Paris Fashion Week 2025 — Beyond the Runway
Paris Fashion Week is never confined to the runway. Each season, the French capital transforms into a living stage where hotels act as salons, restaurants become power rooms, and private clubs evolve into cultural theatres. Beyond the collections, it is the city itself that sets the rhythm of fashion.
Where to Stay
Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
Few addresses in Paris capture the fusion of history and modernity as elegantly as the Hôtel de Crillon. Overlooking Place de la Concorde, the palace pairs 18th-century grandeur with a contemporary sensibility that appeals to the couture week insider. From marble-lined suites to private terraces, it is both a stage for fashion’s most visible moments and a discreet haven for those who prefer to observe from behind gilded doors.
Cheval Blanc Paris
As LVMH’s flagship property, Cheval Blanc Paris represents the group’s vision of luxury at its most expansive. Rising directly over the Seine, the hotel blurs lines between fashion, gastronomy, and contemporary art. Dior Spa rituals, Michelin-starred dining, and panoramic terraces ensure that during Fashion Week, it becomes as much a showcase for LVMH savoir-faire as the runway collections themselves.
La Réserve Paris
Hidden just off the Champs-Élysées, La Réserve is where power quietly consolidates during Paris Fashion Week. With only forty rooms and suites, it delivers exclusivity in scale and discretion in service. The interiors, rich with Napoleonic detail, are matched by a level of intimacy that appeals to designers, editors, and clients who prefer influence exercised away from the spotlight.
Hôtel Costes
Costes is not simply a hotel; it is an institution that has shaped Paris Fashion Week’s after-hours identity for decades. Its candlelit corridors, iconic playlist, and languid suites create an atmosphere that is part seduction, part theatre. To check into Costes is to take part in fashion’s most enduring salon — one where the line between guest, spectator, and participant dissolves into a single scene.
Where to Eat
Le Clarence
Housed in a 19th-century hôtel particulier near the Champs-Élysées, Le Clarence offers an experience that feels less like a restaurant and more like a private dining club. Tables are set beneath ornate ceilings, and service moves with the fluidity of a dinner party. It is here that haute cuisine meets haute couture — a dining room that echoes the season’s sense of occasion.
Substance
On the Left Bank, Substance has become a beacon for a younger gastronomic generation. Its modernist approach — plating that is artful but never overworked — appeals to the same sensibility that drives contemporary fashion. Between shows, stylists and editors cross the river for a meal that delivers precision without ceremony, and a dining room that hums with creative energy.
Le Voltaire
For those who trade in tradition as much as trend, Le Voltaire remains a constant. With its dark wood panelling and banquettes pressed against the Seine, the restaurant feels unchanged for decades — and that is precisely the point. It is not merely a dining address but a ritual: a place where editors, collectors, and couturiers exchange perspectives over sole meunière and Bordeaux.
Girafe
At the Trocadéro, Girafe offers one of the most theatrical terraces in Paris. With sweeping Eiffel Tower views and a seafood-focused menu, the restaurant has become synonymous with fashion week glamour. By day, it is a backdrop for magazine shoots; by night, it transforms into a magnet for models, influencers, and the global fashion circuit seeking both spectacle and intimacy.
Where to Party
Raspoutine
No Paris Fashion Week is complete without a descent into the rococo excess of Raspoutine. Velvet walls, mirrored ceilings, and a sense of decadent nostalgia make it a club that transcends trends. It is both an anachronism and a necessity — a space where the surreal mix of aristocratic décor and contemporary nightlife defines fashion’s after-hours identity.
Silencio
Conceived by David Lynch, Silencio occupies a unique space between art, cinema, and fashion. Its subterranean layout, with screening rooms and performance spaces, creates an atmosphere of curated exclusivity. During Fashion Week, it becomes a crossroads for artists, editors, and designers — a meeting place as likely to host a private DJ set as a cultural salon.
Le Montana
In Saint-Germain, Le Montana endures as a boîte that defies reinvention. With its intimate rooms and reputation for selective entry, it embodies the Parisian understanding of nightlife as a privilege rather than a product. To be inside is not only to party but to join a lineage of musicians, writers, and designers who have kept its mythology alive.
Chez Castel
A private club that has outlasted fashion’s cycles, Chez Castel continues to attract editors, clients, and icons who prefer the intimacy of closed doors. Here, conversations last until dawn, and the boundary between business and pleasure is quietly blurred. Castel is less about being seen and more about belonging — a distinction that resonates deeply in the context of Fashion Week.
Where to Recharge
Spa Le Bristol by La Prairie
In the midst of Fashion Week’s relentless schedule, the Spa at Le Bristol offers something rare: serenity. Nestled within the hotel’s private garden, treatments are delivered with a precision that reflects both scientific innovation and French artistry. For those in need of recalibration, it provides an oasis hidden in plain sight.
Dior Spa Cheval Blanc
At Cheval Blanc Paris, the Dior Spa elevates wellness into performance. With its riverside location and couture-inspired treatments, it turns self-care into a ritual as considered as a collection. During Fashion Week, its significance extends beyond relaxation — it becomes a sanctuary of endurance.
La Réserve Spa
La Réserve’s spa is defined by discretion. Behind its unmarked façade, the cocoon-like space offers tailored treatments that prioritise privacy and calm. It is a favourite for those whose presence at Fashion Week is unavoidable but who wish their absence between shows to remain unnoticed.
Maison Sisley
Maison Sisley reinterprets the spa as a townhouse experience. On the Left Bank, it blends scientific skincare with a warm, residential feel. It is chic without pretension, clinical without coldness, and has become a quiet favourite for those who move between shows, galleries, and ateliers.
