With a prolific changing of the guard at legacy houses in Milan—Sabato de Sarno at Gucci, Matteo Tamburini at Tod's, Simone Bellotti at Bally—and Paris Fashion Week—Chemena Kamali at Chloé, Seán McGirr at Alexander McQueen, and Hedi Slimane just announcing his exit at Celine—the fall 2024 trends included a bit of everything for everyone. There were smart wardrobe investments at Max Mara and The Row, clothing that toked the wearing vs. styling trend debate at Fendi, unconventional pairing ideas at Loewe and Dries Van Noten, and fur or faux fur coats just about everywhere you turned.
If you want quirk and kitsch, you can find them within the biggest fall 2024 trends where the embrace of personal style and maximal accessories was a repeated theme. A great coat, a beautifully tailored suit, and a luxurious knit were equally prioritized, all within arm's reach. "I was interested in making a monument out of the everyday," Bottega Veneta's Matthieu Blazy told a group of journalists backstage in Milan. A lesson that seemingly ordinary pieces, like a leather skirt or a button-down shirt, can still be extraordinary with a bit of innovation and well-executed techniques.
