Spring Style Guide 2025 for Every Guy: It’s Not Just Florals

There’s a lot to celebrate when the vernal equinox rolls around: Outdoor dining, blooming flowers, and, naturally, storing those winter coats. From a practical perspective, it’s important to ensure your spring clothes make their way towards the front of your closet. For those also trying to look their best (which should be all grown men), 2025 spring style is looking promising. It’s shaping up to be new yet classic, always functional, with loads of room for fun and expression.  Basically, whether you love fashion or not, this men’s style guide will help you sartorially navigate the season.

Bootcut Jeans

Once the skinny jeans era officially died, there was a groundswell of bootcut jeans — lovers of comfort can celebrate. This culminated in Kendrick Lamar’s bootcut Celine pants during the Super Bowl Halftime. Bootcut jeans flatter a wide range of body types, are adaptable, and have a retro yet always relevant look. They’re a markedly relaxed silhouette. Given how breathable this cut is, seeing more of it as the weather warms won’t be surprising.

Brooches and Pins

Once upon a time, men who wore brooches and class rings were “a type.” As we entered an era of men’s jewelry and small watches, brooches and pins were sure to follow. It’s such an easy way to add pizzazz to the simplest outfit. And if you’re hesitant to consider a proper brooch, small pins can likewise level up your outfit. Men historically wore flowers on their lapels in the spring; an enamel flower motif pin is less perishable. Besides, a pin is still more subtle than, say, a loud tie pattern.

Cowichan Knits

Nordic and fisherman sweaters have long been staples in menswear. While they have a wintery vibe, Cowichan’s folksy aesthetic works well into the warmer seasons. It combines European-inspired materials with the indigenous methods of the Pacific Northwest. Style icons like Steve McQueen have worn this knit, and it’s always been iconic. This year, Cowichan is the it knit.

Raw Denim

Raw denim’s explosion goes hand in hand with fashion’s turn to more relaxed, natural looks. This doesn’t mean that structure and formality are out — we’re just turning to effortless, organic, and less curated styles. Raw denim is also called unwashed or dry denim since it hasn’t been treated with distressing or washes. Its surface is visually vivid and strong, like the denim equivalent of pure, full-grain leather. It works in a variety of aesthetics, from workwear to business casual.

Tartan Plaids

Tartan is just a type of plaid associated with a clan. It’s usually a Scottish tribal clan, say Clan Carmichael or even Clan Burberry. Yes, Burberry isn’t a Scottish clan, but it denotes an association, and their cheque is definitely one of the most famous brand tartans. Green, red, and blue are common tartan colors and can add pattern and brightness to minimal combinations. The fact that preppies and punk rockers have embraced this look is a testament to its adaptability.

Gorpcore

In a way, gorpcore combines the appeal of several trends-turned-mainstays from the past few years. Essentially, gorpcore is wearing modern outdoorsy clothing with an urban flare or in an urban setting. The way athleisure made workout clothes stylish, gorpcore does the same with modern functional sporting clothes. So instead of heritage styles, like button-downs and trucker jackets, it’s tech wear and tactical jackets. Moreover, it has the practicality guys like from workwear and the wealth associations of old and new money style (ski clothes, anyone?).

Polo Shirts

With the weather warming up, polos tend to make comebacks every spring. However, this year, brands are serving up polos for every type of guy, proving there’s an increased interest. In spring 2025, it’s not just for the country club golfers. Go for a two-tone mid-century style with cinched hems. Or, there’s the cozy knitted polo, which is always flattering. Whether your polo inspiration is Elvis, JFK, or vintage photos of your grandad by the grill, there will be a model out there for you.

Small Watches and Vintage Dress Watches

Last year marked the end of bigger-is-better dominance in the watch world, an era that began in the late ‘70s. With the renewed interest in smaller timepieces came a rise in vintage. It helps that so many high-end brands make it difficult to get newer models. It’s the perfect storm of the return of small watches, especially vintages and especially dress watches. We predict more and more men wearing dress watches as everyday timekeepers after decades of sport watches claiming that territory.

Billowy Fabrics and Cuts

Vogue called this style “invertebrate tailoring,” a cut and fit that isn’t just oversized or just flowy but all of the above. The most everyday version of this look is, of course, the unstructured blazer. Many guys have switched to this type of blazer as their go-to casual and smart casual outerwear choice. Congratulations if you’re one of those guys; you were ahead of the curve! This spring, we’ll see more of that in pants, shirts, and other types of outerwear. Hey, isn’t comfort and breathability a main priority in warm-weather fashion?

Pastels and Earth Tones

Pastels have long been associated with spring. This year, though, what was once the best-kept secret among fashionable men is no longer secret. Pastels and earth tones go surprisingly naturally together — like mixing sweet and savory. Remember that pastels are just lighter versions of other colors, which is why they evoke florals and sun-faded aesthetics. These colors exist side-by-side with earth tones in nature: soil and flowers, tree trunks and tree blossoms, rocks and blue waters. Naturally, they look fantastic together in one outfit.

Floral Prints

Florals? For spring? Okay, so it isn’t groundbreaking, but it’s certainly a reliable classic. Men look fantastic in tasteful florals; of course, they look most natural in springtime. If you’ve always wanted to try them but were always hesitant, now is the time. In an age of guys running around in jewelry and manicures, florals aren’t considered as dandy as they once were. For a more subtle approach, go for florals against blacks, earth tones, and classic military colors.

Boat Shoes

Boat shoes went from functional to preppy to ironic (among the anti-preppy) and are now fashionable. Wear these seaside staples anytime you’re by the water, anytime you’re wearing shorts, and anytime you’re wearing linens. Their comeback has much to do with a renewed interest in “easy aesthetics.” They exist in the same vein as unstructured clothes and comfortable cuts.

Muted Neutrals

Quiet luxury paved the way for the return of muted neutrals. They make sense since billowy clothes, oversized outerwear, and unstructured tailoring are back. Tempering these aesthetics with grays, creams, and cool tans brings an inherent class. It tames the wildness of 2025 silhouettes, so to speak. Plus, muted neutrals pair handsomely with spring pastels and florals. 

Barely There Sunglasses

This year, skinny frames, no frames, light-hued lenses, and barebones metal wires replace heavy, sporty sunglasses. We often don’t delineate between summer shades and spring shades, but it makes sense to do so. Thin-framed sunglasses in yellows and violets match the breezy, floral, and light sun of spring. Strong, highly protective shades are likewise perfect for the summer rays.

Spring Style for Every Guy

If you’re into trends, you might not be interested in classic comebacks like florals or boat shoes. If you’re not into fashion with a capital F, perhaps it doesn’t matter to you that “invertebrate tailoring” is in right now. That’s why the spring styles of 2025 are so great. There’s something for everyone. All that to say, spring is a time of renewal, when striking colors and styles are expected. It’s a safe space to try something new — so why not?