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John Lewis<\/p>\n
Trends that defined the year included chocolate browns, 1970s-inspired furniture, \u2018West End Girl Winter\u2019 and Claudia Winkleman\u2019s wrist warmers.<\/p>\n
Essentially \u201cBritain shopped for joy in 2025\u201d, swapping pared-back minimalism for expressive colour, comfort and \u2018Nowstalgia\u2019, while embracing wellness, repair culture and outdoor living more than ever,\u201d we\u2019re told.<\/p>\n
\u2018Nowstalgia\u2019 stands for \u201ca revival of 90s music, fashion and culture\u201d, with the Oasis<\/a> reunion tour \u201csparking a boom in retro purchases across everything from tech, homes and wardrobes\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sales of bucket hats were up 40%, while parkas, baggy trousers and sheer dresses proved popular too. Interiors saw a retro revival, with chocolate brown and chrome taking centre stage.<\/p>\n The UK\u2019s sunniest summer in years also reshaped outdoor living. Gardens became alfresco kitchens, handheld fan sales topped a record breaking\u00a01 million\u00a0\u2014 the most sold to date. With the seasons shifting, swimwear sales broke records with increases of\u00a018%\u00a0in September and\u00a028%\u00a0in October versus last year.<\/p>\n Repair culture saw a major revival too. Demand for pre-owned items and mending rose sharply with\u00a0eight in 10 Gen Z John Lewis shoppers\u00a0buying pre-owned fashion and\u00a029%\u00a0of those aged 18 to 28 saying they frequently wore something more than 30 years-old.<\/p>\n Key trends<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the trend for modern heritage \u2013 Scottish tweeds, oversized jumpers, long pleated skirts and waxed jackets \u2013 was given a boost by The Celebrity Traitors being the most watched TV series of 2025 (also helping the rise of Claudia Winkleman\u2019s wrist warmers). But it was also driven by Barbour<\/a>\u2019s playful twist on its classic quilted jackets and its collaboration with Paul Smith<\/a>; by Russell & Bromley\u2019s “no nonsense Tough Line ankle boots\u201d; and by customers \u201cembracing layering and rejecting flimsy fast fashion\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n The retailer\u2019s knitted bandana scarf sales increased year on year by 357% while sales of the Khaki Barn Jacket \u2013 lightweight but waterproof \u2013 shot up 62%. Barbour was John Lewis\u2019s best selling womenswear and menswear brand during October, with menswear sales up 38% in comparison to last year. In fact, its Oxford Street<\/a> store was taken over by the brand with tartan to celebrate an exclusive John Lewis collection.<\/p>\n Barrel leg jeans were the hit of 2024 and they remained \u201castonishingly popular\u201d in 2025. They helped revive \u201call manner of looser denim cuts\u201d. Of the 1,349 different women\u2019s denim jeans available at John Lewis during 2025, the most popular cut has been the wide-legged, with 407 in this category, more than the 309 straight and 147 skinny.\u00a0<\/p>\n But as well as the comfort of wide-legged and barrel-legged, \u201cpeople want something more statement with their denim\u201d, said Claire Miles, head of Womenswear Buying at John Lewis. This \u201cencapsulated everything from Paige\u2019s denim trench, Mango<\/a>\u2019s tie-neck denim shirt, Rejina Pyo\u2019s brown wash jeans and And\/Or\u2019s ruffled denim top and its Clara Cape Denim Jacket\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n As for the West End Girl Winter trend, only set up during lockdown, Queens of Archive is an Irish-British brand that has made a splash with its 1960s and 1970s-inspired glamour: maxi dresses, silk-touch sleeves, plush velvet.<\/p>\n It has already become its most rented brand at John Lewis, closely followed by Charles Tyrwhitt. But in October, its Stella coat, with 1960s It-girl attitude, cracked vinyl A-frame and big cuffs, suddenly became its most wanted piece after Lily Allen wore it for the video of Tennis \u2013 one of the standout tracks on her West End Girl album and one of the most talked about cultural moments of 2025. Since the video was released, searches for \u2018Queens of Archive\u2019 on johnlewis.com jumped by 146% compared to a year ago.<\/p>\n Cashmere has become an all-year trend too. A generation ago, cashmere was a once-a-year luxury for most people. But people are now wearing cashmere all year as it\u2019s no longer reserved for jumpers and super-cold days, short-sleeve cashmere, cashmere T-shirts and sleeveless cashmere vests have all proved very popular in 2025.<\/p>\n On johnlewis.com searches for \u2018men\u2019s cashmere jumper\u2019 are up 145% so far in 2025 versus 2024. Searches for \u2018cashmere\u2019 saw notable peaks in April, July, September and November.<\/p>\n Beauty evolution<\/p>\n Moving on to beauty, cherry has been a hot colour on the catwalks over the last 18 months and beauty brands are also embracing it \u2013 both the colour and the scent.\u00a0<\/p>\n Skin tints are also increasing in popularity, thanks to the shift in focus from heavy cover-up make-up to skincare-first. This year, John Lewis has started stocking more skin tints than ever before due to high customer demand and brand innovations.<\/p>\n And the 90s revival didn\u2019t only affect fashion. A lot of the best selling beauty products have been glossy, cheerful and unashamedly late 1990s. Lancome<\/a> this year has brought back the Juicy Tube, originally launched in 2000. The Clinique<\/a> chubby stick, which first launched in 1997 but relaunched in 2011, has also had a refresh.<\/p>\n The so-called lipstick effect has been visible this year too but John Lewis said the beauty product of choice as an affordable-but-still-luxury treat has been a premium fragrance.<\/p>\n The average selling price of perfumes at John Lewis jumped this year from \u00a373 to \u00a3102. A lot of the premiumisation has been driven by the arrival of new luxe brands, including Jo Loves, Penhalligon\u2019s, Byredo<\/a> and Loewe<\/a>. Seven of the total 58 brands available are new this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n Peter Ruis, MD of John Lewis, said of all this:\u00a0\u201cThis Shop Live Look report highlights the joy and the buzz we have seen in our stores over the past year. It\u2019s clear that customers really embraced colour, comfort and fun again \u2014 from big garden parties, 90s tunes on repeat or butter dishes making a comeback. Our stores have never felt more alive with new premium collaborations, pop-up Topshops and cookery workshops, and a glass of fizz in the new John Lewis Lounge. It\u2019s clear the era of Department stores as destinations is having its own \u2018Nowstalgia\u2019 moment – and we\u2019re ready to bring more of that in 2026.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Copyright \u00a9 2025 FashionNetwork.com All rights reserved.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published December 15, 2025 John Lewis has released its annual shopping trends report and said that the UK…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[36390,7578,36389,36386,1242,36388,36387,36383,2364,36385,2713,9,24,63,13109,36391,36384,7579,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-71176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-barbour","tag-beauty","tag-byredo","tag-clinique","tag-fashion","tag-john-lewis","tag-lancome","tag-loewe","tag-luxury","tag-mango","tag-network","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-oasis","tag-oxford-street","tag-paul-smith","tag-professionals","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}