The Oscars delivered a darker, more sculpted carpet, Glenn Martens’s Margiela debut moved the conversation forward, and the spring launch wave finally arrived with real product.

NYFW Fall 2025 ran a darker palette, Glenn Martens was confirmed at Margiela, and the Valentine’s lip-and-blush cycle turned out the most credible new launches of early 2025.

The new-year skincare reset got cleaner, Estée Lauder’s new CEO walked into the role on day one, and Schiaparelli’s January couture confirmed that maximalist red carpet beauty was here to stay.

Year-end lists confirmed what we’d been wearing all year, NYE looks finally moved past ‘clean girl,’ and the John Galliano departure from Margiela reset the runway-beauty conversation for 2025.

Wicked’s late-November opening turned green-and-pink into a real beauty moment, holiday gift sets did the heavy lifting, and the prestige industry quietly absorbed a leadership transition at the top.

Halloween crashed into pre-election anxiety, Allure Best of Beauty re-anchored the year’s product story, and the Estée Lauder earnings shock forced honest conversations about prestige beauty.

NYFW Spring 2025 backstage went all in on undone glamour, Charlotte Tilbury marked ten years, and the post-Olympics French houses pivoted into fall launch season.