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Another fashion month has come and gone, which means we have four-plus weeks of new collections from New York, London, Milan, and Paris to unpack. This week, Alyssa is joined by her longtime friend, colleague, and former fashion month travel buddy Tyler McCall for a delightfully unhinged recap of the Spring/Summer 2025 shows. While it was impossible to cover every high and low (Alyssa didn’t even mention Bella Hadid’s return to the runway at Saint Laurent, which is extremely out of character), the ladies touch upon the season’s biggest topics of conversation, from the Substack discourse déjà vu to the vacant Chanel job. Tune in to hear their unfiltered takes on the most effective fashion week coverage; which brands are nailing their social media and storytelling strategies; whether we’ve reached Peak Tiny Mic; why Alessandro Michele’s comeback at Valentino is so exciting; the season’s new nepo babies; why Jonathan Anderson and Miuccia Prada are still in leagues of their own; what happened to brands having a point of view; how to put together an interesting front row; runway stunts done well and those gone awry; the most FOMO-inducing moments of the month and, inversely, the most cringe; and whether it all boils down to the fact that people just want to feel something.