The 2025 Spring/Summer color trend reveals: pastel colors add romance to everyday life, while pistachio green and creamy yellow evoke flavor imaginations | ELLE
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This year's spring and summer color trend focuses on pastel shades, showcasing a lively and playful atmosphere. From pistachio ice cream green, cotton candy pink, and buttery yellow to lavender macaroon and frozen blueberry, major brands incorporated these fragrant colors in their spring and summer collections, infusing their outfits with sweet flavors and visual stimulation. These five pastel tones will become the trend for spring and summer outfits, radiating personality and charm.
What color combinations are trending this spring and summer? As the weather gradually warms up and the sunlight stretches longer, our moods seem to brighten as well. After analyzing the trends from the 2025 spring and summer fashion shows, one color palette stands out in the offerings of major brands: understated yet vibrant pastel colors. Combined with the recent trend of "food associations," from pistachio ice cream, butter yellow to frozen blueberries, these tones merge taste and vision to create a lively and playful atmosphere. This article summarizes five major pastel color dressing trends, so let's take a look!
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Pistachio Gelato
The spring and summer designs seem to envision a scene of enjoying desserts under the sun. For example, Chemena Kamali’s collection for Chloé features a practical funnel-neck jacket made of shiny patent leather that radiates a soft feel, reminiscent of enjoying melting pistachio ice cream in the sunlight. At The Garment show in Copenhagen, an off-shoulder dress in pistachio green chiffon emanates a romantic vibe. Fendi's spring and summer collection also showcases the classic Baguette bag in light green, making the soft color more accessible.
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Cotton Candy Pink
Although light pink has been in vogue during the ballet trend in previous seasons and seems somewhat outdated, this year’s shows bring it back to life with youthful energy. At Alaïa’s show, a model’s pink bubble dress evokes unforgettable childhood memories of enjoying cotton candy. Khaite’s display features a layered dress made of light pink transparent tulle that adds a playful touch.
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Butter Yellow
This fresh and elegant butter yellow color dazzled at the spring fashion shows. Even though various shades of light yellow have been popular for a while, they still appeared in collections by Prada, Aligne, and Valentino. Chanel’s spring and summer collection perfectly showcases the soft appeal of this hue, with models sporting light yellow shawls paired with pleated skirts, resembling butter melting in a hot pan.
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Lavender Shortbread
The warmth of spring invites the desire to wear delicate colors, and this comfortable feeling is like enjoying lavender shortbread. Proenza Schouler's tassel off-shoulder gown, Issey Miyake's oversized trench coat, and Versace's lace-trimmed slip dress all incorporate this soft hue into everyday wear.
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Frozen Blueberry
This frozen blueberry tone blends blue and icy blue, resembling a layer of frost covering blueberries. Under the summer sun, this color combination not only provides a visual coolness but also showcases an elegant style. At Baum Und Pferdgarten’s show, models donned ice blue ruffle dresses paired with crystal-embellished footballs, creating a sporty look.
Pastel colors will forever be an essential part of our world.