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Above: Christopher Esber resort 2025. Image credit: GoRunway.comVogue Australia may receive advertising or affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Read more here. In 2024, one thing is true: trends aren’t what they used to be. While the fashion industry still has the lion’s share of influence over the clothes and trends that will fill wardrobes around the world, trends are picked up and platformed by social media algorithms and broadcast globally, often with a short shelf-life.But for every action, there’s a reaction. In the face of a trend cycle moving at warp-speed, an increasing reverence for enduring, timeless clothing has entered the conversation, causing customers to spend smarter, not more. It’s why, when compiling a trend report like this one, endurance remains top-of-mind, so the clothes you stock up on are ones you wear forever.As Australia enters spring and summer at the end of the year—and importantly, after the northern hemisphere has experienced their own warmer months—an excitement about dressing for warmth reigns supreme, and there’s endless opportunity to experiment, while also investing in the building blocks of a lifetime wardrobe. Below, Vogue shares the spring fashion trends that will also influence summer, and dominate warm-weather wardrobes for seasons to come. 
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Above: Christopher Esber resort 2025. Image credit: GoRunway.com

Vogue Australia may receive advertising or affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Read more here. 

In 2024, one thing is true: trends aren’t what they used to be. While the fashion industry still has the lion’s share of influence over the clothes and trends that will fill wardrobes around the world, trends are picked up and platformed by social media algorithms and broadcast globally, often with a short shelf-life.

But for every action, there’s a reaction. In the face of a trend cycle moving at warp-speed, an increasing reverence for enduring, timeless clothing has entered the conversation, causing customers to spend smarter, not more. It’s why, when compiling a trend report like this one, endurance remains top-of-mind, so the clothes you stock up on are ones you wear forever.

As Australia enters spring and summer at the end of the year—and importantly, after the northern hemisphere has experienced their own warmer months—an excitement about dressing for warmth reigns supreme, and there’s endless opportunity to experiment, while also investing in the building blocks of a lifetime wardrobe. Below, Vogue shares the spring fashion trends that will also influence summer, and dominate warm-weather wardrobes for seasons to come. 

Givenchy resort 2025. Image credit: GoRunway.comOff-the-shoulderThe bateau neckline—which stops at the shoulders to show the neck—has long been a signifier of elegance. But resort-minded designers have dropped the straps lower for the warmer months; take Max Mara’s resort ’25 collection, where elongated below-shoulder necklines formed a sense of Hepburnian elegance, the added benefit being its appropriateness for warm weather. That memo was seen at Givenchy—the brand that invented the ‘little black dress’ that was worn and immortalised by Hepburn herself—where over-shoulder straps were eschewed in favour of showing the neck. Call this your go-to formal dress silhouette for spring. 
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Givenchy resort 2025. Image credit: GoRunway.com

Off-the-shoulder

The bateau neckline—which stops at the shoulders to show the neck—has long been a signifier of elegance. But resort-minded designers have dropped the straps lower for the warmer months; take Max Mara’s resort ’25 collection, where elongated below-shoulder necklines formed a sense of Hepburnian elegance, the added benefit being its appropriateness for warm weather. That memo was seen at Givenchy—the brand that invented the ‘little black dress’ that was worn and immortalised by Hepburn herself—where over-shoulder straps were eschewed in favour of showing the neck. Call this your go-to formal dress silhouette for spring. 

Chanel resort 2025. Image credit: GoRunway.comBohemian lace and patchworkIt only took Chloé’s bohemian autumn/winter ’24/’25 show to usher in a full-scale return of fashion’s boho-chic trend. But amid the excitement, it was overlooked how enduring, durable and timeless the beatnik aesthetic can be, particularly in its embrace of lace, a breezy material for spring. Lace and patchwork dresses are often made in billowing shapes, but clean-lined iterations came in Chanel (above) and Gucci’s resort collections; the former’s patchwork dresses apt for travelling from beach to bar, and the latter turning the material into form-fitting shorts for warm-weather days. 
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Chanel resort 2025. Image credit: GoRunway.com

Bohemian lace and patchwork

It only took Chloé’s bohemian autumn/winter ’24/’25 show to usher in a full-scale return of fashion’s boho-chic trend. But amid the excitement, it was overlooked how enduring, durable and timeless the beatnik aesthetic can be, particularly in its embrace of lace, a breezy material for spring. Lace and patchwork dresses are often made in billowing shapes, but clean-lined iterations came in Chanel (above) and Gucci’s resort collections; the former’s patchwork dresses apt for travelling from beach to bar, and the latter turning the material into form-fitting shorts for warm-weather days. 

Loewe autumn/winter ’24/’25. Image credit: GoRunway.comBracelet bagsThe bracelet bag is the key accessory of 2024. Designers this year provided arguments for why the wristlet tote should be a staple, like Loewe’s innovative Squeeze bag, which features a convertible strap that can be slung over the shoulder with the help of an extending strap. Prada, Chanel, Valentino and Jacquemus took the trend literally, with bags that featured built-in clasps so they can be slung on the forearm. 2024 may have been the year of the bracelet bag, but don’t expect to see it going anywhere—especially not for spring. 
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Loewe autumn/winter ’24/’25. Image credit: GoRunway.com

Bracelet bags

The bracelet bag is the key accessory of 2024. Designers this year provided arguments for why the wristlet tote should be a staple, like Loewe’s innovative Squeeze bag, which features a convertible strap that can be slung over the shoulder with the help of an extending strap. Prada, Chanel, Valentino and Jacquemus took the trend literally, with bags that featured built-in clasps so they can be slung on the forearm. 2024 may have been the year of the bracelet bag, but don’t expect to see it going anywhere—especially not for spring. 

Miu Miu autumn/winter ’24/’25. Image credit: GoRunway.comPointed-toed formal shoesA breezy, open shoe with an elegant design is the key to nailing spring style; the right one can be worn with a dress, jeans or shorts and look great with each. In recent years, the ballet flat has served as a shoe to unify all elements of the spring wardrobe, but seasonal shoe silhouettes point to sharp-toed leather footwear to pin down a more elevated, put-together look. Prada and Miu Miu’s autumn/winter ’24/’25 shows saw them as early adopters, but steam picked back up during the resort season; Max Mara’s elongated patent leather slip-ons and Louis Vuitton’s spire-toed Mary-Janes (the shoe shape that dominated the trend cycle last year) proved the best formal shoes are sharp and statement-making. 
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Miu Miu autumn/winter ’24/’25. Image credit: GoRunway.com

Pointed-toed formal shoes

A breezy, open shoe with an elegant design is the key to nailing spring style; the right one can be worn with a dress, jeans or shorts and look great with each. In recent years, the ballet flat has served as a shoe to unify all elements of the spring wardrobe, but seasonal shoe silhouettes point to sharp-toed leather footwear to pin down a more elevated, put-together look. Prada and Miu Miu’s autumn/winter ’24/’25 shows saw them as early adopters, but steam picked back up during the resort season; Max Mara’s elongated patent leather slip-ons and Louis Vuitton’s spire-toed Mary-Janes (the shoe shape that dominated the trend cycle last year) proved the best formal shoes are sharp and statement-making. 

Coperni resort 2025. Image credit: GoRunway.comBubble skirts, tops, and everything elseInflation has become one of the defining buzzwords of the mid-2020s, and the agenda-setting designers of today appear to have cottoned on in a literal sense. The bubble skirt has slowly become an It-girl mainstay; take Maggie Marilyn’s resort 2024 show last year, which introduced puffy skirts in a realistic manner for the everyday wardrobe. But as customer interest continues, fashion has continued to embrace blown-up proportions in garments fit for the everyday. Look to Coperni and Louis Vuitton at the resort ’25 shows, or No. 21 and Australia’s own Christopher Esber, where billowing protective proportions in memorable colours, apt for springtime joie de vivre.
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Coperni resort 2025. Image credit: GoRunway.com

Bubble skirts, tops, and everything else

Inflation has become one of the defining buzzwords of the mid-2020s, and the agenda-setting designers of today appear to have cottoned on in a literal sense. The bubble skirt has slowly become an It-girl mainstay; take Maggie Marilyn’s resort 2024 show last year, which introduced puffy skirts in a realistic manner for the everyday wardrobe. But as customer interest continues, fashion has continued to embrace blown-up proportions in garments fit for the everyday. Look to Coperni and Louis Vuitton at the resort ’25 shows, or No. 21 and Australia’s own Christopher Esber, where billowing protective proportions in memorable colours, apt for springtime joie de vivre.

Skall Studio spring/summer ’25. Image credit: GoRunway.comShirting with a twistBig spring fashion energy isn’t complete without the right shirt, which is ideally solid but not weighty, formal but not stiff. 2024 could be described as the year that shirting found its fun side, and naturally, the Scandi brands at Copenhagen Fashion Week led the charge; take Skall Studio, which presented voluminous short-sleeve shirts and others with built-in floral broqués. 
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Skall Studio spring/summer ’25. Image credit: GoRunway.com

Shirting with a twist

Big spring fashion energy isn’t complete without the right shirt, which is ideally solid but not weighty, formal but not stiff. 2024 could be described as the year that shirting found its fun side, and naturally, the Scandi brands at Copenhagen Fashion Week led the charge; take Skall Studio, which presented voluminous short-sleeve shirts and others with built-in floral broqués. 

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