On Sylvie Mus: Madewell The Milano Heeled Sandal ($148)
New York really does a number on your footwear. Between the subway stairs at Union Square and the delightful-yet-disastrous cobblestones outside some of my favorite restaurants, the scuffs are inevitable. To avoid heartbreak, I'm very open to keeping affordable styles in the mix.
When it comes to reasonably priced footwear, I always start with Mango for highly covetable, gently on-trend takes on classic styles that always get compliments. I have to say that both Zara and H&M are currently really on one with genuine leather styles that are extremely designer coded. As always, Nordstrom is serving up a slew of options from wallet-friendly brands like Jeffrey Campbell and Franco Sarto. From chic burgundy slingbacks and classic Mary Janes to animal-print mules and trendy heeled loafers, these under-$150 shoes are truly punching way above their price tags.
If you love that slingback energy but don't trust them not to slip, may I introduce you to your new favorite strap detail that makes them so much more walkable?
Blessed are these precious few weeks of wearing open-toe shoes with turtlenecks.
Madewell's fall footwear continues to be a major topic of conversation.
If you didn't know you wanted this color in your wardrobe, now you know.
As someone with high arches, I truly appreciate a chic strap that keeps my heels in my shoes (where they belong) when I walk up the subway steps.
If you're waiting for the animal-print trend to settle down, please make yourself comfortable.
On that note, zebra print would also like a moment.
Then, Pieter Mulier debuted his F/W 24 collection for Alaïa, and in it were multiple pairs of ankle-strap pumps with mega toe cleavage and delicate round toes. Made of patent leather, the controversial heels were colored in shades of blush pink, cerulean, and regal purple, as well as classic black and white. In a moment, everything I thought I knew about round-toe shoes was swiftly ushered out my front door. All that was left was adoration—that, and a hankering for one or more pairs of the style I once adamantly swore off.
It didn't take long for the entire fashion world to catch on. A few weeks after Alaïa's show in January 2024, when the February shows kicked off, round-toe shoes proved to be more than just a one-hit wonder. Carven's Paris show featured rounded flat boots in luxurious brown and champagne-colored satin, while Proenza Schouler featured heeled, wide-calf boots with the same smooth toe shape at its show in New York. Sportmax's F/W 24 collection, which debuted in Milan, included a bevy of round-toe, ankle-strap pumps similar to Alaïa's, but with a skinnier heel and new shades, including navy blue and red.
Midway through New York Fashion Week this season, I came face to face with a lust-worthy pair at the Neous showroom and immediately knew what I had to do. I snapped a photo and posted it to my Instagram Stories, adding a poll to find out what the general consensus was about round-toe shoes and their growing comeback. Well, 55% of the people who participated voted no to a round-toe renaissance. But they haven't seen what I've seen. That is, the 29 pairs of shoes below. Scroll down to shop round-toe shoes—the 2025 version. After seeing the offering that's set to arrive in stores next spring on the S/S 25 runways, it's crystal clear to me that, while controversial right now, round-toe shoes are in for an impressive renaissance.
Starting off strong with Alaïa's runway style in spring 2025's top color trend.
Don't sleep on Massimo Dutti's footwear selection, especially this season.
If you're as in love with Carven's satin, round-toe boots as I am, you'll be completely smitten with this more affordable alt from Massimo Dutti.
Thank you, Maximilian Davis, for designing these perfect T-strap pumps.
These would look truly adorable with tights this fall and winter.
Black is fashion's unofficial favorite color for a reason. Picking it is rarely the wrong answer, especially when it comes to shoes, whether you're investing in them or styling them. But hear me out—another color on the market for fall is making a strong case for the season's top shade. As it's sophisticated and seasonally appropriate, we're placing our bets on brown in all of its luxurious shades for the rest of 2024 and into 2025.
From luxe camel to saturated chocolate, heeled boots to chunky loafers, your quintessential fall shoes await you in the curated mix of rich brown footwear ahead. Lean into the earthiness of the season while still maintaining the versatility of easy, matches-everything black shoes. Below, I've broken down the best brown shoes for autumn by style for your shopping indulgence. Enjoy.
Brown boots are synonymous with transitional weather. This elegant substitute for your everyday black boots will immediately elevate and autumnize any look. Some personal favorites include a Western silhouette, a patent croc exterior, and lush suede.
Yes, ballet flats are still very in, and for chillier climates, the flats are best worn in an opulent brown. Not only do these shoes go with most looks, but they also span so many occasions. They're a very solid investment IMO.
As someone whose choice footwear is sneakers, the brown options are tugging at my wallet. Classic Adidas Sambas in brown? Yes, please. Go for tonal or contrasting details to make your brown sneakers more minimal or peak maximal.
Brown slingbacks are a fall fashion favorite. Whether they include buckles or a T-strap, the chicness awaits. Expect to see these on all of your choice fashion follows this fall.
You will never regret investing in a good pair of loafers. Personally, I think brown loafers are one of the best investments. With comfort and longevity, these shoes will be a go-to for as long as you want them to be.
Mules make for the perfect hybrid heels. While bridging the casual and formal gap, these shoes will take you from happy hours to weddings to nights out.
]]>Model Chloe Oh provided one excellent example. She made summer shorts look fall-ready by styling them with Dr. Martens 1B60 Bex Pisa Leather Knee-High Boots ($240), a brown coat, and a striped scarf. I would never have thought to wear shorts for colder weather, but Chloe just convinced me I should try it. Scroll down to see her outfit and three other skillful ways street-style stars wear Dr. Martens boots for fall.
Chloe expertly styled her knee-high Dr. Martens boots with a brown coat and fun striped scarf. I'll be copying her proportionally perfect look by wearing shorts or a miniskirt with tall boots.
This is a prime example of how you can make simple straight-leg jeans look fresh with the right accessories. These Dr. Martens boots are seriously cool and her bright-yellow handbag adds a colorful touch.
If you already own enough pairs of black boots, why not try white? Yes, you can (and should) wear white after Labor Day.
All-black has never looked so chic. I'll be copying Ira Meindl and styling my boots with cropped wide-leg pants this season.
]]>Gold is making a big splash as we approach the holidays and the start of 2025. One of fashion's favorite style stars of this decade, Moda Operandi's chief brand officer and co-founder, Lauren Santo Domingo, wore a sequin gold blazer to a Chanel event at MoMA just days ago; The Perfect Couple's Meghann Fahy wore a minidress in the same metallic shade to Giorgio Armani's New York show last week; and Jasmine Tookes celebrated the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show's epic return in a floor-length gold couture gown by Aadnevik. On Wednesday, J.Crew released its buzzy new collection with Christopher John Rogers, which included a bevy of shiny gold pieces, including an already-viral barn jacket. But the proof of gold's current uptick doesn't stop there.
WHO: Sofia Richie Grainge
On Thursday night, just days after the Academy Museum Gala, where she made her first official red carpet appearance since giving birth to her first child, Sofia Richie Grainge was spotted at Paris Hilton's concert at the Hollywood Palladium wearing—you guessed it—gold. For the show, she expertly made her metallic heeled mules the star of her outfit, styling them classically with straight-leg, dark-wash jeans, a white T-shirt, and an oversize leather jacket.
Whether you want to style it from head to toe or more minimally à la Richie Grainge, that's up to you. But trust me, you'll want to start adding gold to your wardrobe ahead of 2025. Feel free to utilize some of the closet space that once housed all those silver items from yesteryear. Scroll down to get ahead of fashion's next color trend by shopping our favorite gold pieces on the market now.
Spotted on countless stylish people on my feeds, these in-demand trainers tap into several key winter trends while retaining a wearable, timeless, chuck-on silhouette—they are New Balance, after all. Seen on Lily Allen, who this week wore a dark brown aged leather pair adorned with two sets of laces—a styling trick seen throughout the collection—with white socks, jeans, a leather jacket and an apple green bag covered in playful charms, the singer and actor wore her pair casually and effortlessly with her autumnal look.
Based on New Balance's iconic 530 trainers, this trending iteration sees the classic style reimagined through the Miu Miu lens. Featuring leather, suede and corduroy fabrications and mismatched laces woven throughout, Miu Miu's input has transformed these classic "dad" trainers into a fashion person's dream buy.
Available in a selection of neutral shades including white, chocolate brown and cinnamon, the trending trainers remain versatile and easy to style, wearing well with the moody shades that often dominate a winter wardrobe.
Selling out as soon as they're re-stocked, these aren't an easy pair of shoes to get your hands on. As such, fashion people have set restock alerts, traipsed through re-seller sites and consulted shopping experts in an attempt to call them their own.
To discover the styles that have fashion people buzzing right now, read on to shop the Miu Miu X New Balance trainers here, as well as find our edit of our other favourite trainers from New Balance and Miu Miu below.
Style Notes: Style with a pleated miniskirt to craft a Miu Miu inspired look that's practically runway ready.
Style Notes: These trending trainers have a preppy edge, and as such style well with striped knits and barn jackets.
Style Notes: The embellished shoes style so well with an equally decorated bag.
Style Notes: The suede trainer trend is one of the most in-demand styles of the season.
Style Notes: Style with a colourful stock or wear with a bright white pair.
Style with white socks and jeans to get Lily's look.
The corduroy composition gives these a wintery edge.
Style with jeans or pair with a knee-length pencil skirt.
The backless design gives these a relaxed and casual energy.
The suede trainer trend is taking off this season.
Style with white socks or pick a pair in a vivid colour.
The brown trainer trend is taking off this winter.
There aren't many things that the fashion crowd loves more than when a designer brand collaborates with one that's unexpected and unrelated (think Birkenstock x Manolo Blahnik, Gucci x The North Face, and Miu Miu x New Balance). The latest buzzy example of this is Sorel x Proenza Schouler. The Portland-based outdoorsy shoe brand (Sorel) that's known for its functional yet stylish winter boots paired up with everyone's favorite cool veteran NYC brand (Proenza Schouler). The result is a pair of leather-and-rubber boots based on Sorel's iconic Caribou Chelsea Boots and leather mules based on its Caribou Mules—which brings me back to Bella Hadid.
Hadid was just photographed in West Hollywood wearing the black mules with a white tank and matching short shorts under a brown bomber jacket, displaying a very non-wintry way to style the shoes. But once winter hits, I predict every NYC fashion girl will be reaching for the shoes to combat the slushy city streets. The shoes are fully stocked at the moment, but that probably won't be the case once winter rolls around, so scroll to shop them in every color before they sell out.
On Bella Hadid: Sorel x Proenza Schouler Caribou Mules ($375)
Tapping into the growing animal print trend that's seen leopard print, zebra print and cow print come to the fore, this elegant evolution speaks to a sophisticated side of styling the some of the other faux animal motifs that maybe aren't quite so versatile.
Angular, glossy and naturally chic, this loafer iteration is an easy way to punctuate a casual look with a smart and polished finish. A sleeker alternative to boots and trainers for daily styling throughout the winter months, this shoe can slot in to all of the outfits that your boots had completed up until now. Pairing well with tailored trousers and pencil skirts, they also style incredibly well with a variety of jeans styles, too.
Naturally expensive looking, mock croc fabrications always appear well above their actual price point, due to the expensive nature of the real crocodile skin the preceded the mock croc trend in the '40s, '50s, and '60s. Now, thankfully, designers have embraced faux materials that look just as sophisticated but, naturally, are more ethical.
I invested in a pair of mock croc shoes myself a few years ago, and while they aren't loafers, ev every time I wear them I immediately feel more put together. So I know mock croc loafers will afford me the same payoff.
Certainly one of the chicest winter trends to invest in this season, read on to discover our edit of the best mock croc loafers below.
Style with denim or wear with a tailored trouser.
These rich brown loafers are a chic alternative to black for daily styling.
As a former Nordstrom employee, I have been shopping at the retailer for years and years, and I have officially given myself the title of a "Nordstrom person." I shop for basically everything under the sun at Nordstrom, but at the moment, my closet is starved for new shoes for fall and winter. Luckily for both of us, the Nordstrom fall sale is here, marking down all of the brands I know and love up to 50% off until October 28.
After all, when I'm sale shopping, I can usually justify getting an extra pair of shoes since I've saved so much on the other heavily-marked-down pairs of footwear going home with me.
This time around, the sale has really turned up the heat with its sale shoes. With so many good picks, I figured I would round up the best pairs and share them with you to make the whole "digging through the sale section" thing my problem and not yours.
Keep scrolling to take a look at the 29 Nordstrom fall sale shoes I'm eyeing at the moment. You can thank me later.
Sam Edelman's best-selling loafers in snakeskin are almost $50 off. I'm in.
I love these Western mules, especially now that they're under $85.
I'm loving studded shoes this season, starting with this pair.
I'm obsessed with off-white loafers, and this Tory pair is calling out to me.
I always stock up on Stuart Weitzman picks during the Nordstrom fall sale. These pointed-toe ballet flats are now under $200, and I think I need them.
These come in three other colors, but how cute is this pink?
These come in three other colors, but the black is my favorite.
Steve Madden has so many good shoes marked down during the Nordstrom fall sale.
What's better than a pair of Brunello Cucinelli shoes? A pair of Brunello Cucinelli shoes on sale.
My mom is a big Birkenstock fan, so I'm snagging these as a gift for her while they're on sale.
The unusual split-toe feature, presented in the label's inaugural collection in 1988, harkens back to a centuries-old Japanese design that was thought to promote agility and mobility, both in sandal and boot form. Today, the simple style is more of a statement shoe than a practical item, worn by fashion darlings like Chloë Sevigny on the streets of NYC to newer devotees like Bad Bunny on the red carpet at this year's Met Gala.
Even though Margiela's original Tabi style is approaching its fourth decade, the eye-catching footwear is as fresh and fashion-forward as ever. Keep scrolling to shop Kylie Jenner's Mary-Jane version of the shoes, plus eight more Tabi designs that style-savvy people around the globe wear.
On Kylie Jenner: Maison Margiela Tabi Mary Jane Flats ($1150)