AW25/26 TOPS TRENDS
Tops in Fashion for Fall 2025 Winter 2025/26
After years of 'quiet luxury,' AW25/26 is bringing something different: It's time to have fun with fashion again. While still unapologetically elegant, the most fashionable AW25/26 tops are standouts. From bandeau tops that are normally reserved for summer to silk scarf wrap tops that transform three different ways, AW25/26 tops trends offer something fashion hasn't delivered in years: options that actually thrill.
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It might be the algorithm, but I keep seeing ladies wondering what going out tops everyone is wearing now. But now is yesterday and we want to know what everyone is wearing tomorrow. So, let’s take a look at AW25/26 tops trends today.
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THE DEFINITIVE LIST OF TOPS IN STYLE FOR FALL/WINTER 2025/26
Meet the season's most tantalising tops that will elevate your taste.
Here is the official list of every top trend you need to know for the season. *There are 14 big tops trends - make sure you upgrade your subscription to see all AW25/26 tops trends.
To shop for your favourite top, simply click on the image in the product widget. The link will take you to the store where I found/bought that top.
And if you need more help fill out this form and I will narrow down fall winter 2025/26 tops that flatter your body and lifestyle the most.
1 SILK SCARF WRAP TOP
The trendiest tops for the season ahead come courtesy of a silk scarf. Inject fresh momentum into your social schedule with a polka dot scarf wrap top or elevate your taste with this bow tie blouse. I promise it's not another bow tie blouse - it's similar but better. Wrap the ties off your shoulder or tie them by the side of your neck.
Just imagine the light filtering through your blackout curtains as you slowly awaken under the Egyptian cotton sheets. You reach for your phone with your eyes still closed - not a good idea. Your phone screen illuminates your face in the grey morning light as you scroll down. What is this!? You shouldn't look, but your thumb moves anyway. The Chedi Andermatt. Of course, it's The Chedi Andermatt. And she is all pretty and cute in the Alps - the new girlfriend. You find yourself on her profile, examining her outfits, her makeup and hair, the way she holds her wine glass. And the shoes. We all know who paid for them.
OK, let me stop you here. You have been looking at her profile for over 40 minutes. Get out of your bed. I'm only allowing you to text your friends for drinks after work. I know you need to discuss this.
With only moments to spare, you rise and step on the soft Persian rug as you run to the bathroom. The marble countertop gleams under the recessed lights, and you brush your teeth with deliberate strokes. It might be time to change your toothpaste. The peppermint is not sharp enough.
Luckily, the shower washes away all the bad energy you've picked up on the screen. Steam fills the space as water runs over your shoulders.
You step out of the shower, wrap in the towel, slide into slippers, put on underwear and rush to your dressing room.
So we said you are wearing this silk scarf top today. Lift it carefully, feeling the weight of the silk between your fingers. The fabric slides over your skin like water, cool and fluid.
Pair it with any pants at your reach - you don't have time to put on tights carefully for the skirt.
Also, it goes with any pants.
*You can get a complete guide on how to style a silk scarf wrap top, in the most fashionable fall outfits edit.
The kitten heels wait by the door - cherry coded patent, because black would have been expected. Also, you know I want to elevate your taste with my Gucci slingbacks I have. Put them on, grab a bag and go.
The city air hits your face as you exit your building. Your heartbeat is quickened. I would say you need to slow down, but you want to feel the ties of the top floating behind you as you try get to your office in the morning crowd.
2 STRAPLESS HOURGLASS TOP
Hourglass tops - the modern peplum tops - are a key fashion trend for autumn winter 2025/26. Extra points if the top is strapless. A strapless hourglass top has a very modern vibe, which everyone stylish is really tuned into right now.
It's a perfect seductive top that seems so on point for the parties and those sultry winter flings.
Pair it with a full midi skirt or baggy pants for a modern look that aligns with the 2026 aesthetic.
I like to pair my black hourglass top with a white midi tulle skirt with lace trims and (you guessed it) cherry coded Gucci slingbacks. The skirt must be as wide as the top.
3 BUSTIER WITH A BOW
Get the conversation going with the newest styles that are trending now.
From a sleeveless top that finishes above the collarbone to the bustier with a bow that is a guaranteed hit at the top of everybody's wish list.
Sleeveless styles are a major trend for the upcoming seasons. We know it will be cold, but the bare shoulders give off a romantic and feminine vibe. A bustier with a bow is a perfect going out top for every occasion where you want to look and feel beautiful. Whether it's a date night or a wedding, a bustier with a bow will make you feel like the most gorgeous woman in the room.
Now, shall we return to our plot? We left you at the office. Entering the building. Well, a bustier with a bow is not the best AW25/26 fashion trend to pick up the narrative where we left it.
But let’s pivot. You don’t remember the rest of the day anyway. Your IG stories say you left the office at 4, met the girliesat 4.10 at the wine bar and returned back home at 11. Not alone, apparently, because you are RSVPing yes to a dinner date tonight.
Let's get you dressed!
You stand in your dressing room, the air thick with the scent of jasmine from a diffuser perched on a rosewood console. Your dressing room glows under the warm LEDs you had installed last spring.
7:18 PM Fresh from a shower, your skin still warm and faintly rose-scented, you wrap yourself in a silk robe and put rollers in your hair.
The satin bow bustier hangs on its padded hanger - black, architectural, with a bow that manages to be both substantial and delicate.
You lift it carefully and put it on. You fasten the hidden zipper slowly, watching your silhouette transform in your new three-way mirror.
Next, you open a drawer and take out a pair of dark wash baggy jeans. The thing is that you don't know where he is taking you. It could be some fancy restaurant, but it could also be a food truck parked by the stadium. Dark wash jeans will dress down the satin bow bustier enough to make this outfit good for any location.
You add the oversized double breasted navy blue blazer, leaving it open. The bustier peeks through, that bow making its statement against the masculine tailoring. And step into these denim slingbacks with crystal pendant.
You mist yourself with Chanel No1, the scent settling into your pulse points. Lipgloss - not red, that would be obvious. A nude that makes your lips look you have been drinking champagne all afternoon. Perhaps you have.
Your phone vibrates. "Downstairs."
You descend the staircase, leaving your perfume in the air and open the door to find him standing there, leaning casually against the frame of his black Cayenne under the streetlights.
He holds a bouquet of white roses, tinged with the faintest hint of dew. The scent wraps around you, crisp and floral, mingling with the cool night" air.
"You look... breathtaking," he says, his voice low, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth as he hands you the roses.
You tilt your head, accepting the bouquet. "These are beautiful," you reply, your tone measured but warm, letting the moment pause. "Thank you."
He opens the car door, and you slide into the leather seat, the interior warm and scented with cedarwood and bergamot.
He starts the car and turns on the street. Zürich streams past your window in ribbons of light.
“So, where are we headed?”
He chuckles, “that’s for me to know and you to find out. Trust me, it’s worth the wait.”
“Any hints?” you ask, glancing at him, your voice light but probing.
He keeps his eyes on the road, a faint smirk playing at his lips. “Just one: it’s somewhere that suits you. Somewhere...exceptional.”
You raise an eyebrow, settling back into the seat, the roses’ scent wrapping around you. The city thins, the skyline receding as the road curves toward the Alps.
Peaks loom faintly in the distance, but you still don’t know where you’re bound.
"Badrutt's?" you guess.
"The terrace table. Although, they might insist on seating us inside. You're going to upstage the view."
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