’s DNA are reinterpreted in wide silhouettes, pleated chests and softly puffed sleeves that underline the nonchalant elegance the brand is known for.
The rich color palette of the collection is inspired by one Gordon’s favorite pieces in the Metropolitan Museum: Sonia Delaunay’s “Rhythm Color.” The designer said that “there is a harmony in the colors that I wanted to evoke as the looks criss-cross each other in the garden.”
Gardener in a suit
In “Being there”, the gardener of a bourgeois household is left to his own devices after the death of its owners. Used to dress with hand-me-down tailored suits from the patriarch of the family, the well mannered, middle aged man probes to have great luck when considered by high profile individuals, while confusing him for some wise millionaire just by the way he conducted and dressed himself.
The inspiration from the movie can be seen in Gordon’s collection through impeccable two piece suits, coats and other styles with sartorial inspiración. While pin-stripe striked with sobriety, the flower brooches shine and bloomed, like the thousands of flowers that framed the catwalk, planted in small mounds of gray soil, defying cold and adversity with stoic beauty.
