Minimalism is passe. So is playing safe with colours, shapes and silhouettes. This is 2025, after all, where fashion is making a determined return to outrageous playfulness and theatrical whimsicality, a year where more is more, and rules exist to be broken. It follows only naturally then that asymmetry, drama and imbalance are taking centre stage. Exaggerated silhouettes that combine volume, drama and elaborate construction are leading from the front, whether on runways or in high-street catalogues.

(From left) Tracee Ellis Ross wears puffy satin pants. Pic Courtesy/Traceeellisross on Instagram (middle) Tamannaah Bhatia in an exaggerated fishtail ensemble. Pic Courtesy/Shaleenanathani on Instagram (right) Exaggerated pieces pair well with streamlined separates. Pic Courtesy/Evelilycp on Instagram