Now, if you're not a follower of the Chinese Zodiac, you may not know that 2025 is the year of the snake. And fashion, always the cultural commentator, has absolutely leaned into it in the best way it knows how: by flooding the Autumn/Winter 2025 runways with snake print pieces.
Take Marni’s greyscale snake-print trousers, jackets and skirts as just one chic example. Another? Zimmermann’s chocolate brown snake styles, this time with dresses, shirts and skirts in sheer silk organza—leaning into the more is more aesthetic the animal print is perfectly matched for. Then, there was dutch designer Duran Lantink, who give every kind of animal print from leopard to zebra its own moment in the spotlight—with snake, of course, receiving plenty of air time.
