Palomo Spain’s runway shows are often reminiscent of a party, and his fans arrived at the brand’s spring 2025 show in their best club attire. The show was held at the Fourth Universalist Society, one of the last surviving of seven Universalist congregations in New York City.
“When we enjoy sexuality, dancing, and ecstasy, why is it always associated with hell? Let’s just try to create this beautiful party in heaven,” said designer Alejandro Gómez Palomo backstage.
So the show was titled “All of Heaven’s Parties” and was a celebration of sexuality and romance and an examination into why everything that gives us pleasure is often seen as bad. This season also was an exploration into the interplay between human sexuality and rationality, delving into the realm of sexual expression as an art form and way of living.
Palomo’s silhouettes are always experimental and he has mastered the blurring of lines between genders, this time around with an added dose of excessiveness and glamour — pants with cascading layers of metal fringe, knitwear with embroidered chrysanthemums, an oversized leather blazer adorned with crystals and extremely short shorts in leather that mimicked underwear.
The designer presented a number of tailored looks, an element that has not been as present in past collections — this time on topcoats with strong shoulders and fastened with oversized bows, a pure white tux with contrasting black lapels and a pin-striped suit with lapels that transform and drape in a cape-like manner.
Feathers and sequins were key elements, adorning sheer tops, coats paired with bodysuits, denim jeans with intricate overlays of feather strands or serving as puffed sleeves on an all-black sequin bodysuit.
The collection also marked the second season of the collaboration between Palomo and Spanish brand Bimba y Lola. The new range, titled “Bimba y Palomo,” offered a number of structural and fantasy-like jewelry pieces in the shape of florals, but more specifically chrysanthemums — on necklaces, brooches, and on footwear. Oversized tote bags were in all black, stark white and bold leopard prints.
