For the Little Red Rooster fashion team, February is a particularly exciting time – runway presentations kick off in New York and stomp all the way through to Paris in mid-March.
With the arrival of spring, we’re now seeing the SS22 trends we predicted would dominate our wardrobes back in October, from layered crochet knits to all-white ensembles. Nobody could have predicted, however, quite how far that Miu Miu mini skirt would go.
Miu Miu SS22
The chances are, if you were on Instagram between February and March, you saw A-listers and models alike styling the mini skirt. It was undoubtedly a viral sensation we then saw sashay its way into street style for AW22 fashion month.
But it’s the trends emerging over the last month we are most intrigued by, such as the resurgence of the full denim look to the plethora of bright, bold colours that lit up the catwalks.
Doubling down on double denim
We may have thought we’d seen every iteration of reinventing the denim trend, but this month it was back. From the head-to-toe mixed-coloured denim looks we saw on the in London to the shredded denim trainers unveiled by Loewe in Paris, denim took multiple forms and even stepped into an other-worldly glamour at the Marc Jacobs show.
Loewe AW22
Whilst the origins of denim are in non-stretch cotton fabrics, nowadays most jeans have a little bit of stretch making them far more comfortable. With the pandemic becoming more like a memory than reality with each passing day, we are grateful that we are seeing comfort on the runway that doesn’t take the form of loungewear.
An Autumn array…
Bold, bright colours are typically a spring and summer trend but where AW22 usually brings with it more subdued, neutral tones in our wardrobes, we saw wonderful arrays of vivid hues and colour-blocked suits on the catwalks.
As in the Dur Doux show, colour-blocked ensembles were combined with expert tailoring and the stunning cobalt blue two-piece felt almost presidential, like something we might have seen worn to the US Presidential inauguration back in 2021. And much like the iconic yellow coat worn by Amanda Gorman, we saw yellow splashed across the runway, with the latest collection from Tory Burch being a prime example.
Fuchsia was also rife amongst the AW22 collections, creating stand-out moments and breathing energy into what can be a tiring, gruelling month for those on the fashion month circuit. Most interesting is the way fuchsia was paired with accessories that were an ever-so-slightly different shade of pink (or even purple), creating a contrast that somehow seemed to work. We were particularly inspired by the full-pink Eudon Choi dress, headband, bag, and heels ensemble.
We’ve already mentioned tailoring, but it was everywhere. Power shoulders and metallic fabrics took centre stage, showing that a suit will be a definite staple to have in your wardrobe this Autumn.
Be ‘En your Garde’ for avant garde
Fashion is always evolving and reinventing what has come before, but this kicked into high gear with avant-garde expression taking over.
We often associate this form of experimental style with London Fashion Week, where we are more used to seeing eccentricism on the catwalk. In New York, however, Marc Jacobs brought an unearthly, almost dystopian, aura to his AW22 collection which was only enhanced in the photography that followed with Bella Hadid channelling an elongated and statuesque splendour. Also of note, Marc Jacobs used maxi denim skirts in both Gigi and Bella Hadid’s looks to manifest this form of expression, building on the grand silhouettes we saw in his SS22 collections.
Meanwhile, Area mixed all the glamour we saw in SS22 collections last Autumn with a distinctly mystical penchant for gold, embellished winged looks. This appeared to look most like a fairy in places but was drawing on the recent resurgence of the obsession with butterflies in women’s fashion.
With audiences almost fully returning to most shows over fashion week, there was an emphasis on creating a spectacle and producing a collection that would stand out on the runway.
