New York Fashion Week gave us plenty of trends to think about (and shop), both on the runway and on the streets. But the outfit inspiration doesn’t have to end there: Over the past few years, the fashion industry has moved on to London, where they take in new collections from some of the most renowned British designers and, of course, show off their great style. See what all your favorite fashion people have been wearing at London Fashion Week, and make note of all the street-style looks you’ll want to copy this season.
It’s still winter. Politics sucks, the weather sucks, and we’re all sick of being inside. Our Winteritis stories are for women who can’t read another think piece, who’ve pushed the outer limits of time it’s possible to spend on social media, and who kind of want to shop online and hibernate until spring is here.
If you thought binge-watching shows on Netflix was a sure-fire way to eat up your day, just wait until you go down your first YouTube hole. OK, it’s 2019: You’ve already gone down a YouTube hole, so you know what I’m talking about. It starts out simple—just one cat compilation video—but before you know it the sun’s down, your phone’s dead, and that laundry you planned on doing remains untouched on the floor. “Where did the time go?” you ask yourself, dumbfounded. It went to Ina Garten’s double fudge brownies, that’s where!
YouTube holes are productivity killers, but they’re A+ if you’re bored and have exhausted every true-crime doc available. Consider the 10 threads, below, a starter kit of sorts. Just make sure all your work is done before diving in.
I don’t cook. I don’t bake. I don’t even order food over the phone—yet whenever I start watching one of Ina Garten’s cooking videos, that’s it for my day. She’s always a little bit shady with her direction, whether she’s imploring you to use the “good” vanilla abstract or assuring you that “store-bought” bread is just fine. (For the record: It’s not. If you’re not baking your bread fresh daily like James Corden in Into the Woods, then what’s the point?)
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Many cats, for whatever reason, are terrified of cucumbers. And someone—I’m not sure who—figured this out and turned it into a viral phenomenon. The eerie part about this is the cats almost all have the same reaction to the cucumber: They literally jump in the air and scatter off in horror. To be fair, that’s basically what I do whenever I pass a salad bar.
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Celebrities are way more relaxed on this British late-night talk show, which leads to funnier, more down-to-earth interviews. Plus, all the celebrity guests hang out on one couch, so you get lots of random pairings. One of my favorites? The Ocean’s 8 cast talking about how Rihanna travels to the Met Gala in her involved outfits. Not exactly a random group, but still iconic.
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The title of this series says it all: A pastry chef, Claire Saffitz, attempts to recreate our favorite junk food. Ina Garten might put you to sleep, but these 20-minute videos will keep you hooked until the end. Why, yes, I do want to see if Claire can make Pringles from scratch. Thanks so much for asking!
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All of your faves have done one of these videos: Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid..the list goes on and on. And the answers are always fun. Who doesn’t want to watch Bella Hadid answer rapid-fire questions while she plays with farm animals?
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YouTube is a gold mine for bloopers, but the Friends outtakes are particularly delightful. Watching Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow break character 15 times in the same scene may not seem addicting at first, but trust me: Just give it a chance.
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Or makeup tutorials of all kinds, really. Kim Kardashian’s how-tos are legendary because she says things like, “If I literally was stranded and only had this product, this is, like, exactly what I would do” in the most monotoned voice. The go-to desert island survival kit: water, flares, concealer.
Every year we wait for Fashion Week to roll around and reveal new makeup techniques and hairstyles, and the products makeup artists are using to get them. Backstage is where trends are born and brands give first looks at their products coming out later in the year. It’s especially fun in the fall because there are some trends you can expect, like smoky eyes (check), while others come out of left field, like “crystal freckles” (also check). This season delivered on both counts, with looks at Tom Ford and Christian Siriano worthy of a double take. If you’re in the midst of a makeup rut or just want to get ahead before every brand releases a new smoky eye palette (seriously, fall is going to be all about eyes), we have all the beauty inspo you could possibly need. Scroll on for the best makeup trends from the fall 2019 runways.
One of the most frustrating things about Fashion Week is that because it happens a season in advance, half the trends you see—and fall in love with—don’t apply until fall rolls around. (You better believe we already have our shopping lists set for September.) One thing this doesn’t apply to, however, is nail polish. With the exception of a few first looks at shades to come later this year, there’s nothing stopping you from getting in on fall’s coolest nail ideas early. This season we saw plenty of inventive takes on the French manicure, fresh twists on neutrals (greige, for the win), and so many metallics. Scroll on to see the best nail trends for fall that’ll take you through 2019 and beyond.
Just by looking at the runways, you can gauge what the season’s biggest colors will be. (Think marigold, regal purple for fall.) Every Fashion Week, the Pantone Color Institute releases a comprehensive report highlighting the top trends from the new collections, making its own predictions as to what shades everyone will be wearing in six months’ time. The Fall 2019 edition just dropped—and you might already be familiar with some of the hues.
According to Pantone, the top colors for Fall 2019 are all about expressing individuality. And according to WWD, they’ve all already made appearances on the 2019 awards show circuit: Sandra Oh wore “Chili Pepper” (a bright, powerful red) to the Golden Globes, while Lady Gaga wore “Crème de Pêche” (a soft alternative to “Millennial Pink”) to the Critics’ Choice Awards. So while they all featured greatly on the Fall 2019 runways during Fashion Week, these colors have already been in our public consciousness for a bit now (even if we didn’t realize it).
Because we’re impatient—and so many of these colors are in stores right now—we’ve highlighted four of Pantone’s Fall 2019 predictions and all the ways you can shop them right now. Because why wait for autumn when you can get ahead of the trend?
Fashion Week always comes at a time when we’re in need for a wardrobe jump-start. Whether it’s the spring shows in September or the fall ones in February, the new collections hit right as we’re looking for fresh ideas and inspiration, to either plan ahead or start wearing now. The fall 2019 runways in New York offered plenty of fodder for both—a mix of styling tricks that can be fashioned out of things already in your closet (like head-to-toe monochrome and double bags) and statement pieces you might want to think about investing in (brown leather versus classic black or a deconstructed approach to suiting).
We’ve surveyed all the newness from the Michael Korses to the Veronica Beards of Fashion Week to bring you the 11 trends we predict will be inescapable come autumn—and maybe even sooner. Read up on the best from fall 2019, ahead.
