For the Adam Lippes Fall 2025 RTW collection, the season’s main motif is a textural cotton and silk leopard-spot jacquard with a substantial hand feel used for a coat and jacket.

The designer was focused on ultrafine materials: a velvety wide-wale cashmere corduroy in ivory for an oversized trench and an actual silk panne velvet that glows like moonlight for a bias-cut evening dress. The Super 180s wool he used for a pantsuit might as well have been cashmere; that’s how fine it felt. Most unexpected was a sporty waterproof ripstop fabric in silk that apparently took over a year to develop. He used it for a full-length poncho and a zip-front track jacket and pants.

The new patternmaking techniques he used for pre-fall have evolved with this season’s more formal offering. There’s more asymmetry here than usual for Lippes.