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Zalando presents the 2025 Trend Forecast - its first data-led report predicting fashion trends

February 17, 2025
Fashion
Technology
2025 Trend Forecast plus two teaser cards: Victorian decorum and Power dressing
  • Zalando combines insights from its Trend Spotter with in-house expert knowledge to predict five emerging trends, including Victorian Decorum, Power Dressing, Playful Proportions, Sheer Confidence and Modern Heritage
  • The first of its kind forecast by Zalando identifies macro trends, the cultural shifts shaping them and how they inspire the micro trends for 2025.
  • The Zalando 2025 Trend Forecast is an extension of the new Zalando 2024 Trend Rewind, an interactive review of the trends that dominated 2024.

Berlin 17 February 2025 // Zalando launched the Trend Forecast earlier this year to industry and it is now available to customers. It's a new innovative report showcasing emerging fashion trends set to take hold in 2025. Using data driven insight from Zalando’s Trend Spotter combined with the knowledge of Zalando's in-house fashion experts, the Trend Forecast presents five core emerging trends – Victorian Decorum, Power Dressing, Playful Proportions, Sheer Confidence and Modern Heritage.

A Black fashion model wearing a bright red power suit with exaggerated shoulder area; she is standing on a rooftop terrace with very graphic architecture behind her

2025 Trend Forecast - Playful Proportions

Using the Zalando Trend Spotter – a feature drawing insights from Zalando’s unique position of connecting fashion brands with 50+ million customers across Europe – the 2025 Trend Forecast analyses key search data to anchor the emerging trends. These insights combined with extensive analysis of recent runway trends and cultural research by Zalando’s experts provide the basis for the 2025 Trend Forecast.

The five key trends predicted to inspire customers this year are influenced by wider cultural trends including the need for escapism and stability. Whilst Victorian Decorum is set to appeal to those wishing to be whisked away to a bygone era, Playful Proportions and Sheer Confidence will feed creative minds searching for new avenues to express individuality. Power Dressing is predicted to provide a sense of both stability and confidence. Finally, Modern Heritage is set to give wearers both a sense of collective comfort and individualism through an updated take on boarding school chic.

Two young fashion models posing outside in front of a white wall; their tops are of very thin material and slightly see-through

2025 Trend Forecast - Sheer Confidence

Delving into these trends, the Zalando 2025 Trend Forecast is an extension of the Zalando 2024 Trend Rewind, a new interactive experience, showcasing the trends that had a lasting impact in 2024.

To learn more about the trends from the past year and their ongoing impact, explore the Zalando Trend Rewind here.

To fast-forward, download the Zalando 2025 Trend Forecast here.

And visit the Trend Forecast online here. 

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About Zalando

Founded in Berlin in 2008, Zalando is Europe’s leading online multi-brand fashion destination. We are building a pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce, along two growth vectors: Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B). In B2C, we provide an inspiring, high-quality multi-brand shopping experience for fashion and lifestyle products to more than 50 million active customers across 25 markets. In B2B, we leverage our logistics infrastructure, software, and service capabilities to support brands and retailers in managing and scaling their entire e-commerce business, both on and off the Zalando platform. Through our ecosystem vision, Zalando aims to enable positive change in the fashion and lifestyle industry.