Kevan Hall’s fashion collections during New York Fashion Week (NYFW) is one of the most anticipated shows of the NYFW season. That said, for fall 2025 Kevan Hall presented his collection minus models, minus hot struts on the runway.
Instead, Kevan Hall opted for a more sedate setting with his 12-piece collection on mannequins with additional archival looks worn by Vanessa Williams, Charlize Theron, and Naomi Campbell. This fall 2025 outing, “Journey to Japan,” was sponsored by Japan Airlines and was inspired by Hall’s trip to Japan to learn and celebrate three revered Japanese techniques. Suminagashi, the art of liquid marbling, where flowing ink and fluid hand movements create mesmerizing patterns; Kintsugi, the restorative craft of mending broken pottery with gold, which inspired Hall’s vision of wholeness and unconventional patternmaking, and Indigo Dyeing, a meticulous, multi-step process of extracting vibrant color from fermented indigo plants, embodying the essence of cultural identity through color.
Through these techniques, Hall forged deep connections with families preserving generational knowledge, resonating with their artistry on both an aesthetic and spiritual level. Inspired by their precision and care, Hall highlights the importance of preserving these cultural traditions for both local communities and global appreciation.
The 12 looks in this collection were crafted from silk organza, indigo-dyed denim, and intricate motifs such as embroidered cranes and beaded dragonflies. And the detail and intricacy of these Japanese techniques embodied in this collection demonstrates that Kevan Hall not only knows what his customers want but that he also is primed and prepared to introduce new fabrications and techniques that his consumer base will also embrace.
Images courtesy of VERY New York
Though many of Hall’s New York fans may have missed how Hall’s exquisite models can tell the story of his collections through their movement and style, this presentation was no less representative of Kevan Hall’s seasoned fashion approach to the needs and desires of the modern consumer. May Kevan Hall continue to excite fashion pulses and dazzle consumers with his intricate, detailed, fashion-forward distillation of accessible fashion.
William S. Gooch
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