Creative director Ian Griffiths presented the Spring/Summer 2025 collection at Milan Fashion Week featuring elegant and functional archetypes for a perfect summer wardrobe.

Is mathematics really a dry sequence of numbers without magic? Ian Griffiths, the creative director of Max Mara, doesn't think so. The Spring/Summer 2025 collection takes us on a journey through space and time to Alexandria, Egypt, where mathematician, philosopher and astronomer Hypatia lived in 4th century AD. Max Mara is known for recognizing female pioneers who open up paths previously considered unthinkable. This time Griffiths faces an equally tough challenge: to make us discover the charm of numbers, physics, and mathematical reasoning. "We tend not to talk about the technical aspects of fashion, but in modeling itself there is calculation, precision, geometry. I wanted to adopt a creative approach to the construction of the model," explained the designer.

Max Mara Spring/Summer 2025. Getty Images.

Unexpected games run through the collection which translate an equation into the clothes. Trigonometry is traced in sartorial seams across every look, proving that exasperation is banned at Max Mara. The shirts have arrow-shaped pleats adorning the under-shoulder area buttoning up on the back, perhaps revealing a little bit of skin through oval cut-outs. Sometimes they lengthen to become dresses draping down the side, a tribute to the clothes of the time of Hypatia. The strong color of the season is a warm and intense brown, but the collection is decidedly cool, adding a beautiful touch of dark blue. The collection's protagonist is the jacket, worn over tight-fitting knitted dresses, figure-hugging skirts, and elegant shorts. "Together with dresses, jackets are the most useful piece to build a good summer wardrobe," concluded Griffiths during the pre-show, "you take them off and put them on, you match them with everything."

Max Mara Spring/Summer 2025: A Journey Through Fashion and Mathematics Inspired by Hypatia

L'OFFICIEL USA December 2024 - Julianne Moore Cover

L'OFFICIEL USA November 2024 - Salma Hayek Pinault Cover

Max Mara Spring/Summer 2025: A Journey Through Fashion and Mathematics Inspired by Hypatia

Tags

Related Articles

Fashion

A Look Into the History Behind Max Mara

Fashion

Max Mara Finds Inspiration In Venice's History With Resort 2025 Fashion Show

Fashion

Max Mara Hosts 'An Evening of Design & Heritage' With FGI and L'OFFICIEL USA

Recommended posts for you

Fashion

Mariah Carey Signs off for the Holidays With Chic Aspen Look

Pop culture

How the Royals Are Spending Christmas 2024

Fashion

The 28 Best Dressed Actors and Musicians of 2024

Fashion

See the Most Iconic, Unforgettable Runway Shows From 2024

Fashion

Calvin Klein Reveals Details on Its 2025 Return to New York Fashion Week

Fashion

How to Channel Dua Lipa's NYE Style? 7 Celebrity-Inspired Party Outfits

Shopping

19 Chocolate Brown Accessories You'll Want to Keep Forever

Travel & Living

The 'Mastery and Risk' in Making Vintage Champagne, According to Dom Pérignon