Since starring in the Spanish house’s S/S 24 campaign alongside Dame Maggie Smith and Dakota Fanning, Lee’s been almost exclusively a Loewe woman, with exceptions only really being made for Proenza Schouler, Prada, Ferragamo, Chanel, and Bottega Veneta (casual). First, there was her custom black, ring-neck Loewe dress at the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards, where she presented Anderson with the International Designer of the Year Award. Later that year came her lauded red, custom Loewe gown for the Academy Museum Gala.
Then came 2024. With Anderson and Goldberg leading the way, every red carpet look of Lee’s has been a hit, from her custom Loewe almost-bridal look at the Golden Globes to her rhinestone-embellished pajama look from the brand’s men’s S/S 24 collection at the Critics Choice Awards. And award season, not to mention the year, is just beginning. With the BAFTAs, People’s Choice Awards, and, of course, the Oscars still to come, to say that our expectations are high for Lee’s red carpet looks would be the understatement of the century.
In the meantime, float down memory lane below, where photos of Lee’s best red carpet looks from 2023 and 2024 so far are ready to be feasted on.
It took a while—and over 1000 runway images—to finally wrap our heads around the contents of fashion month. For the first time in a long time, the runways this fall/winter season had an almost tangible air of newness to them, with a handful of designer debuts—including Daniel Lee at Burberry and Ludovic de Saint Sernin at Ann Demeulemeester—and a number of veterans successfully refreshing their brands in the eyes of the fashion community. Most substantial, though, were the trends presented by these designers and so many more, who managed to deliver some of the most unexpected groupings we’ve seen in ages that somehow still fit within the current zeitgeist.
Tory Burch, Miuccia Prada for Prada and Miu Miu, Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent, and Matthieu Blazy for Bottega Veneta all seemed to grasp what so many have tried and failed to in the past—that is, what women actually wear. In a relatable move, Prada sent models down the runway at Miu Miu looking intentionally frazzled, having remembered to wear stockings and outerwear but forgotten pants and a hairbrush.
Elsewhere, Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent collection displayed a contrasting glimpse of the female form, one that’s strict in its put-togetherness, utilizing intensely strong tailoring and powerful silhouettes to get his message across. Finally, at Loewe, Ferragamo, and Jil Sander, our desire for comfort played out in the form of furry footwear, fashionable security blankets, and apparel fitted with oversize hoods.
Determine which of the above fits your current mindset by scrolling through the nine trends from the fall/winter 2023 runways below.
When it comes to fashion, 2023 may have been Sofia Richie’s best year ever. Not only has the style star been spotted wearing head-to-toe Prada, Khaite, and Proenza Schouler on the regular, but she also had an unforgettable wedding complete with several custom Chanel outfits. To say she’s got good taste would be an understatement.
But it’s true: Richie has an incredible sense of personal style and can put together a look using a combination of the simplest but most versatile basics that could be part of anyone’s wardrobe. Yes, even some of her most casual outfits are still designer—that’s the quiet luxury trend at work—but that doesn’t mean they can’t easily be replicated using a combination of high-end and more affordable pieces.
So we’ve picked out seven of Richie’s best looks that are comprised mostly of wardrobe basics and found similar pieces to shop. From the classic white T-shirt to surprising accessories and several pairs of sunglasses, there are just a few key pieces needed to achieve her everyday and even more elevated looks. Just stick to the basics, and you’ll be on your way to sporting Sofia Richie’s celeb style soon.
EH: Another one is this trend that we called ready-to-wear [last season], which is just this hyper-wearable trend that skews away from those really loud, hard-to-style pieces and is just super classic.
If you buy into it, you can have those pieces for the rest of your life, and they’re not boring. You can still style them up in really, really interesting ways using things like those chrome moments or plenty of other styling methods. We saw a ton of it this week. Tibi’s whole collection really felt like a “building blocks of your wardrobe” type of collection. Proenza [Schouler] had those loud moments as well, but really at the backbone of it were really classic, timeless pieces.
KC: At first glance, overall, there was a trend of quietness on the runway. Sometimes, you want to be shocked and awed by the visuals of it, but I do think the wearability element… I’m glad that designers are taking this into consideration, and it does feel like the runway to real way is not such a big gap anymore.
Last Saturday, shortly before the white-walled galleries of Phillips auction house moonlighted as a runway, makeup artist Diane Kendal detailed the particulars of Proenza Schouler’s spring 2024 beauty direction. Surprises were not in store. “We’re doing a no-makeup makeup look, enhancing all the girls’ natural features,” she said, ticking through the lineup of Merit Beauty products at hand: Great Skin serum for a healthy radiance, Day Glow highlighter on the cheekbones, Clean Lash mascara applied just at the root of curled lashes. “The usual at Proenza,” she smiled—a vote of approval for designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough, faithful stewards of their own good taste. “It’s very authentic to them.”
More than two decades into the label’s run, the Proenza Schouler duo have honed in on an aesthetic driven by the kinds of women they want to celebrate. “You notice them before you notice their personal style,” McCollough says in a post-show call with Hernandez. They offer up a string of examples from their mood boards of late. “Amber Valletta back in the day. Patti Smith. Weyes Blood, who opened the show,” Hernandez says, referring to the musician who also supplied the runway score. Of course Chloë Sevigny, a recurring muse who walked last season; also Sade and “artists Jenny Holzer and even Louise Bourgeois—just these natural beauties, these intelligent women who have this undone quality to them,” McCollough adds.
The two-tone bag incorporates Merit’s shade of pale blue.
By Daniel Shea for Merit.
With today’s debut of the Runway Set—a limited-edition makeup collaboration with Merit—that vision of beauty arrives in one tidy package. Best of all, the package itself is by Proenza Schouler: a chic iteration of Merit’s knotted cosmetic bag, here in reversible black and cloud blue vegan leather.
For Aila Morin, Merit’s founding senior VP of brand, growth, and innovation, partnering with Proenza Schouler was a meeting of the minds. “When we were concepting the brand in 2020, they were all over the mood boards,” she says over Zoom, her incandescent skin a testament to the brand’s serum—one of five products in the set. “Every time I was pulling references, I was really pulling their work. We have this shared sense of effortlessness and wearability that’s in the DNA of both brands.”
A fresh-faced model backstage at Proenza Schouler’s spring 2024 show. Makeup artist Diane Kendal used Merit Beauty products to create the look.
Courtesy of Proenza Schouler.
The beauty company first began sponsoring Proenza Schouler’s shows in February 2022, seeding a kinship that gave rise to the Runway Set—a name that’s duly earned. Along with the serum, there’s the Clean Lash mascara, a formula that’s “really popular with makeup artists because it gives this feathery lifted look, but it’s not chunky and it also doesn’t kind of steal the show,” says Morin. Merit’s clear lip oil is here, along with Flush Balm—a cream blush that’s “impossible to mess up”—in a versatile brick tone. And for a finishing sweep: Merit’s blending brush, good for erasing the seams of any complexion products.
Merit Beauty x Proenza Schouler
The entire set launches today, as part of Proenza Schouler’s trunk show on Moda Operandi. By early October, the bag itself will hit Merit’s site, too, as a very covetable bonus for orders over $100. “I have always loved fashion, and I remember growing up when it was unattainable to a certain extent,” Morin says, thrilling at the idea of a high-brow gift-with-purchase. She recalls how the bag design originally grew out of Merit’s aim for less waste: “Could you create something that people would actually reuse and not just toss out?” This two-tone vegan leather version, drawing on Merit’s signature blue, promises to have particular staying power. “It feels very Proenza, in a way,” says Hernandez. “Easy, effortless.”
When Gerber’s not putting her comedy chops to the test alongside the greats, you’ll likely find her curled up somewhere with a good book. It’s not out of the norm for her to be rotating between three or four at a time—usually a memoir, a novel, a short story, or a poetry book. She is an enthusiastic consumer of literature, one who will happily ham it up with you about her latest book finds. Recent favorites include Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman, Lucky Dogs by Helen Schulman, and Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki.
“When people think of Kaia Gerber’s Instagram, [I don’t think] they expect to go on and basically see me only talking about books,” she says. Looking for a place to connect with others and start purposeful conversations, Gerber created her own online book club. Each month, she shares a new book with her 9.6 million followers, inviting either the author or a special guest to join her live. “I decided, Why not use this book club as a way to highlight authors and encourage people to read but also as a door or window into conversations that are really difficult to have?” she says. For this reason, she’s quite particular about the titles she chooses each month, basing it on the kind of dialogue she wants to spark. For August, Gerber hosted a live with author Alex Auder to discuss her memoir Don’t Call Me Home, a story that tackles being raised by a Warhol superstar and the intimate bonds of mother-daughter relationships. “I get to have these really incredible authors or people who just have so much insight into these topics. I am a very curious person in my life, and I think it lives in my book club as well,” she adds.
So where does modeling fit into all this? It’s obvious Gerber is leaning more into acting these days, but she is quick to clarify it’s not one or the other. The two can live harmoniously in her life. For the moment, she’s enjoying being more selective with the fashion projects she commits to. “I have fun doing it now because I get to come in and do really special, meaningful things with people that I have really deep, wonderful relationships with,” she says. The Valentino Haute Couture show is one example. Working with longtime friend Hedi Slimane as the face of Celine is another. “I love working with Celine because I really feel like it’s the coolest version of myself, and it’s not at all how cool I am in real life,” she says. Even her fashion choices on the red carpet, for which she collaborates with stylist Danielle Goldberg, are meticulously selected and have intent behind them.
In the ranks of pop’s most fashionable acts, without a doubt, Dua Lipa is top 5. And this year the singer has “arrived” in a big sense: she was the co-chair (along with Penelope Cruz, Micaela Coel, and Roger Federer) of this week’s Met Gala. Not everyone gets to help plan one of fashion’s biggest nights alongside Anna Wintour, but if you’ve kept tabs on Dua Lipa’s style, the invitation seems like a no-brainer.
Simply put, the English singer is a fashion girl in every sense of the word. Exhibit A—her Instagram. Lipa is a prolific outfit documenter—her feed is full of glossy photos (some selfies) featuring outfits she’s worn across her international tour, on random vacations (which seems very relatable), and during fashion week. It’s clear that Lipa enjoys experimenting with clothes—hardly any other artist can rival the number of outfit photos as the singer. And it’s also clear that she, (or someone on her team) has a knack for discovering up-and-coming brands—digging through Lipa’s fashion archives, she seems to wear indie brands just as often as the big-name, designer heavy hitters. She was one of the first people to wear Fanci Club’s viral Garden of Eden dress, as well as other emerging labels like No Dress, KNWLS and Louisa Ballou. It could be (and probably very likely) Lipa is sent these amazing clothes by the designers themselves, but it says a lot that she’s able to fish out the pieces and brands that later become cult favorites.
Given the sheer quantity of trends that come out of any given runway season, standout colors can oftentimes fail to garner the attention they deserve, being deprioritized in reports because of barely there miniskirts, motorcycle tropes, and voluminous silhouettes. But not this season. After a ubiquitous presence at New York and London Fashion Week, no one can deny that red—specifically a vibrant, chili-pepper red—is one of if not *the* standout trend of fashion month thus far, surpassing even the most shocking garments that’ve come down the runway.
The list of brands that have included at least one bright-red look is endless, with inclusions ranging from Tory Burch and David Koma to Sandy Liang and Proenza Schouler. And it hasn’t only found a place on the runways. On the streets outside of shows, attendees in both London and New York have styled the shade to their hearts’ content in the form of handbags, hair accessories, eyewear, ready-to-wear, and more. Below, see every way that chili-pepper red has infiltrated fashion month, from the catwalk to the sidewalk.
Maddie Ziegler is gearing up for an exciting spring. Following her critically acclaimed performance in last year’s drama The Fallout, the 20-year-old is returning to the big screen this March with Bloody Hell. Debuting at the South by Southwest, the coming-of-age dark comedy follows 16-year-old Lindy (Ziegler), who is diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her sex life and changes her views on womanhood and sexuality. It’s sure to be another standout role for Ziegler, so it’s safe to say the actress is officially solidifying her status as one of this generation’s most electrifying young talents.
It’s not surprising, then, to see the young star sitting front row at the biggest shows during New York Fashion Week. Ziegler was in town to support some of her favorite brands and designers, including Rodarte, Proenza Schouler, and Tory Burch, and documented the week’s highlights exclusively for Who What Wear. Keep scrolling to see the behind-the-scenes action and her stunning looks.
There are perfectly good celebrity style moments, and then there are the looks that really stick with you, the ones you try desperately to recreate at home. In ‘Great Outfits in Fashion History,’ Fashionista editors are revisiting their all-time favorite lewks.
Before joining Dior for its haute couture show in Paris earlier this month, Yara Shahidi was parading around New York City in vision board-worthy looks — most notably a fringed Proenza Schouler dress, leather moto jacket draped over her shoulders and brown Louboutins, photographed as she was leaving a taping of “The Tonight Show.” (Just a day in the life of the “Grown-ish” actor and recent Harvard grad.)
After sharing life updates with Jimmy Fallon, Shahidi strutted past a classic yellow New York taxi in this subdued but chic get-up, styled by Jason Bolden. (She’s been wearing a lot of earth tones lately, and this outfit matches the vibe.) The fanciful fringe on her mid-length tube-top dress gave her walk some extra grace, while the oversized jacket thrown casually on top added a sense of effortlessness. The look wouldn’t be complete without a handbag, so the Dior ambassador elected the brand’s classic Lady bag. She furthered accessorized with gold pieces by Cartier.
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From dating drama to Don’t Worry, Darling, 2022 was quite a year for Olivia Wilde. And, we’re glad to see her end it on a quiet but high note. The actress and director was spotted while out shopping in Paris wearing what might just be the most ideal cold weather denim outfit we’ve seen this season.
Clad in bootcut jeans, an oversize black shearling biker jacket, and sold-out Khaite Calgary boots, Wilde’s style managed to be both accessible and aspirational—lest we forget to point out the Proenza Schouler PS1 Tiny Satchel she was toting—for anyone seeking easy winter outfit inspo.
Paired with a warm turtleneck sweater and red manicure, the fresh-faced star’s look reminds us that a great pair of jeans is essential for all seasons, but it’s the accessories and outerwear that makes even the most basic outfits—jeans and a turtleneck—into the perfect winter denim look.
If you’re channeling big Olivia Wilde energy in 2023, then you’ve come to the right place. Ahead we’ve pulled several black jackets, boots, bags, and, of course, jeans, to help you achieve this O.W.-approved look this season.
While Dr. Khorramian named ballet flats as the most common shoes to cause foot-related issues, he explained that other unsupportive or painful styles are also worth avoiding. “Flip-flops can cause a lot of injuries,” he stated. “Pointy shoes can also cause corns and blisters because of the lack of circulation to the toes.”
Some of the most unsupportive shoes for your feet include classic ballet flats, flip-flops, pointed shoes, and precarious heels. So what are the best ways to protect your feet? “Always buy shoes that are cushiony underneath the soles of the feet and have enough toe room,” said Khorramian. And if you are planning to wear shoes with little support or high heels, he recommends carrying a larger bag where you can easily swap to comfortable shoes. “If you must wear heels, avoid wearing them while you’re driving, for long periods of time, and while walking.”
