ICICLE Autumn/Winter 2025 at Paris Fashion Week

ICICLE Autumn/Winter 2025 / AW25 at Paris Fashion Week

Harmony could be seen as a weave of care, respect, and kindness, and the reason ICICLE exists in this world. The balance of two cultures, the dialogue of distant or opposite elements is the identity of ICICLE, which was founded on the idea of creating modern dressing that harmonises with nature. This way of dressing follows a philosophy that begins inwards and extends outwards, and which is nurtured by a constant exchange of East and West.

This reasoning is expressed through items of clothing that are thoughtfully designed and purposefully executed – pure in line to highlight the natural beauty and the caressing texture of the finest materials and to gently accompany the body and the life of the wearer. Under the creative direction of Bénédicte Laloux, ICICLE Atelier represents the peak of a praxis that marries ethics and aesthetics. From this perspective, dressing becomes an act of balance: of the personal and the public, the individual and the environment, the city and the country. It reminds us that only through the sensible equity of all components the overall project comes alive. Clothing offers comfort and belonging, emphasising quality, durability, and sustainability, allowing ICICLE to cultivate a peaceful, nature-connected home for its community.

Born from the notion of home as both origin and sanctuary, the collection is presented in rooms that are a spare and poetic evocation of domestic settings, through which characters pass as if they were out and about. ICICLE AW25 / Autumn/Winter 2025 collection contemplates the seamless relationship between clothing and ambiance. With their enveloping volumes that allow texture to come through, and shapes that explore the quintessential simplicity of rectangles and circles, pieces are meant tobe inhabited, offering a feeling of being protected and beautified. Slipping into a coat, a jacket or a shirt, experiencing the space between clothing and body is like entering the most cherished room: one is surrounded by an embrace as if it were the touch of a loved one. The pared-down simplicity of the lines transcends the fickleness of passing trends to offer the sense of stability of a home that shelters. Comfort telegrams beauty, as a dialogue between the masculine and the feminine, the urban environment and life outside the city occurs, made tangible by a colour palette that is an amalgamation of neutral tones of grey, black and earthy browns with notes of pink and light blue. A counterpoint of dense and sheer characterises the fabrics: wools, cashmere, yak, cotton, silk, organza, satin.

Clothing as a home for the body, to feel harmony as one moves through life.

ICICLE was founded in Shanghai in 1997, crafting high-quality clothing and accessories from the finest natural materials with an emphasis on comfort. It has since achieved international recognition as a manufacturer and retailer of exceptional contemporary ready to wear and accessories with sustainability at heart; a way of dressing for modern life, signed ‘MADE IN EARTH’. The success of ICICLE is the vision of a couple, the founding partners, YE Shouzeng and TAO Xiaoma.

Their company philosophy is based on a trinity of Chinese values: 敬天（Jing Tian) : Sincere reverence for nature. 爱⼈ (Ai Ren) : Kindness for others. 惜物 (Xi Wu) : Cherish what is given to us.

The mission is to connect man and nature by proposing clothes to live and work in, with respect for the environment and always paying tribute to the natural. Vertically integrated, the company employs an uncompromising approach to sourcing premium materials, pioneering intentional design and cutting-edge manufacturing techniques in its own factories. Products are created to last as long as possible, with a refined design aesthetic, where rigour meets relaxed elegance, espousing a responsible design process so as not to waste resources. This gentle minimalism ensures garments of intrinsic natural beauty which are friends for life. Today, ICICLE has developed 241 stores in more than 100 cities in China. In 2013, a Creative Centre was established in Paris, with the appointment of Bénédicte Laloux as Creative Director. ICICLE opened its global flagship store at 35 Avenue George V in Paris in 2019.

ICICLE is part of ICCF Group (Icicle Carven China France), a Franco-Chinese fashion group with international stature established in 2021 that unites ICICLE in China with the Parisian fashion house CARVEN in France. This unique alliance materialized in 2024 through the inauguration of ICCF Garden—an architectural embodiment harmoniously housing the group’s pillars, ICICLE and CARVEN, alongside the artisanal culinary experiences of Silex Restaurant and Silex Gourmet Café, on the exclusive Hengshan Road of Shanghai.