Contrary to popular belief, food is never far from a fashion editor’s mind – and particularly during fashion month. When you’re a slave to the catwalk conveyor belt and jetting between cities, energy boosts tend to come in the form of overpriced fries, and if the autumn/winter 2025 collections are anything to go by, the fashion set will soon be washing down their carbs with a dirty martini (or three), and not just for anaesthetic purposes. Because a particular shade of olive green has been commanding attention across the fashion capitals, and it seems to be slipping down a treat.
From vibrant leather skirts at Bally to mossy jackets at Diesel, this Perello shade has been hard to miss. At Gucci, the studio team’s matching green sweatshirts marked a clean break from outgoing creative director Sabato De Sarno’s signature “Ancora Rosso” red. At Tod’s, meanwhile, it was big-shouldered suiting that got the olive treatment for 2025, styled with clashing shades of pale blue and khaki. In contrast, Maison Margiela offered a more muted spin by layering gauzy beige chiffons over olive-green shirt dresses.
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Not muddy enough to be khaki, but less zesty than lime green, olive sits somewhere in the middle, making it that “just right” shade to liven up your spring separates. And while, styling-wise, it might seem like a tricky proposition, we spotted one show-goer making it look easy at Paris Fashion Week, layering an olive cardigan with a striped shirt, plaid check overshirt and midi-skirt. So simple, yet so effective – and also proof that the aphorism “blue and green should never be seen” is safe to ignore. Like other saturated shades, olive green also lends itself to a colour pop moment, so why not dip a toe into the trend via a tote bag or a shoe? Loewe’s Squeeze bag in Olive or Ancient Greek Sandals’s satin slip-ons would do the job nicely.
