Style Agenda: 11 Trends To Embrace In 2018
- Set your sights on the new season? Up your game with Vogue's edit of trends for 2018. We're talking ugly shoes (it's a thing!), the fresh model face to know, and the unlikely return of cycling shorts... all beautifully illustrated by fashion's favourite illustrator, Tanya Ling.
- Short OrderCycling shorts are back, requisitioned from the Eighties aerobics studio. Well, only if they’re beautifully rendered in lace, as seen at Saint Laurent, where they were worn underneath a voluminous ball gown, or Nina Ricci, where they underscored tassel-heavy shirts. Time to tone up those thighs.
Radical Transparency
The style cognoscenti don't waste time with handbag clutter. Streamline your daily haul and upgrade your wallet: with plastic as a key catwalk trend at Valentino (seen here, with a studded purse interior), Chanel and Céline, your entirely see-through handbag should only reveal a neatly curated interior.The Cardigan Fling
Any summer wedding guest can throw a cardigan over their dress - it’s those who are fastening them at the throat with a bejewelled brooch, arms left trailing (à la Erdem) that are winning right now.Pretty In Porcelain
You're never too old to play with porcelain: a raspberry chain of embroidered dolls on white cotton at Simone Rocha, inspired by her collection of childhood toys, is the new-season update on florals. If that feels a little girly, try chintzy feet: Mulberry's sleek ankle boots come with a bone china heel fit for a country house dresser.Fresh Face: Fran Summers
We love the lissom Yorkshire teen Fran Summers, who stormed spring at Saint Laurent, Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton and Céline in her debut season. Her agent signed her up on the premise that she reminded him of a young Natalie Portman, playing child assassin Mathilda in Léon. True to form, she's killing it.Souped Up Track Suit
Try the tracksuit 3.0: A grass green pair of nylon jogging bottoms, embellished with neat racing stripes of beading, sequins and ribbon (as seen at Valentino) are the crisp upgrade on last season's jersey iterations. Wear them with hyper-feminine, bow-adorned pumps for ultimate style points.Horror Show
Time to rent a selection of classic American horror movies - because if you don't know your Blades from your Nightmare On Elm Street, Raf Simons's Calvin Klein show is going to make little sense. First up on your buffering bar should be Rosemary's Baby, so you can throw out lines such as "It's going to be a very special party", Mia Farrow-style, in a baby blue dress inspired by her character's night gown.Ugly Shoe Parade
Elf shoes, gum boots, and just plain hideous Velcro sandals: designers engaged in an ugly footwear fash-off for spring, with Jonathan Anderson explaining that it was all good spirits. "They make you laugh!" he said of the curly-toed trainers frolicking down the Loewe runway at his behest. Wear if you dare.The Summer Muse: See Jacquemus
In search of summer holiday inspo? Commit Jacquemus's hot South of France nymphette to memory: from the wider-than-a-doorway hat, to the sculptural earrings, not to mention the sexy French island girl crochet mini dress, Simon Porte has your Corsica look down pat.Domestic Policy
Cleaning is the new Pilates, according to the London catwalks. Christopher Kane is enjoying a love affair with Domestos, thanks to the arrival of a new puppy, and filled his spring collection with mop-head tasselled shoes and Pledge yellow duster dresses; J.W. Anderson was doing the dishes in Irish linen tea-towel tops and trousers; and Toogood was into J-cloth squiggles, repurposed as body-swathing shirts. Fast-forward the detox: come January, a spring clean theme should characterise your wardrobe.Triple denim
Still partial to vintage stonewash denim? Abort. Tom Ford led the charge with dark indigo, worn head to toe - bra included.
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