From John Galliano to the Olympics, what drove the most conversation this year tells us where fashion will go in 2025.

There were 40,000 fewer UK retail sector jobs recorded in September compared to a year ago and 225,000 fewer than five years ago, according to the latest job figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

As the year draws to a close, style, and trend forecasters, have been hard at work analyzing data to predict what some of the hottest styles and trends in fashion will be in 2025.