Christopher Esber Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear

This season marked Christopher Esber’s first fall outing on the official PFW calendar. As the grand prize winner of the 2024 ANDAM Fashion Award, the designer has been spending more time getting to know the French capital and relishing his newfound access to the vast array of materials, embellishments, and specialized artisans that ANDAM and Paris can offer. Backstage before the show, Esber said his starting point was flamenco—its history, gestures, and attitudes. Then, somewhat incongruously, he decided to fuse that with new developments gleaned from Art Deco interiors whose opulence somehow beckoned him down a decadent path to shibari, the Japanese art of bondage.