How to get Fashionable Minccino in Pokemon GO, and can it be shiny?

Fashion Week 2025 will mark the debut of Fashionable Minccino in Pokemon GO. Its evolution, Fashionable Cinccino, will also be available. These two costumed Pokemon are the main attractions of this event. Fashion Week 2025 will start on January 10, at 10 am, and conclude on January 19, at 8 pm in your local time.

Fashionable Cinccino can be obtained by evolving a Fashionable Minccino using 50 Minccino Candy and a Unova Stone. That said, this article covers all the methods to get Fashionable Minccino in Pokemon GO.

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How to get Fashionable Minccino in Pokemon GO

Explaining the ways to get this costumed Minccino. (Image via Niantic)

From the start of the Fashion Week 2025 event, Fashionable Minccino will be available in the following ways:

• Raid Battles
• Paid Timed Research Task
• Trade

Raid Battles

One-star Raids featuring Fashionable Minccino will be easy to defeat for almost all Trainers. As a Normal-type Pokemon, this creature is weak to Fighting-type moves. The best counters to take it down are Mega Lucario, Terrakion, Shadow Conkeldurr, Shadow Machamp, Keldeo, and Shadow Hariyama.

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Paid Timed Research Task

A Paid Timed Research Task will be accessible during Fashion Week 2025, which offers the following rewards:

• 3,500 XP
• 3,500 Stardust
• An event-themed avatar pose.
• Encounters of Fashionable Minccino, Fashionable Dragonite, and Furfrou.

This means if you purchase a ticket to this Paid Timed Research quest, you can get Fashionable Minccino in Pokemon GO and other exciting awards.

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Trade

If you cannot take part in this event, you can always ask your Pokemon GO friends to trade a Fashionable Minccino with you.

Also check: Pokemon GO Evolution Calculator

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Can Fashionable Minccino be shiny in Pokemon GO?

Shiny Minccino wearing a Fashionable outfit. (Image via The Pokemon Company)

Yes, Shiny Minccino wearing a Fashionable outfit will be available during Fashion Week 2025. All the ways of acquiring it can lead to shiny encounters. However, it was notified in the official blog that raids will offer boosted shiny rates.

Evolving Shiny Minccino using 50 Candy will give you a Cinccino that retains the stylish outfit.

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• Pokemon Type Calculator