Every time the seasons shift from spring to summer, I get this quiet sense of anticipation. Not because of the warmer weather or the excuse to indulge in ice cream, but because it’s finally time to revisit my beloved collection of dresses.
This year, however, when I opened my wardrobe, something unexpected happened. Trends I thought had long disappeared—polka dots, suede, sequins—are suddenly everywhere again. At first, I thought it was just my algorithm feeding me nostalgia, but a few trips to the boutiques confirmed it: the comeback is real.
Polka dots were perhaps the easiest to welcome back. They’ve never truly left the scene, but in 2025, they come with a twist. Think oversized dots with minimal silhouettes, or muted backgrounds with metallic accents. I recently bought a forest green slip dress with cream-colored polka dots. Paired with black heels and a leather belt, it felt at once vintage and strikingly modern.
Suede’s revival, on the other hand, brought a pleasant surprise. Once a staple of boho or western looks, it’s now leaning into clean city lines and gender-neutral silhouettes. I tried on a camel suede A-line skirt—soft yet structured—and matched it with a crisp white shirt and gold accents. There’s a tactile richness to suede that feels almost… soulful.
But sequins? That really caught me off guard. No longer confined to parties and runways, sequins have found a home in daylight looks. I wore a silver sequin pencil skirt with a plain white tee and sneakers the other day, and it somehow felt effortless and elevated at the same time. My friend’s first comment over tea was: “Only you could make sequins look casual and chic.”
Fashion, I’ve realized, isn’t a straight line. It loops, it returns, it reinvents. What matters isn’t whether a detail is “new,” but how we wear it—how we make it speak to who we are now.
So if 2025 is the year of polka dots, suede, and sequins, then it’s also the year we stop asking if something is “on trend,” and start asking: does it light us up?
Because in the end, a dress is never just a dress. It’s a feeling, a mood, a memory in motion.
