I like to think of myself as a strong, level-headed person, but I’ll be the first person to admit that I have one very dangerous weakness: sales. Whether it’s 15% off or 90%, I’m going to scroll and/or sift meticulously through a sale’s contents, and if the options are good, I usually have no problem justifying a purchase (or two). Luckily, it’s a design flaw that’s made me and my closet very happy, which is why I have no plans to change, especially now that I’ve had some time to look through the late-in-the-season designer sales that are happening as we speak.
Matches, Net-a-Porter, Nordstrom, Mytheresa, and more continue to mark down last season’s leftovers, and while you might have to do some digging through them, the gems you can unearth are well worth the work. Trust me—I’ve spent the last six or so hours doing just that. To save you some time and curb my never-quenched thirst for sales, I went ahead and rounded up a few of my best designer finds below. That way, you’ll save time (and money), and I’ll still get to do what I love most.
Fashion month is off to a strong start. Our team of editors have lots to say about everything we witnessed at New York fashion week—and we already have a short list of trends to watch for the S/S 24 season ahead including buzzy pieces such as capri pants, voluminous circle skirts, and satin evening coats. While the clothes on the runways are often the center of our attention, so are the street style looks. It’s always an interesting moment where we see how the latest trends and new arrivals are translating to what fashion insiders actually want to shop and wear.
After attending NYFW this season, I observed some cult finds that are dominating the street style scene among the best-dressed fashion insiders. From the silhouette that is taking over to the designer finds everyone is investing in to the shoe style that was practically everywhere, these are the key items to have on your radar. Ahead, see how the street style set is styling them and shop our edit.
Whenever a new season starts, especially one as stylistically relevant as fall, I find it extremely difficult to resist spending a heap of money that I don’t necessarily have on fresh wardrobe items that’ll lead me down a path to elegance and sartorial supremacy. All of those fall runway collections I’ve read, talked, and written about for so long about are finally being released, leading to do all sorts of girl math that doesn’t quite add up. My solution each and every year? To first peruse Zara’s fall arrivals, which more often than not keep me from giving into temptation and blowing my entire budget for the year on one or two items, all the while getting me to the same goal of overall chicness for the season ahead.
Once again, my go-to resource has come through, with Zara’s latest drops for autumn all more than satisfying my wardrobe cravings. There are classic coats (both maxi and cropped), statement accessories, and timeless basics that I’m betting will become the backbone to my style in the coming months. Really, the 31 items I rounded up below check off every box. And if you don’t believe me, see for yourself. Get five products in and you’ll be convinced to initiate your fall wardrobe planning right now and at Zara.
What’s hot in fashion for fall? A handful of designer items instantly come to mind. If you’re interested in investing in some of the viral and about-to-be-viral pieces of the season, this is my short list of the selects to add to your cart now before they are impossible to get your hands on.
Some of the picks, including Alaïa’s cult Mary Jane flats, are summer staples that recently came back in stock but are still in high demand. Other items, including Khaite’s Lucca belt finished with an asymmetrical metal buckle, are newer to the scene but are already selling out at record speed and primed for cool looks this fall. Others, such as the Cartier Baignoire watch, are carving themselves out to be the cult items to know for this season and many beyond. Ahead, you’ll find the best designer shopping items to invest in now for the season ahead—from shoes to bags to timepieces.
The street style looks at New York Fashion Week are already setting the bar high for the spring/summer 2024 season. Minimalism has found its footing with directional twists. New silhouettes are taking hold. Flat shoes are dominating in every possible iteration. What can we expect to see more of on the best dressed style set as fashion month continues? Moda Operandi Chief Brand Officer Lauren Santo Domingo, a street style veteran, is weighing in with her essential fashion-month buys.
“This season, I feel like living on the edge,” Santo Domingo tells Who What Wear. “Phoebe Philo convinced me that it is okay to wear navy and black (yes, at one point that was considered reckless), but somehow, I still held on to my belief that one could not mix metals or leathers. This season, I plan to wear black shoes with a brown belt and silver and gold stacked bangles.” The rules continue to be rewritten! Santo Domingo’s short list of exact shopping finds includes everything from the insider piece to order from the men’s section at J.Crew to must-buy early-fall items to the best edit of flat shoes on the market. Expect to see these pieces on the street style scene in Milan and Paris soon.
Courtesy of Alexander McQueen; Launchmetrics Spotlight/ Bottega Veneta; Courtesy of Saint Laurent; Courtesy of Valentino; Launchmetrics Spotlight/ Remain
One of the largest misconceptions about planetary retrogrades is that they usher chaos into our lives, but that’s not the case. Retrogrades are a chance to do some essential work on ourselves. If any sign is willing to do the heavy lifting to reap the benefits, it’s you, Capricorn. As the 10th sign in the zodiac, you’re known for your ambition, pragmatism, and determination, which will be useful, as your ruling planet, Saturn, is in retrograde until November 4. Because Saturn rules over time, discipline, rules, and tasks and is moving through the dreamy Pisces, this fall will be all about reevaluating the dreams you have for your life—it’s going to serve as a reality check. Now is the time to review how your current habits, communication style, and self-image may keep you from stepping into your dreams. We suggest taking more time to reflect, journal, and reprioritize, but there’s another small shift you can make during this season.
If you want to show the world you mean business, what better way than by adopting the power-suiting looks we saw on the fall/winter 2023 runways? Suiting may be a trend that feels as frequent as retrograde, but this season, we saw designers return to ’80s-inspired silhouettes. At Saint Laurent, an oversize white blazer with dramatic shoulder pads was layered over a low-scoop black tank tucked into leather shorts. At Remain, a simple pair of trousers and a button-down were emphasized with the addition of a boxy tan blazer. But it wasn’t just the blazer that was given a more tailored feel. At Valentino and Bottega Veneta, longline coats featured sharp shoulders and nipped-in waists. At Alexander McQueen, the matching suit was made edgier by patterns, materials, and unique styling that came in the form of pinstripe longline coats layered over matching separates, purple leather trench coats, and even suits styled with ties. Each iteration of this trend was a reminder that, with a little reflection and some serious shoulder pads, retrograde can be a breeze for our determined Capricorns.
As a fashion editor, it’s my job to uncover the best new fashion items as they drop. While much of that happens digitally as I sift through lookbooks and new arrivals landing at retailers, nothing replaces seeing pieces in person—whether I’m attending a runway show, stopping by a press preview to see upcoming collections, or shopping IRL.
With many investment-worthy items sitting on my personal wish list right now, I went on a recent shopping trip to test-drive them in person and see which ones actually live up to the hype. Ahead, see the items that made the cut after I tried them for myself, from the cult Prada shoes every fashion person is talking about to The Row bag sitting at the top of my shopping list. Consider this your edit of the hot designer pieces that have an editor’s stamp of approval.
Though it might feel like the summer sales just ended, we’re already back in the thick of it, but this time, you don’t have weeks to ponder about what you want to buy. You only have a day, maybe two if you’re lucky and your favorite store’s feeling generous. Then, after the Labor Day festivities draw to a close, all of those once–red marked items go right back to being full price.
I, for one, am not about to let that happen. After all, the next big shopping holiday isn’t until Black Friday, and that’s still months away. So, when I saw that H&M was having a 24-hour Labor Day Weekend sale involving 20%-off markdowns across the entirety of its website, I didn’t dilly dally or hesitate. I acted, scrolling through all of the brand’s fall arrivals and selecting the pieces I love (especially with a lower-than-normal price tag) before pressing purchase. And to help make sure you do the same, I went ahead and listed out all of my finds below. You’re welcome.
After spending the last year and a half working from home, I need some reminders about how to get dressed up again, so I’m relying on an office capsule wardrobe more than ever. In the mornings, I don’t like to spend time thinking about what I’m wearing. Instead of trying on endless outfits, I would rather spend my time sipping a morning latte, catching up on the news, and scrolling through the latest updates on my Instagram feed. To cut back on the time I’m spending deciding on what I’m wearing to the office, I’ve narrowed down my options to some key office essentials to develop an easy work capsule wardrobe.
Ahead, see the 18 pieces I rely on for my outfits to wear to the Who What Wear office. I will admit that these are pieces I wear to a fashion-centric work environment (that take the latest trends into mind), so they may not be suitable for every workplace, but you can tailor them to your particular workspace. Go on to see my outfits and shop the workwear staples I can’t live without.
It’s practically essential for my job that I have high standards. I can’t just recommend anything—it has to be good, or why bother listening to me or shopping my endorsements? So when I say that I like something, you can trust that it’s been properly vetted and ticks off a bevy of boxes in my head. When I love something, well, that’s a level of approval in an entirely different universe. And love is what I feel when it comes to the 32 anti-trend items found below. You can’t tell because I’m hiding behind my computer screen, but I’m actually kind of freaking out over them.
From the perfect baby-pink button-down shirt (a wardrobe staple that I’ve been after for months) to the dreamiest scarf-coat that’s selling fast from Helsa, the list ahead houses one of everything a minimalist with an affinity for non-trendy but incredibly stylish wardrobe items could ever ask for. You’ll also find lady jackets, LBDs, quiet-luxury handbags, and perfect-on-the-butt denim. But I won’t give it all away. Scroll down to shop my meticulously crafted list of timeless fall staples.
This year marked a moment in fashion that was punctuated with phrases like “quiet luxury” and “low-key luxury”. Largely, this brought in a wave of pared-back, logoless pieces from designers—a complete 180 from the logomania that took over the fashion scene years back. It seems that we may have reached a new era of logo fashion, however, as more pieces have been dropping on the market finished with designer monograms and motifs.
This time around, we’re seeing less of the loud printed pieces and head-to-toe monogrammed looks that were everywhere circa 2017. Now, designers logos are often a touch more subtle—a ribbed tank top with small letters embroidered on the front, an abstract monogrammed belt buckle, a signature metal clasp to finish a bag, the letters of the brand spelled out as a tiny but readable word across the toe of a shoe. The appetite for logo pieces is certainly returning, albeit in a new way, and these are the coolest logo fashion shopping finds to add to your cart now.
Every time one season turns into another, thousands of new items flood the internet and IRL stores. At the same time, we’re writing what feels like just as many stories dissecting the endless array of options and telling you which ones are worth buying. But rarely do we grant you with one end-all-be-all list for the season, where every last thing you’ll want or need to have in your wardrobe can be found (and purchased). That ends today.
Instead of spending time you probably don’t have sifting through pieces and pieces and pondering what you should or shouldn’t buy, I hand-picked the 65 most important items to fill your closet with for fall, from essentials like layering turtlenecks and tees, vintage denim, and knee-high boots to of-the-moment finds that will perfectly complement those basics. The list below is long, yes, but it’s comprehensive, so once you’ve scrolled through it all, you’re done. Consider every fall wardrobe–related task on your to-do- list complete.
The evidence is here—bold, fiery red is the hottest color for fall. On the F/W 23 runways, designers made it abundantly clear that anything in a red hot shade would be big for fall. Brands including The Row, Ferragamo, Bottega Veneta, and Tory Burch showcased the color in their collections in a major way. While that doesn’t always translate to what we see in the market, the new-in arrivals are making a strong case that red fashion will most certainly take over this fall.
Ahead, shop the best new arrivals to hit the fashion space. Whether you’re interested in wearing the color with a head-to-toe look, or you’re willing to test-drive the trend in a less high-commitment way with an accessory, there are some standout pieces to have on your radar. Ahead, the shopping items to know about to tap in to the red color trend that will dominate this fall.
I recently made a cross-country move from Los Angeles to NYC. Though I’ve lived in New York before and always make of point of visiting throughout the year, the city is constantly changing. Every corner has new restaurants and coffee shops popping up. There are always new art exhibitions and buzzy neighborhoods to visit. And the looks on the streets and among the fashion crowd are constantly in flux.
As I’m getting settled in NYC, I’ve started thinking about the pieces my wardrobe is missing. Not only am I missing seasonal fall/winter pieces that I didn’t need in L.A., but I’ve also noticed other items that are glaringly absent in my NYC wardrobe that I’ll need for my new lifestyle. A big everyday tote that can carry my laptop to the office and events is at the top of my list. Flats are another practical piece I need to ramp up my wardrobe, but they’re also decidedly of the moment. The fashion set is gravitating toward everything from simple ballerinas to mesh styles. Ahead, see the NYC wardrobe shopping finds I have on my list right now.
Layering is arguably the best part about fall outfits, and the first step to achieving a stylish layered look is getting a lightweight coat, of course. Outerwear that you can easily throw over a chunky knit or a T-shirt is the key to transitional dressing, but the most important thing? You don’t want a coat that’s super thick and toasty in the early days of fall when the weather can vary so drastically. When you overestimate the temperature, you’ll just end up profusely sweating underneath all that insulation. Trust me—I’ve been there. Conversely, you don’t want to be shivering when those crisp fall breezes pick up. A lightweight style will keep you perfectly bundled, preventing you from overheating or getting goosebumps.
I went ahead and rounded up 30 of them to wear this fall, including ones with quilted textures and plaid prints as well as single-breasted silhouettes and classic trench coats. If you want your lightweight coat to be your whole outfit, there are statement pieces in the mix that fit the bill. If you want something more subdued that’ll go with all your fall outfits, you’ll find staples here too. Keep scrolling for all the best coats that are just right.
As a fashion and shopping editor, I am well-versed in all the trends and have a solid scope of the best-of-the-best pieces available online. There’s one resource that I love to use to get further insight and inspiration: fashion stylists. Stylists have a gift for finding chic pieces that are often super practical and full of personality. With that in mind, I thought it would be fun to see what’s on the radar of some of my favorite stylists as well as what pieces they can’t live without at the moment.
I reached out to stylists Samantha Elise, Jill Jacobs, Irene Kim, Gina Marie Barbaro, Bryant Simmons, Serra Geris, and Erin Noël and posed this question: What Nordstrom items would you take to a deserted island? As expected, the results were stylish, ranging from cool beach-ready picks to fall staples they simply refuse to give up—even if isolated in the middle of nowhere. Keep scrolling to check out the 49 incredibly chic pieces that made their lists.
It has been years since I’ve been back-to-school shopping, but once the dog days of summer come around, I can’t help but get excited about fall fashion.
Given that I have a classic, minimalist style, it takes a certain something to make me want to add an item to my cart and check out. So, I tend to take my time browsing a few of my favorite multi-brand retailers, especially Shopbop. It’s so easy to see what’s trending for the seasons, and I always set my filter to search for “newest” (and my sizes), which helps to narrow down the hundreds of pages into a consumable dozen or so.
Of course, the only thing better than finding new fall clothing and accessories to add to my autumn wardrobe is scoring them for an unexpectedly sweet price. Luckily, Who What Wear readers can get 20% off at Shopbop until 8/31 using code WWW20. Now for the fine print: the code is for new customers only and cannot be combined with any other promotions. See full terms and conditions here.
Keep scrolling for 15 of my personal picks from Shopbop, some of which I can wear now, and others I’ll save for when it’s officially sweater weather.
Historically, my mom and I have hardly agreed on my fashion choices. Risqué hemlines, bold trends, skinny jeans, platform shoes—all of these things, at some point, have lived in my closet and been a significant part of my wardrobe rotation. My mother disapproved of each of them. You see, her style’s always erred on the timeless side, whereas I have had a tendency to try lots of different things until something sticks. But as I’ve grown older and gotten acquainted with my personal style, my tastes have begun to align with hers, skewing more classic and anti-trend rather than loud and daring.
Nowadays, when I find chic items throughout the work day and I send them to my mom to get her thoughts, we agree on them far more than we disagree on them. Case in point, when I texted her this morning with a link to H&M’s new fall drop—full of classic, minimal, and wearable pieces for the upcoming season—and we both immediately started picking out items that we wanted. Out of all the ones that are still in stock (yes, the collection just launched, and yes, it’s already selling out), we shared affection for 99% of them, something I never would have expected could happen a decade ago.
See why, despite our 27-year age gap, my mom and I are both completely smitten with H&M’s fall arrivals below.
I’ve spent the last week in the Outer Banks with my family, listening to Olivia Rodrigo’s new single on repeat and switching off between swimming at the beach and curling up on the outdoor sofa, scrolling through new Nordstrom arrivals for fall. In short, it’s been a dream vacation, and not only because I’ll be leaving with a tan at the end of it. The biggest reward is the absolutely elite selection of pieces that are currently calling my Nordstrom shopping cart home.
From cashmere knitwear to tailored separates, quiet-luxury handbags to transitional-weather dresses, the 31-item list includes a little bit of everything you (and I) need for fall. And the best part is that you don’t need to go around to dozens of different stores and websites. Everything can be found in one place. Scroll down to get a head start on all the autumn wardrobe building I know you’ll be doing in one months time. Trust me, you won’t regret getting in on these finds nice and early.
It’s rare for a brand to be known for everything it makes. Oftentimes, they’ll be famous for a specific thing, from Levi’s and denim to Bottega Veneta and braided leather goods. For Reformation, the area that really got the brand to the top was its linen, whether it’s crafted into a dress, a set, or separates. Just take a look at the brand’s best-sellers page if you want proof. A majority of the items listed there are crafted out of the summertime-favorite fabric. But since I’ve never been one to blindly accept the word of the masses, I decided that it was time to finally put Reformation’s linen offering to the test and see if all that hype is justified.
To do so, I took home four of the brand’s most talked-about linen pieces—the Will Oversized Linen Shirt, the Mason Linen Shorts, the Tagliatelle Linen Dress, and the Robbie Linen Two-Piece Set—and tried them on, actually feeling the material, physically experimenting with the fit, and experiencing IRL the silhouettes. And of course, I couldn’t keep my findings to myself. Below, read my honest review of Reformation’s linen.
