Top Fall 2025 Picks From the New York Men’s Trade Shows
With the European men’s shows kicking off about a week later this season, some brands felt the heat of having to pack up their samples and fly them to New York in time to make the market here. But it turned out to be pretty much a nonissue for most companies, which were able to make the trek in time.
That was the case for the four French brands that debuted at Project Presents for the first time this season, as well as some of the international labels showing at Man.
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Retailers also made it back in time to the trade shows in New York as well as the showrooms around the city to shop the fall market. What they found was classic tailoring and outerwear presented in a modern way — similar to what was seen on the runways in Milan and Paris — as well as updated sportswear pieces that will undoubtedly liven up their floors later this year.
Here are a few standouts from the shows.
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ADN Paris
Paris-based ADN, founded and designed by Lea Chabaa, reinterprets menswear essentials through a minimalistic lens. The goal of the collection, she said, is to offer pieces that remain on trend season after season.
As she described it: “I created ADN Paris with the desire to go back to basics: simple pieces made to last, which can accompany us at any age and soak up our memories.”
Chabaa said she’s always had a “great passion for clothing and its creation,” but her relationship with fashion has evolved over the years. When she was younger, she was a self-professed “compulsive buyer who collected clothes without really asking questions.” But she realized about a decade ago that although her closet was full, she always seemed to wear the same pieces.
A light bulb went off and resulted in the creation of ADN, a collection of updated classic pieces, handcrafted in Paris primarily from Italian flannels marked by lean, clean lines and a sophisticated aesthetic.
“Our wardrobe is enriched, edit after edit, with silhouettes of understated sophistication, where garments are conceived as modern uniforms for everyday wear,” she writes on the website.
Among the key pieces for fall is a wool and cashmere coat with full sleeves, a pleated back and an asymmetric button closure. There was also a white poplin shirt, available in both classic or oversize silhouettes, as well as suit separates in the same wool and cashmere fabric with off-center buttons. Collarless, 1980s-inspired blazers with exaggerated shoulders, a safari jacket designed for the city rather than the outback and a double-breasted coat with a high back slit and military details were also in the offing. Chabaa offered her take on denim that included a collarless jumpsuit with mirrored buttons.
Gunther
Parisian-based men’s brand Gunther’s fall 2025 collection took inspiration from the British countryside. Designer and founder Naomi Gunther explained the inspiration is a natural extension of her fine tailoring aesthetic, which focuses on outerwear and traditional men’s styles.
“I really wanted to create a cozy collection,” Gunther said. “In terms of colors, I was inspired by the sea tones and brown tones and I think that the period really matches the aesthetic of the brand, which is cozy pieces and comfortable pieces that are at the same time tailored and a mix of styles. Our collections are always inspired by traveling, so we always try to find a place that inspires us in terms of the aesthetic, and we combine it with our clothing style.”
The collection offers an array of styles including oversize outerwear, chunky knitwear, flannels, dress shirts and fitted trousers. Standout styles included an asymmetrical collared dress shirt, a green corduroy set and a brown wool suit.
“In this collection, we focused on the textures and the motifs,” Gunther said. “We have a different range of materials, like corduroy and knitwear, and then we have the coats. You can really mix and match.”
Gunther started her namesake label five years ago after finishing her studies at the Parsons School of Design. She explained her brand is meant to reflect a mix of French tailoring and New York City inspiration.
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Everyday Mountaineering
Roughly two years after launch, functional outdoors brand Everyday Mountaineering is continuing to build out its offerings with a fall 2025 collection that furthers its workwear-inspired aesthetic.
Helmed by designer Scott Ferguson, the new collection offered elevated outerwear styles in an array of warm fabrics that can work for the city or the mountains.
“It builds off of what I’ve had, but I’d say the base for the pants and the tops is inspired by workwear and then it builds from there, and it’s like the outdoors, luxury and comfy,” Ferguson said.
The designer took inspiration from his background in rock climbing for the collection. There’s the Trossach Trouser, which he said is a climbing pant made from organic cotton, hemp and spandex, and the Daily Pant, which is made from organic cotton and comes in an array of earthy tones.
Most of the collection centers on a gray color palette, but Ferguson injected pops of color that added a youthfulness to the collection, like a gray flannel cardigan with orange buttons, a boxy purple crewneck sweater and a black and white graphic cardigan.
Mono Stereo
Hippies are alive and well, just ask MonoStereo.
Founded in 2022, MonoStereo is a California-based design collective of friends who are inspired by the pioneering artists of the West that lived in the canyons, shorelines and mountains around Los Angeles. Their collection of apparel and accessories is clearly a throwback to a 1970s California coastal culture as evidenced by the floral buttons and distressed treatments on many of the pieces.
Everything is manufactured, dyed and printed in the U.S. of imported fabrics and many of the pieces include vintage detailing, such as the twill tape on oversize sweatpants and sweatshirts.
Other key pieces for fall include a faux leather vest with a laser etched design, a hemp denim button-down shirt with a distressed finish, and a military-inspired chore coat in hemp cotton with hibiscus buttons. One of the company’s most popular pieces is a balloon pant with a drawstring waist, and there’s also a barn jacket with two large pockets, vintage taping and ceramic buttons that were created in L.A.
Old football jerseys with patches and a hand-stamped mid-wale corduroy pant in a checkerboard pattern were also among the offerings for fall.
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