Thoughts on No Buy 2025, the Turkish ready-to-wear brand we're loving, and a sale at Clyde.
Welcome to The Halo Report — HALOSCOPE’s new weekly digest, an of-the-moment mix of news items, opinion pieces, and sale announcements designed to keep you posted on the nitty-gritty of the fashion world and all of its tangents without having to keep a constant eye on your feed.
This week, there seems to have been a universal memo on tops with built-in shawls (and at least two are on sale!), we are officially on ruffle watch for 2025, a smart voice challenges the dominance of the “No Buy” narrative, the rich and famous have gone full Junji Ito, and more.
The latest long-ish reads from the brightest minds in fashion.
Big Undies’ Corrine Fay wonders “Is Everyone Doing No Buy 2025?” in an opinion piece that challenges this season’s reactionary minimalism fueled by the likes of Emma Chamberlain. Her experience as a fat person informs her skepticism of the impulse towards asceticism that largely privileges thinness and wealth, and Fay interrogates the language of shame that seems to permeate the “No Buy” imperative — all the while exploring the modifications of the “No Buy” that have popped up this year and seem more conducive to a healthy relationship with one’s closet than the more stringent original.
At the pinnacle of the copious New Year’s trend roundups stands “12 Trends That Will Be Everywhere In 2025, According To Fashion Creators” by Ebony-Renee Baker for Refinery 29, a list that includes ruffles as provoked by Chemena Kamali’s past year at Chloé; the peep-toe shoes championed by one of the most creative stylists online, Anna Golka-Yepez; and going out sans purse, though a couple of the phenomena mentioned seem a bit too omnipresent to be considered “trends” — loafers? For spring? Groundbreaking.
In the cool-down from the calendar’s turnover, style guru Liana Satenstein argues “If You Make One Resolution This Year, Take Care of Your Hands,” her thesis being that even if other aspects of your life have gone awry, to have your hangnails under wraps is a healthy way to control a simple factor in your life that will provide returns in the form of persistent feelings of self-defined sexiness.
Emily Kirkpatrick, creator of I <3 Mess, the only tabloid that matters in 2025, has consistently predicted the most off-the-wall trends of the 2020s, from chain mail to butt cleavage, and now she bids us “Welcome to the Build-A-Body Era” in an investigation as to why it seems the runways have been awash with conical bras, massive panniers, and other near-Cronenbergian faux body modifications of late — what is it about 2025 that has the rich and famous vying to look like a panel in a fashion mag illustrated by Junji Ito?
Though it’s not an article, this TikTok by perfumer Surya of SunScent breaks down, with both scientific accuracy and total accessibility, the process of creating the accords (or groupings of materials and notes that “smell like something” not necessarily found as an essence in nature — as Surya notes, if a perfume has a “biscuit” accord, that doesn’t mean there’s a biscuit essential oil) that comprise the artful, niche perfumes dominating everyone’s wishlists these days.
What to keep in mind — and look forward to — in the past and coming weeks.
Though this week’s best fashion moment flew largely under the radar, Vogue’s Hannah Jackson notes that “Viola Davis Rewears This Black Sequined Dress to the 2025 Golden Globes” — specifically, a splendid Gucci V-neck gown she last wore to the 2024 LACMA Gala in November. The more noise we make to encourage this kind of thoughtful (and ineffably glamorous) sustainability, the better!
Always on the cutting edge of our sartorial desires, British indie brand HADES releases what could very well be the definitive garment of 2025 — a 100% lambswool cardigan, handcrafted in Spain with silver buttons that spell out “FUCK.”
Though it unveiled its first collection late last year, Literary Sport epitomizes the energy we’ve seen permeate the fashion world as we roll into 2025 — sensitive, smart activewear one could imagine Rimbaud, or at least Willem Dafoe, wearing, hewn in heavenly-soft technical fabrics and sporting Lemaire-ish details like subtly curved hems and finely cut pockets. The Rimbaud reference wasn’t just a name drop — co-founded by a poet, each piece is named after a literary figure like Adrienne Rich or Frank O’Hara.
The young brand Siedrés, known for its game sense of humor paired with an undeniable refinement, unveils a new brick-and-mortar store right on Istanbul’s coast, meaning the label’s Resort 2025 collection of butter-colored knits and spangled warm-weather gowns can be tried on in-person if you happen to be in the Turkish neck of the woods.
Vaquera and Marc Jacobs release one final run of the unexpected pair’s collaboration: the “Little Stam” bag, a muppet-ish mop of fur on a thick, industrial chain and pinned with a faux dollar bill boasting Jacobs’ refined mug graffiti-d with a red heart. Of course Addison Rae was the spokesperson for this fever dream of a mashup.
Less about impulse buys — and more about tracking discounts on the pieces already on your wishlist.
Ingenious knitwear brand Rus offers up to 40% off a healthy selection of its thoughtful and thought-provoking pieces — think contemporary neckerchiefs, cardigans with built-in shawls, and modular vests that work just as well as skirts.
Beloved accessories purveyor Clyde takes 30% off pages and pages of hats, gloves, bags, and more, all ranging from cozy to breezy and primed for any given season or climate.
Caron Callahan’s winter sale features another top with a built-in shawl (was there a memo we missed?), this one a button-down in crisp poplin, plus tons more pieces that can skew glamorous, academic, or sweet depending on the needs of a given day.
As unhinged as ever, Collina Strada’s winter sale presents steep discounts on trousers that sprout the ruffles Refinery 29 advised us to watch for above alongside eight more pages of the brand’s always-romantic, always-bizarre, surprisingly-wearable gems.
Though it may seem a bit hypebeast-y at first blush, SCRT is an under-the-radar trove of well-designed merch honoring cult classic films like Fallen Angels by Wong Kar-wai (my personal favorite!), Ghost in the Shell, and Donnie Darko. Take an extra 10% off the already-well-discounted sale with SALE2025.
Reliquary takes up to 20% off a swath of pieces by down-to-earth brands known for their simple, well-made pieces like Black Crane and Studio Nicholson.
In one of the most unique sale sections you’ll find on the internet, Thierry Colson discounts its richly colored, expertly embroidered, vintage-inspired matching sets by up to 50%. 🌀