The 20 New York Fashion Week Street Style Looks You Need to See
Often, street style imagery captures outfits you'd never see outside of the fashion week bubble, but this New York Fashion Week, we've spotted lots of looks that are everyday life (aka not just for photos). After scrolling through hundreds—if not thousands—of street style pictures from the weekend, I've found 20 outfits that really stand out.
Some themes are emerging just a week into fashion month: There are plenty of Saks Potts coats, hair clips, robe coats, checked trousers, Boyy bags, super-shiny ankle boots and so much beige. Tonal dressing seems to be the one S/S 19 trend the street style crowd is running with, and we're totally happy with that. Keep scrolling for the 20 street style looks you need to see from New York Fashion Week.
Style Notes: This green trouser suit looks amazing with a burgundy crossbody and a pair of snake-print boots.
Style Notes: Eva Chen is a big fan of tonal dressing, and we love how she matched her lilac coat to her jumper to her beanie hat.
Style Notes: Moda Operandi's Lisa Aiken wears a white raincoat with jeans and then adds one talking point: her leather bucket hat.
Style Notes: Net-a-Porter's Libby Jane Page wears cream jeans with a camel coat, a matching jumper and a corduroy Wandler bag.
Style Notes: Chrissy Rutherford wears a buttery yellow Saks Potts coat with straight-leg jeans and glossy ankle boots.
Style Notes: Alyssa's dusty-pink Acne corduroy jacket looks amazing with her Mansur Gavriel bag in the same colour.
Style Notes: Lisa Aiken wrote on Instagram that her "fashion month uniform" consists of tonal looks. Here, she sticks to a fall colour palette, wearing a brown leather Nanushka dress with a rusty-red Joseph coat.
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Style Notes: Lyn from Icon Accidental wore a rust-coloured ankle-skimming robe coat with matching orange earrings and red sunglasses.
Style Notes: Straight-leg jeans continue to be the key denim silhouette among the fashion crowd.
Style Notes: Net-a-Porter's Libby Jane Page wears a classic trench coat in a bright orange colour with a black roll-neck and boots.
Style Notes: Hair clips are the leading accessory in New York. Alyssa Coscarelli wears hers with a sheer organza Paper London dress and oversized Tibi blazer, while Lauren Caruso wore head-to-toe beige.
Style Notes: The blue checked duster coat and yellow Shrimps bag make this cream tonal outfit a little different.
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Style Notes: We love how this cream skirt is dressed down with an oversized shirt-style jacket.
Style Notes: Red knee-high boots and a checked overcoat = a classic pairing that always looks chic.
Style Notes: A popular street style move this season is to wear a neon roll-neck as a base layer.
Style Notes: Tonal styling looks really expensive, especially if you stick to buttery shades and rich tans.
Style Notes: Jessie Bush smartens up her leather aviator jacket with a pair of checked orange trousers by Sea New York.
Style Notes: Who What Wear Editor in Chief Kat Collings pairs her "Muppet coat" with an oversized Wandler bag.
Style Notes: Tamu McPherson gives us a lesson in layering with a wrap dress over a T-shirt and tailored trousers.
Style Notes: Jessie Bush ignores all the usual styling rules and pairs two clashing printed checks together.
Next up, see our guide to the nine key street style trends for 2019.
Emma is a freelance fashion editor with over 15 years experience in industry, having worked at The Telegraph, Grazia and, most recently, British Vogue. Emma was part of the founding team of Who What Wear UK, where she worked for six years as Deputy Editor and then Editor—helping shape the team into what it is today is one of the biggest privileges of her career and she will always see herself as a Who What Wear girl, contributing to both the US and UK sites. Whether she's writing about runway trends or spotlighting emerging brands, she aims to write about fashion in a way that is democratic and doesn't promote over consumption.
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