30 Fall Accessories That Are So Good the Rest of Your Outfit Won't Matter

Let me just say that I love accessories so much that I have to remind myself on a regular basis to buy actual clothes. I may be exaggerating just a tad, but I prioritize shopping for accessories (and shoes, of course) over all other fashion items. Give me all of the bags, jewelry, hair adornments, scarves, and so on. I find that I can be wearing any old simple basics but if I have on some great accessories, I receive compliments all day long.
Selfishly, I was eager to put this story together because I need some new fall accessories (that I can also wear into winter—it's coming), and I've seen a ton of amazing ones lately. So I combed through the shopping internet and found us all 29 statement-making (even if it's a subtle statement) options that quite literally *make* the outfit. Keep scrolling to shop my fall accessory picks along with me.
Every celeb's favorite baseball cap just got a corduroy glow-up.
Another gem from Reformation's New York City Ballet collab.
Far cuter than the average black scarf, and you'll use it for years.
When the holiday party invitations start rolling in, you'll be glad you ordered this.
Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.
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