The Most Influential Runway Looks Every Fashion Girl Should Memorize
Who What Wear is turning 10 this year! To celebrate our #WWW10 milestone, we’re looking back at the past decade of style.
There have been countless memorable runway looks over the past 10 years, with everyone from Raf Simons putting his stamp on the classic fashion house Dior to the new wave of highly directional designers like Demna Gvasalia (of Vetements and Balenciaga) and Alessandro Michele (of Gucci) giving a fresh new look to the past several seasons as a whole. Several looks that have come down the catwalk between 2006 and now have greatly influenced trends, other designers, red carpet looks, and what women around the world want to wear. We narrowed down the 13 most influential looks from the past decade for you to test your runway knowledge.
Keep scrolling to take a guess as to the designer behind each iconic influential look, and shop our picks from each brand while you're at it!
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Vetements and Balenciaga share the same creative director, Demna Gvasalia.
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Every fashion girl covets Céline's perfect footwear creations every season.
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Olivia Palermo's favorite shades received a rose gold makeover.
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See you at the disco.
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We couldn't think of a better way to try this season's ballet trend.
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Velvet, pink, ruffles! This has F/W 16 written all over it.
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This tote is adorned with 1276 runway looks from the past decade. Adding to cart.
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If you want something especially classic, Louis Vuitton. Always Louis Vuitton.
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How beautiful is the combination of these sleeves and this ruby hue?
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Wear this over a slip dress, with jeans, wide-leg trousers—you name it!
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Rich oxblood is just as versatile as black, in our opinion.
How many runway looks did you correctly guess? Tell us in the comments!
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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. 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.