For Spring 2025, PatBo creative director Patricia Bonaldi centered her inspiration around a singular theme: metamorphosis. The designer created a variety of glamorous interpretations of butterflies, representing her “evolution and transformation as a designer,” she told Fashionista backstage at the New York Fashion Week show.
To kick things off, Alessandra Ambrosio graced the runway in a strapless mini dress featuring a black-and-white butterfly decal and a white bubble skirt. The color scheme of the first look continues the brand’s story of Fall 2024, for which the majority of designs fell on the grayscale.
As usual, Bonaldi’s work hinged on craftsmanship: She covered denim in precisely placed crystals and fashioned dresses out of hundreds of thin sheets of metal for an ASMR-worthy runway experience. Each butterfly throughout the collection laid perfectly on its model.
“The handwork that we do, the beads, is the highlight of the show,” Bonaldi told Fashionista. “I think if you see it in person, you’ll understand. It’s totally different when you see [the clothes] on the website and when you have an experience where you see, touch and feel all the clothes….It’s not about just selling, it’s about feeling the work and connecting to the brand.”
See all the looks from PatBo Spring 2025 below.
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
PatBo Spring 2025. Photo: Launchmetrics Spotlight
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Source: Fashionista.com