Autumn always carries a sense of transition - a time when wardrobes shift, silhouettes sharpen, and moods take on a cinematic quality. This season, fashion isn’t just about layering for warmth, it’s about layering meanings: irony and nostalgia, intimacy and drama, softness and strength. Here are five trends that will define fall’s aesthetic codes.
1. The Utility Belt Bag
Forget sleek belt bags of past seasons. This fall, the bag wraps around the waist like a builder’s tool belt - oversized, compartmentalized, unapologetically practical.
It’s more than a styling choice: it’s a metaphor. In uncertain times, we all become “constructors” of our own lives, always prepared, always equipped. Whether paired with tailored trousers or a delicate lace skirt, the utility belt bag creates a sharp contrast - irony meeting pragmatism, toughness meeting tenderness.
2. Coats with a Raised Collar
The raised collar is back - less about warmth, more about attitude. Think spies in old cinema reels, shadows in streetlights, or the silhouette of a lone figure against the wind.
This detail adds mystery and drama, a shield against the excess of exposure that defines our era. A high collar elongates the body, creates verticality, and transforms even a basic coat into a statement. On a dimly lit street, the gesture of flipping up a collar feels like pure movie magic.
BLUMARINE wool-blend coat
1600$ MYTHERESA
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3. Aviator Sunglasses
Aviators are reclaiming their position in the spotlight. These frames do more than shade the eyes - they change the entire energy of a face, shifting it instantly toward confidence, coolness, even defiance.
For some, aviators recall the early 2000s, when celebrities wore them as the ultimate badge of fame. For others, they carry echoes of retro pilots, freedom-seekers, and icons of rebellion. Either way, they’re back not as a cliché, but as a powerful tool of transformation: put them on, and you’re the protagonist.
RAY BAN aviator sunglasses
151$ REVOLVE
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4. Lace on Skirts, Tunics, Dresses
Lace this season is not about wedding romance but about tension: fragile transparency juxtaposed with weighty silhouettes. A lace hem peeking beneath a wool coat, a delicate panel set against chunky boots - these moments create a new kind of visual poetry.
Autumn redefines lace as something darker, almost gothic. It no longer whispers of sweetness but of resilience. Lace hides as much as it reveals, working like a romantic kind of armor: fragile yet unbreakable.
DOEN silk midi skirt
341$ NET-A-PORTER
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This fall, fashion leans into contrasts: practicality disguised as irony, romance turned into drama, nostalgia reshaped into fresh codes. These trends aren’t just clothes - they’re signals of how we move through a world that demands both protection and play.
