SUSPICIOUS MINDS: 032c Readytowear Fall/Winter 2025

January 24, 2025

032c launches SUSPICIOUS MINDS, the Fall/Winter 2025 collection of 032c Readytowear with a runway show during Men’s Paris Fashion Week at Maison des Métallos on January 23, 2025.

Typically what cannot be seen, is what we most like to see. And what cannot be comprehended, is what we are most interested in investigating.

A suspicious mind has an attitude that interrogates. It critically analyzes the status quo and acknowledges that certain knowledge is impossible, particularly what is presented as a mere belief or dogma. SUSPICIOUS MINDS is an antithesis to the state of mind of a bigot, as it embraces what is unknown and might remain so.

With the Fall/Winter 2025 collection, creative director Maria Koch suggests breaking down forms and silhouettes as a counterexample, as sartorial exaggeration. Closely related to past collections, SUSPICIOUS MINDS continues to establish 032c Readytowear as an anti-Zeitgeist uniform that defies seasonal moods. Classic and timeless garments receive an unexpected twist through outlandish and occult references. European traditionalisms are in conversation with dystopian landscapes—a merged sphere where Bambi mohair, mille-fleur patterns, and daisies that seem to be melting on bomber jackets and knitwear are confronted with collapsing crosses and alpine undertones. Traditional clothing such as janker jackets for men, proportions taken from Dirndl dresses for women, and classic tailoring are disrupted through accentuated body shapes, decorated crotches, and macabre, unanticipated elements. 032c’s Fall/Winter 2025 intends to disrupt your mind and move past solidified beliefs through collapsing silk collars and waterproof seam, seal-coated, cotton coats.

SUSPICIOUS MINDS is where traditionalism meets the new, where “die Tracht” meets a contemporary city uniform. It asks how we can distance ourselves from the old and let in the new—of which accepting the unknown is a part of. The Fall/Winter 2025 collection questions everything while celebrating relentless continuity.

CASTING

Under casting director BEN GRIMES, the model casting included Mona Tougaard, Yasmin Wijnaldum, Paul Hameline, Mika Schneider, Harry Nuriev, Nina Marker, Luca Gadjus, Denny Pham, Heather Diamond, Nizar Talal, and others.

ATTENDANCE

The show was attended by Ty Dolla $ign, Becky G, Rich the Kid, Luka Sabbat, Loli Bahia, Davido, Aleali, Mavie Hörbiger, Veronika Heilbrunner, Lena Perminova, Marc Forné, Bloody Osiris (ALL DRESSED IN 032c) and Will Welch, Ferdinando Verderi, Julie Pelipas, Helena Tejedor, Dan Sablon, and others.

BEHIND THE SCENES

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MUSIC

Directed by Michel Gaubert (N.O.I.S.E), the runway soundtrack featured PAUL IST TOT (1980) by Fehlfarben and SUSPICIOUS MIND (1969) by Elvis Presley.

PRESS

VOGUE RUNWAY

"Today's show was an honest, confident stride forward. Case in point: After its initial punk soundtrack, the show wrapped with Elvis’s ‘Suspicious Minds.’ An unexpected yet perfectly obvious surprise." - READ MORE

GQ FRANCE

“Who is Maria Koch, the creator of 032c, one of the most fascinating brands in 2025?” - READ MORE

WWD

“Koch elevated her tailoring game, honing the fit on figure-hugging dresses with full swingy skirts…Thirty-two degrees in Fahrenheit might be freezing but 032c played it cool” - READ MORE

PARTNERSHIPS

For the Fall/Winter 2025 collection, 032c partnered with CUPRA as mobility partner, Berlin-based eyewear brand MYKITA for the Bear sunglasses, SCAROSSO for shoes, MAC COSMETICS for makeup, KEVIN MURPHY for hair, and ELECTRONIC BEATS.