What to wear in the autumn: Stylists and fashion editors' tips
Overseas Trench Coats, Transparent All, Windsor Cell and imitation of snake skin - we again asked stylists and fashion editors about how they see an interesting autumn wardrobe. And at the same time, we figured out how to adapt the catwalk trends to the Russian realities and not go broke at the same time.
It seems to me that this autumn we will bid farewell to fashion for everything “ugly” on the Rabelaisian scale we are used to for the past season. I believe that now this tendency is better left to John Hill and Shye Labafu (it is impossible to surpass them anyway). In the new season in the trend shameless kitsch, camp, the lack of complexes and deep cuts. Draperies and rhinestones from the 80s have not gone away, theatrical images at the junction of the 70s and the Gucci Renaissance still do not bother us, and almost “naked” blouses have replaced the trend for a new modesty. In general, if you once had a dream to look like a movie hero, the time has come.
My most interesting and favorite trend of this fall is leather items with a slight touch of the 90s and BDSM. This trend is a logical continuation of the story about power dressing and the freedom of female expression. Only here there are no overhead shoulders and masculine costumes, but the liberation of one’s body and desires. Mastkhev of this season is definitely a leather coat in the best traditions of the "Matrix" - a long and black one. As an option - a model of shiny skin. Another way to follow the trend is a leather dress or high waist pants, like those of Versace, who decided to recall the archival collection of the founder of the house. It is necessary to look for extraordinary things and young brands: for example, I liked the leather raincoats and dresses from the autumn collection of the Situationist brand in Tbilisi. You can also get accessories with chains - always plus a hundred points to the mystery; these are for beginners Saint Made.
In the same category, “so bad that it’s already good”, animalistic prints are sent, which were, without exaggeration, in every autumn collection. It's time to find a jacket with a snake print, like Nicholas Cage in Wild Heart, and an incorruptible leopard fur coat. There have always been a lot of them in the mass market, but now there will be even more. Such a thing is a statement at once: put on a jacket - and the image is ready. As for the palette, in addition to traditional natural colors, this season promises to return neon and acid, turning autumn into a techno party. Especially effectively, all this will look with the same leather coat or coat.
It's a bit difficult for me with the “what to wear this fall” and “what exactly you should spend money on” formats, because I don’t believe in universal recommendations. There are so many completely different things at the same time in the trend that you generally won’t lose if you go to any store from Zara to Versace and take any item from the new collection - it will be absolutely fashionable.
If I rely on trends that are nice to me, then after watching the shows and drawing up a board on Pinterest I can single out the following: thin knitted turtlenecks on a naked body under "male" jackets, trouser suits like Jil Sander and Dries Van Noten (including bright ones) , loose trousers with pockets at the waist, as in “American Gigolo”, suits with skirts or shorts, the hem of which ends flush with the jacket edge, worn under a hood coat with a hood and a small bag on a short wide, better even contrast belt. The benchmark is Loewe's Puzzle Bag and the bags from the new Prada collection, and Russian brands Kozha Numbers and IMakeBags have cool and not-so-expensive ones in the mass market of similar models, too.
Of the still fashionable things that you could buy in the spring, are long-sleeved trench coats (the harder the better, but the classic long beige will work fine) and white shoes that look cool with trouser suits. In bad weather this is not the most practical option, so I would not invest in it. From accessories - mono-earrings, and even earrings and clips from laconic pieces of metal and supposedly vintage (or indeed vintage, if you have such). My favorite returning trend is latex and patent leather. If you, like me, managed to buy a bunch of lacquered things over the last two or three years, then you will also be glad that they have returned to the podiums and in general to the current agenda.
But again, this is not an objective slice - let fashion magazines do this. This is the sample that I will use as a cheat sheet when in the next three months I want to buy something and do not miscalculate.
I love to wear things for a long time and try to translate seasonal fluctuations of trends in basic items that will last for many years. And if there is no goal to perform very coolly - but there is a desire to just look modern and calm - I advise you to look for some variation of a gray trouser suit (or a suit with a midi skirt). It hardly ever happens that this basis of wardrobe will suddenly take and go out of fashion. Especially if the pants are some kind of a win-win style - for example, straight wide. Let the jacket be a little more than necessary: it seems that the male oversight is with us for a long time. Such a top can always be put on a dress, a T-shirt, make it look worse, a funny sweater (pay attention to the rise of après-ski this season) and in general anything you like. If it turns out that the costume is in a fashionable Windsor cell, it is excellent, or you can wear a neutral suit strip. Then he will definitely be a lifesaver every time when you do not understand what to wear for an interview or a serious meeting.
The second excellent trend, which certainly needs to be included in the wardrobe (if you have not done it yet), is a voluminous down jacket, it is also unlikely to go anywhere in the near future. And you can live up to the season of down-padded jackets in an oversize trench - the classic male version can be searched in vintage stores. Wear it with a hoodie or all the same fun sweater.
If you really spend money, then to buy a trench coat or a coat. Hypersize and square shoulders, which were in jackets in the spring-summer collections, go into autumn outerwear. The bigger the style and the bigger the size, the better. You can also not limit yourself in quantities: a few coats worn over a raincoat are the most relevant combination this season. My favorite this season is Marc Jacobs and his collection with clear references to the design of Claude Montana of the 80s. Knee high boots or boots with a blunt square nose - what I was looking for last winter and will continue to look for this fall. Similar seen in vintage stores and at Céline.
Bloggers and media everywhere hint that it is worth buying something of leopard or brindle color, but personally I would prefer them to have a spectacular python print. If the raincoat with a snake pattern is too bold for you, you can purchase a bag, belt or the above-mentioned boots.
The attributes of a typical tourist can be found in the mass market, and in the autumn shows of grand marks. Wallets around the neck, belts with belt bags and pendants, Panama made of thick fabrics or leather, ugly shoes, vests with a lot of pockets - even all this can look cool if you combine these accessories with shirts, light dresses or office clothes. On the website of Acne Studios you can also look at examples to follow.
Yellow-black cells, blouses of varying degrees of transparency with expressive collars, microsuits, mini and maxi-sundresses, like those of Miu Miu, rush to the aid of eternal students and office workers. Even for inspiration, you can review the films of the beginning of zero about the American high school or (quick version) shows Y / Project.
Photo: Uniqlo, Céline, Maison Margiela, Acne Studios