These Elevated, Under-$70 Staples Are the Keys to Winning Spring
There is a multitude of ways to best the spring outfit game, but why work harder when you can work smarter? Studying every single trend to emerge within the past few months—from the runways to budding social media–led micro-trends—is certainly one way to be sartorially successful this season, but if you're interested in shortcuts like us, you'll go straight to the seasonless staples. To be clear, trends still very much have a place in our closets, but it's all about gauging the right amount of trendy.
Thankfully, the assortment of items below nails that complex equation of trendy versus timeless for you. With pieces like upgraded denim to fresh feeling statement tops, these are the key to coming out of the season stylishly victorious. The best part? Nothing is over $70, so you can rest easy about shelling out big bucks. Keep scrolling below to check them out.
A fitted black dress might be the most versatile piece you can buy right now. Wear it with tall boots and a coat like our editor Eliza Huber, or style it with sneakers and a quilted coat when the days warm up.
If you haven't already, now's the time to get into the cargo pants trend. Despite its current popularity, you'll be able to wear this trend for seasons to come.
Overall this piece is pretty classic, but the addition of an acid-wash material and a belted waist upgrades the silhouette.
Style it over a poplin button-down now and wear it as is later down the line.
So good we suggest buying this in this dreamy shade of cream too.
The exaggerated ruffles feel decidedly expensive.
Here's another print to consider this spring.
The preppy trend is going strong in 2022, and thankfully, it still has classic appeal.
Split hems adds character to an otherwise simple pair of pants.
A top like this will work with anything from jeans to skirts.
These pants are a winner all on their own.
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Indya Brown is a fashion editor, stylist, and writer living in Los Angeles. While going to school at Columbia University in New York City, she got her feet wet in the fashion industry interning at Elle magazine, Harper's Bazaar, and New York magazine's The Cut. After graduating in 2016, she joined The Cut as a fashion assistant, eventually working her way up to fashion editor. There, she worked on a multitude of projects, including styling inbook feature stories for New York magazine's print issue, writing and pitching market stories for The Cut, and serving as fashion lead for The Cut's branded content. While New York has been her home for over 10 years, she moved to Los Angeles in the midst of the pandemic in 2020 for a new chapter. Now she is a fashion market editor for Who What Wear, focusing on emerging designers, rising trends on and off the internet, interior design, and BIPOC creatives and brands. Aside from her duties as a fashion market editor, Brown is also a freelance stylist and writer, working on national print and video commercial campaigns for Sephora, The Independent, and Cadillac. Her bylines also include Harper's Bazaar, Vox, and The New York Times. But once the computer goes down and the emails turn off, she's likely eating her way through Koreatown, hunting down vintage furniture, scoping out new outrageous nail designs to try, or taking a hot cycling class.
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