Fall 2025: Zuhair Murad’s A Sheer Desire

Zuhair Murad offered a vibrant tribute to Hollywood’s golden age, Zuhair Murad summons the radiance of a transformed heroine.
Inspired by Hollywood’s golden age and the glamour of Barbara Stanwyck and Rita Hayworth, Zuhair Murad offered a vibrant tribute to Hollywood’s golden age with sculpted shoulders and sensual drapes.
The collection was a proud homage to Hollywood’s great costume designers, Edith Head, Jean Louis Berthault, Adrian Greenburg, seen through a contemporary lens with sharp yet graceful tailoring and flowing bias-cut gowns.
Embroidery, the beating heart of the Zuhair Murad maison, reached a baroque pinnacle here. Pearls and cabochons gleam boldly throughout strings of pearls coil around the body and lace motifs survive only as damask patterns, evoking the baroque moldings of studio sets.
Velvet responded to tulle, mousseline whispered to charmeuse, transparency embraced structure, and while there were plenty of fur, it was all synthetic.
His winter palette was sumptuous with warm browns, velvety beiges, ivories kissed with gold and fiery blushes.
