Spring/Summer 2025 is shaping up to be an exciting season for fashion, full of bold details, fun silhouettes, and a mix of casual and polished styles. The good news for dressmakers? The trends are incredibly versatile and will fit seamlessly into your wardrobe. With the right sewing patterns recommended by our team at Fabrics Galore, and a bit of creativity, you can easily adapt the runway looks for real life. Here’s how you can interpret the biggest trends in a wearable and practical way!
1. Pastel Colours & Ruffles
From pistachio green to powder pink, this season’s fashion colour palette is filled with soft, pale pastels. Mocha Mousse, Pantone’s colour of the year is replacing the darker brown chocolate shades of winter and looks surprisingly good with the pastel shades. Ruffles also make a strong appearance, adding a soft, feminine touch.
How to Make It Wearable: If pastels aren’t your thing, try incorporating them as accents—maybe a ruffle collar, contrasting piping in a pastel shade, a colour-blocked sleeve or even better, a handy tote bag with some extra ruffles.
Patterns to Try:
- Ruffled Collar Blouse:
- Draft It Yourself - Ruffle Bag
By Hand London Draft Ruffle Bag
2. Utility Chic: Fashionable & Functional
Cargo pants, drawstring jackets, and oversized trench coats are key players this season. Practical meets stylish in the best way possible.
How to Make It Wearable: A simple cargo-style skirt or a lightweight utility jacket is an easy way to bring this trend into everyday wear.
Patterns to Try:
Stretch Cotton Twill Animal Print Fabric
3. Stripes: Bold & Classic
Fabrics Galore Striped Cotton Jersey Fabrics
Stripes in all forms—nautical, bold, and sporty—are making a statement this season, whether horizontal, vertical, or mixed for a dynamic look. A very welcome return too for the classic Breton stripe.
How to Make It Wearable: A striped Breton top or a relaxed maxi dress in bold stripes makes an easy-to-style statement piece. And check out @laurenandthesewingmachine for her amazing barrel leg trousers in our striped denim.
Patterns to Try:
4. Tartan Revival
Tartan isn’t just for autumn! This season, flannel skirts, lightweight coats, and even ruffled check dresses are making waves. Claudia Winkleman’s black kilt in The Traitors Season 3 just made us love this look even more.
How to Make It Wearable: A pleated tartan midi skirt or a flannel wrap dress is a great way to wear this trend in a subtle, chic way.
Patterns to Try:
5. Soft Sheers & Romantic Layers
Sheer fabrics in delicate pastel shades create a dreamy, romantic vibe. This “naked dressing” trend may look alarming for us mere mortals, but you can easily tone it down for everyday and wear it with a modesty layer underneath.
How to Make It Wearable: Use sheer fabrics as overlays on skirts or sleeves instead of making an entire garment out of them. Layer with slips or camisoles for a modest, sophisticated look.
Patterns to Try:
6. Classic Tailoring & Feminine Power Dressing
Polished blazers, wide-leg trousers, and sleek midi skirts make a strong statement this season.
How to Make It Wearable: Instead of full-on business wear, try a casual sweatshirt over a midi skirt or pair wide-leg trousers with a relaxed top for effortless elegance.
Patterns to Try:
7. Fun & Flowy: Bubble Hems & Volume
Puffball skirts, peplum tops, and exaggerated hemlines bring a playful, sculptural quality to fashion this season.
How to Make It Wearable: Try a peplum top for a subtle take on this trend, or a softly gathered bubble hem skirt for a fun summer look.
Patterns to Try: a subtle bubble skirt and a peplum top
Viscose is the perfect way to make a floaty top with a nod to the trend, and works perfectly with a Nell top by Tilly and the Buttons.
8. Sporty Chic: Mixing Athleisure with Elegance
Who says sportswear can’t be stylish? This season, we’re seeing sequins with joggers, blazers with sweatpants, and sneakers with everything.
How to Make It Wearable: Try making a soft jersey blazer to wear with casual trousers or add a sweatshirt with pretty much anything they work perfectly with chic wide trousers, or fitted jeans and a blazer.
Patterns to Try: Sporty Blazers, Sweatshirts and Tailored Joggers
9. The Power of Bows
Bows are having a moment! Whether oversized and dramatic or dainty and delicate, they add a feminine touch to almost anything.
How to Make It Wearable: A small bow at the neckline or waist is a subtle way to embrace this trend without going over the top. We have made a Matchy Matchy Ruffle Brunch Top in a Gingham and it works wonderfully with jeans.
Patterns to Try: Bow adorned tops and statement dresses
Matchy Matchy Ruffle Brunch Set made up in our Gingham Fabric
Final Thoughts on Spring Summer 2025 Fashion Trends
Spring/Summer 2025 fashion is all about having fun with your wardrobe. Whether you love soft pastels, sharp tailoring, or bold florals, there’s a trend that can easily be adapted to suit your style. So, grab your sewing machine, pick a trend (or two), choose the perfect fabric, and start creating your own wearable SS25 looks!
