Each Fashion Week we learn new things! Whos to say what we are going to learn next about belts, turtlenecks and oh I don’t know if scarves are in or not! We hear you girls that has a style of I-woke-up-like-this but it isn’t Beyoncé.
We have some notes on the stuff that stuck to our trendhunter brain of ours!So we put together a list / yes we love lists
SEE ALSO: Unique’s Monday’s Inspirations
1. THE COAT GAME IS STRONG
And we thank you for that. Gone are the days when the New York fashion week ideal meant bare legs, a white cashmere coat and a driver on standby. Shearling was a winner at Coach and Donna Karan. Diane von Furstenberg has coined the phrase “evening parka” while the padded parka has gone haute at 3.1 Phillip Lim and the Uber app has replaced the driver on standby vibes of old.
2. Hat hair is OK
*Phew* we can all rest easy and enjoy a pairs of warm ears. That thing where you’ve been wearing a beanie and then you take it off inside and your hair is kind of stuck to your scalp and a bit static-y is sooo in. That’s a bonafide hair and beauty reference now thanks to DKNY and Alexander Wang. This will be hard to apply outside the runways but if you see yourself in this type of situation just…rock it, girl.
3. No one wants to see your neck
This was kinda of news to me. I just wanna stand and dhout while ists raining: “Why? God, why”. The fashion world doesn’t really care. Neoprene funnels at DKNY, ones with ball details at Alexander Wang and gigantic steroid-injected woolly ones at standout show Victoria Beckham. Meanwhile, off the catwalk, editors were embracing the Rihanna endorsed flandana – a fleece/bandana hybrid – with Man Repeller blogger Leandra Medine wearing one over her polo necks and others wearing silk Saint Laurent scarves as bandanas.
4. Street style and catwalk style have merged
We can rejoice. Long is the time that we had to separate from the catwalks look, that they were only some twisted and over top representation of the fat layer coat you are going to wear outside. the times are gone. Street style and catwalk fashion have merged. The tropes of street style look-at-me-now-faux-fur and sporty details and I’m-wearing-it-all-at-once layers are now standard on the catwalk. See Tommy, Opening Ceremony and Coach. All bore the hallmarks of street style. The only difference is that the models are younger.
5. Complicated minimalism is a thing
Céline opened the floodgates for simplicity, everyone has dashed through and now, in order to update it as fashion moves on, designers have started undoing it a little with asymmetric hems (Beckham and DKNY), frayed edges (Edun), deconstructed flappy undone zips and layers (see what Phillip Lim did to an army bomber jacket). Meanwhile, belted kimono details over weepingly beautiful minimalism added gentle complication at The Row.
6. The Saint Laurent influence is not going away
You can’t blame designers. Hedi Slimane’s vision shifts product fast. Hence his affection for the rock’n’roll 60s has infiltrated other catwalks. At Edun, where Alexa Chung sat front row, there were suede go-go thigh boots and sharp leather Carnaby Street tunics. The Saint Laurent influence could also be seen in Diane von Furstenberg’s backstage-meets-boudoir dresses. And I think we all know who we can blame for the rash of 10-denier tights on the catwalk right now.
7. Sturdy is chic
Not a term you usually hear in fashion, but between heavyweight coats and layers and satisfyingly stompy boots it seems fitting for next autumn. There is no lightness about footwear at all. Victoria Beckham’s calf boots were a chunky-heel loafer hybrid and Coach had biker boots with shearling tongues. Alexander Wang’s all-black collection, with ball-and-chain details and Frankenstein boots, made the models look as if they hung out in those piercing shops in Leeds that sell marijuana leaf lighters.
