Todd Snyder FW25 Is a Lesson in Class
At the Academy Mansion on New York’s Upper East Side, the Iowan designer flaunted his suiting expertise in a 65-look collection inspired by Saint-Germain.
Kicking off New York Fashion Week on Thursday afternoon, Todd Snyder took over the Upper East Side’s Academy Mansion to reveal a Fall 2025 collection that was just as smart as its backdrop. Inside the spectacular 1920s edifice, the likes of Brendan Fraser, Aaron Tveit and Antoni Porowski suited up in classic Snyder formals on the front row’s antique chairs; a hoard of curatorial menswear influencers were waking examples of the brand’s distinct sartorialism, and Brooklyn DJ Jivan Calderone proved its cool factor while mixing the show’s tunes on a massive slab of marble. Upon entrance, the scene was a lesson in class, much like the 65-look collection that stormed through it moments later.
“It all began with Saint-Germain; a moment in time, the 1980s; and the different uniforms the locals wore,” Snyder told us of the line’s inspiration. His mood board was tacked with the following: “Undergrads loitering outside class in shorts and neckties, a writer having coffee at Café de Flore, keeping warm in a Great Coat he thrifted at Les Puce de Saint-Ouen, businessmen in three-piece suits ducking into Le Voltaire for dinner.”
In mode, the collection employed luxurious velvets, silk brocades and cashmere across a vivacious color palette of emerald green, aubergine, petrol blue and abundant brown hues. Across the line, navy herringbone Eisenhower jackets, coated cotton trench coats, denim blazers and mohair sweaters paired well with double-pleated wool trousers, flannel chalkstripe pants and linen-cotton shorts.
In the designer’s imagination, these ensembles incite curiosity—whether that’s for a jazzman heading to a gig at Le Bilboquet or a French tradesman playing pinball at the tabac (two more figurative muses that made it on Snyder’s vision board).
“In the end, this collection explores how each of us creates our own unique personal styles by subtly rebelling against the dress codes life assigns us,” Snyder concluded.
See Todd Snyder’s Fall/Winter 2025 collection in the gallery above, and and take a look backstage with photographer Sarah Schecker below.
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