The Fall 2024 season is a study in style contrasts: hard with soft, refined with relaxed, contemporary with classic — often all at once. Presented side by side, the runway collections might seem all over the map, but pinning down the through-line proved easy: outright permission to oscillate between opposites without raising eyebrows, to eschew trends as we know them for a more elective approach to dressing. We noticed five sartorial thought-starters emerge from this season’s designer offerings: patterns, adornment and you’ve likely encountered before, but reimagined to suit the multi-faceted modern woman.
Here’s what stood out from the Fall 2024 runway trends, and how to incorporate them into your own dressing algorithm this fall. From left: Prada, Hermès, Marques Almeida. Crisp fall air calls for one thing: the timeless leather topper.
According to the FW24 runways, the definitive du jour is cropped and cut close to the body. A belted beauty by Marques’Almeida was finished with a peplum-like flourish, and called to mind worn-in gems you’d find while rifling through vintage racks. Prada took a distressed approach to a leather jacket so fitted and formed that it resembled medieval body armour.
But it was Celine’s archive-inspired piece—’60s in style, emphasized by gold buttons — that most strongly possessed that perennial effortlessness. French house Hèrmes undeniably knows its way around a hide, and the fall collection’s luscious offering of leather.