Collina Strada FW25 / Fall Winter 2025 – 2026 at New York Fashion Week entitled FEMPIRE

Matriarchy, Gynecocracy, Queen-dom, Her-archy, She-volution… Fempire.

As the Doomsday Clock ticks a second closer to midnight, we dream of turning an upside-down world on its head. Imagine a world where power moves sideways and care is currency. A world that doesn’t just reverse outdated norms but rewrites the script entirely—keeping what works, reconfiguring the rest. This philosophy runs through everything we do. We take what’s been cast aside and make it new. This Collina Strada Fall Winter 2025 – 2026 / FW25, we raided thrift stores in New Jersey and transformed heirloom wedding dresses into modern Collina couture—honoring the women who came before us by adapting their legacy to the present. Outerwear follows the same ethos: men’s wool coats, stripped down and rebuilt with a softer, more fluid sensibility. No unnecessary waste, no sad sheep. Just reclamation—of materials, of power, of possibility.

Now, imagine a world where unruly femininity, queerness, and disability aren’t embattled but emphatically embraced. Where what has been dismissed as excessive or unfit for the mainstream is exactly what shapes the future. Until then, we brace for the present. We suit up. Protective gear on, shields and masks up. Hiding the tears, turning them into something else. Letting our freak flag fly, while knowing that sometimes stealth is survival.

In the distance, the hum of childhood scripts: tiny kitchens, mini-launderettes, the plastic trappings of preordained gender roles. As the regressive old tropes try to claw their way back, we lower our shades and say, I don’t know her. Femininity is not a set of instructions. It’s a mess of beautiful contradictions—fierce and soft, dark and illuminating, private and protective, unapologetically visible and glam. Claim your space as a way to make room for others. Be the star that you are.

Guests attend Collina Strada Fall Winter 2025 – 2026 / FW25 are Hillary Taymour, Creative Director Of Collina Strada, Joined By Law Roach, Dove Cameron, Cole Sprouse, King Princess, Ella Emhoff, Meg Donnelly, Anaa Saber, Luke Meagher, Jake Flemming, Michelle Zauner, Beka Gvishiani, Waris Ahluwalia, And Mara Hoffman.

About Collina Strada, it isn’t just a fashion label, it’s also a platform for social issues and awareness. Created by Hillary Taymour, her main concern is staying true to her craft, and staying on course to becoming a fully sustainable and radically transparent brand in the near future.

Based and manufactured in New York, the brand’s cult status core pieces transcend trends. Taymour’s designs are imbued with a fearlessly fluid attitude, re-inventing classics and unexpected details. Collina Strada embodies humor and youth. The brand DNA is now firmly cemented in the ability to look inward, even when we’re loud and expressive on the outside. Season after season, Collina Strada’s goal remains the same: to encourage self-reflection through clothing. How can you be the best version of yourself today?

Showing each season on the official New York Fashion Week schedule, Collina Strada has reimagined their shows to spur others into action. Runway shows have tackled global problems from racism to politics. “We are in a crucial state of change right now and the more we [do, the more we] can impact others to take action.” – Hillary Taymour

All images Collina Strada FW25 / Fall Winter 2025 – 2026 by the brand. Credit to: Creative director Hillary Taymour @_collina / Art Director Charlie Engman @charlieengman / Stylist Jorden Bickham @jordenbickham / Hair Mustafa Yanaz for Bumble and Bumble / Makeup Dick Page for Ilia / Casting Morgan Senesi, Ignacio Murillo, and Kathryn Costigan / Bags Made with Tomtex / Shoes Collina Strada x Puma and Collina Strada made with Fctry / Socks Happy Socks / Knitwear Guilia Bortoli @rimaglio / Music Oyinda and Low Noon / PR Karla Otto / Production SIrat Kaur / Lighting: The House of Jax / Sales: 247 Showroom and Plus Plus World / Special Thanks: Google, The Climate Pledge, Gotham, Joe and the Juice, Voss Water, WME, CFDA, and the whole Collina Team.