The Top 12 Fashion Trends for Fall 2024
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Is “quiet luxury” finally going silent? For anyone over the TikTok-hyped term, you may be in luck come fall. The collections in New York, London, Milan, and Paris were full of vibrant new ways to wear wardrobe staples, whether turning your button-down backward or embracing some kooky, shiny tinsel fringe on your trenchcoat. Little black dresses borrow from your lingerie drawer with styles that free the nipple or, quite literally, bring your underwear to the surface via playful embellishment. Pants are back too–and thank god! Even at Miu Miu!–in voluminous silhouettes and baggy cuts.
Sure, Tik-tok "cores" will continue, and there are still lots of no-pants looks, that’s for sure. But there’s a personal and grown-up aspect to the season’s best clothes that resonates with real life. It’s a sensibility that embraces individuality and identity over clickable buzzwords or nostalgic novelty.
Below, the 12 trends that will make the most significant statements next season.
Not-So-Basic Basics
Designers took a not-so-everyday approach to everyday dressing this season, creating texture and movement through playful layering and exaggerated silhouettes. For fall, it’s not necessarily about looking put together in the traditional sense. Instead, it’s about finding your own way to wear basic wardrobe staples.
Etro
Miu Miu
Fendi
Loro Piana
Prada
Tods
Victoria Beckham
Hermes
Bottega Veneta
Alaia
Miu Miu
Etro
Color Clash
If the fall runways are any indication, it’s time to retire monochrome and go for something much more bold. Unexpected color combinations like technicolor neons and cool pastels give verve to everyday dressing.
Gucci
Balenciaga
Jil Sander
Chanel
Balenciaga
Gucci
Chanel
Jil Sander
Molly Goddard
Zomer
Dries Van Noten
Rick Owens
Miu Miu
Clear Eyes, Full Skirts, Can’t Lose
Ladylike dressing is back, thanks in part to Capote's Swans' star turn in Ryan Murphy's latest Fued, but its contemporary iteration is so much cooler and less rigid. Case in point: the varied flared skirts that came down the fall runways this season. Some had unfinished hems, others were sculpted, and all had a fluidity that worked just as well with a hoodie as with a tailored jacket or button-down shirt.
Akris
Valentino
Balenciaga
Miu Miu
Prada
The Row
Luar
Valentino
Loro Piana
Marni
Bottega Veneta
Tommy Hilfiger
Akris
Throw It On and Go
This season, designers elevated the idea of effortless dressing with great success. Soft, simple fabrics were key, and draped and folded outerwear didn’t look overly complicated or heavy-handed and managed to move seamlessly with the wearer.
Louis Vuitton
Chanel
Proenza Schouler
Chloe
Issey Miyake
Chloe
Rick Owens
Issey Miyake
Chanel
Louis Vuitton
Ferragamo
Rick Owens
Bottega Veneta
Ferragamo
Bottega Veneta
Issey Miyake
Alaia
Issey Miyake
Alaia
In Shape
People often talk about “architectural” silhouettes when describing strong tailoring, but for fall, it’s less about that kind of obvious structure and more about shapes and forms to emphasize the curves of the body, namely through padded hips, pumped-up shoulders, and pleating at the waist.
Bottega Veneta
Louis Vuitton
Carven
Comme des Garçons
Duran Lantink
Comme des Garçons
Duran Lantink
Bottega Veneta
Sacai
The Row
Junya Watanabe
Louis Vuitton
Carven
The Row
Junya Watanabe
Chintz Please!
Wallpaper and chintzy florals provided ample space for designers to experiment this season. Prints were burned-out or digitally-warped; there were blooms on a coat that sat beneath a cage-like frame and on feminine dresses accented by ruching and draping. There was nothing that felt #coquette about these clothes.
Loewe
Balmain
Diesel
Rabanne
Giorgio Armani
Diesel
Junya Watanabe
Meryll Rogge
Rokh
Balmain
Giorgio Armani
Junya Watanabe
Meryll Rogge
Rabanne
Loewe
Rokh
Praise Be Pants
After a couple of seasons where short shorts or underwear were subbed in for pants, the pendulum seems to be swinging back towards covered-up legs. While there were still plenty of pantless looks on the runways for fall (sigh), many designers did focus on outfitting our lower halves with statement trousers. The pants we’ll all want this fall come with some serious volume.
Max Mara
Off-White
Willy Chavarria
Stella McCartney
Off-White
The Row
Stella McCartney
Michael Kors
Vaquera
Louis Vuitton
The Row
Vetements
Vaquera
Jil Sander
Louis Vuitton
Loewe
Vetements
Jil Sander
Loewe
Spin a Yarn
For the past few seasons, designers have highlighted the craft and intricate handwork that goes into their clothing and accessories. This season yarn was a particular focus. Designers used yarn to create fluffy, bulbous coats and bouncy dresses that probably feel as great as they look. These are not your average chunky knits.
Stella McCartney
Erdem
Jil Sander
Missoni
Sacai
Valentino
Alexander McQueen
Alaia
Burberry
Inside-Out
Lingerie dressing has been a recurring runway trend this season, but what’s more interesting are the varying ways it's being interpreted. Sure, you can take the trend literally, and wear a slip dress or a corset and call it a day. But you can also provoke and prod, like with a dress made entirely of bras, or a totally transparent top, or with a shirtdress with built-in garter belts.
Saint Laurent
Marie Adam-Leenaerdt
Tory Burch
Dolce & Gabbana
Ferragamo
Anna Sui
Dilara Fındıkoğlu
Mugler
Gabriela Hearst
Valentino
Balenciaga
Gucci
Chanel
Chloe
The It Jacket
Sometimes all you need to pull a look together is a perfect jacket. This season, leather outerwear was the thing and there were plenty of versions to choose from.
Loewe
Hermes
JW Anderson
Saint Laurent
Schiaparelli
Christian Dior
Isabel Marant
Prada
Brunello Cucinelli
Dressing to Impress (Yourself)
Sartorial formality isn’t really a thing anymore unless you happen to be a celebrity on the red carpet or a member of the royal family. Occasion dressing is less about impressing others and more about feeling good. This idea manifested in some seriously beautiful ways on the fall runways this season, with designers ditching traditional gowns, cocktail dresses, and suiting for more mashed-up looks that prioritized self-confidence over prescriptive dress codes.
Chanel
Chloe
Dolce & Gabbana
Givenchy
Miu Miu
Tom Ford
Louis Vuitton
Giorgio Armani
Prada
Versace
Loewe
The Fringe Factor
The runways in every city were awash with clever fringe, whether it hung down from the hips of a knit dress or was woven onto the surface of a cocooning coat. Movement was a big talking point of the season and these swishy strands proved to be among the most covetable examples.
Bottega Veneta
Christian Dior
Ferragamo
Jil Sander
Rabanne
Valentino
Undercover
JW Anderson
Louis Vuitton
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