In February, the fashion world entered its annual work excitement: New York hosted the so-called Big Four Autumn-Winter 2024 Week. (Excluding New York, this includes shows in London, Milan and Paris). In this context, many of America’s biggest fashion houses exhibited their collections, from Tommy Hilfiger, which returned to regular Weeks after a two-year break, to Helmut Lang, Prabal Gurung and Carolina Herrera. However, there was still a significant decline in sales of American fashion brands during the week; Marc Jacobs showed his collection shortly before its launch, Ralph Lauren neglected it this time, and fashion designer Tom Ford retired.
But the absence of mastodons did not stop the Week from presenting various fashion trends for autumn and winter 2024. Trends that can be highlighted include office style, bows, red, fur coats and definitely translucent fabrics.
Office Style
Catwalk versions of office suits (trousers and skirts) showed how flexible the approach to a boring business wardrobe can be. Gray, glencheck or black and white plaid look solid, even fierce, on their own. But it is worth radically reducing the length of the skirt, as Carolina Herrera suggests, or wearing a black hoodie under boring gray wool, as Michael Kors shows, and the office style will be complemented by quite fun colors.
There’s another option for conservative fans of the “quiet luxury” for which Tommy Hilfiger in New York is responsible: a Glencheck check three-piece trouser suit, a voluminous jacket and wide trousers.
And a bow on the side
Fashion has created bows for those who prefer romantic images, and they are still in fashion. As the House of Retrofête (and many before it) recommend, a bow on a blouse is appropriate, then it is suitable even for a business wardrobe. Outside the office, giant bows adorn tops and skirts (Coach) and look good as hair clips.
It’s enough to take into account that the bows on the New York Fashion Week catwalks this year were imperfect, disheveled and half-open. And sometimes there’s even a bow-shaped dress bodice, like in the Jason Wu collection.
radical red
This year, red is included in almost every collection. Sometimes these are toned down versions of wine, orange, or burgundy, but most often they’re a showy, strong red color. In autumn and winter, designers recommend that you do not hesitate and wear red (Prabal Gurung) from head to toe or carefully include this color in your wardrobe. For example, red trousers (Tommy Hilfiger) or a thin sweater (Jason Wu) will help you stand out from the crowd, but will not bother them too much.
multicolored fur
Echoes of TikTok fashion’s “Slavic chic” or “mob wife” style have blossomed on New York catwalks. Fur coats are everywhere and in all types, you can even find natural fur and ostrich feathers. For conservatives – black (Michael Kors), for creative individuals – red (Prabal Gurung), pink, white. They are worn over lace-lined dresses and paired with heels to complete the “mob wife” look. By the way, fur on the catwalks wasn’t just about fur coats; 70s-style coats with large fur collars were also welcomed.
Transparency
Not a single season can pass without transparent blouses and dresses for a long time: breasts under thin translucent fabric are still able to “sell” a collection. True, there is still no way to wear a transparent blouse in everyday life – unless you choose a striped dress from thicker fabric that covers important places.