All The Fashion Items You Should Try This Fall, According To R29 Editors

The leaves are starting to turn and sweaters are coming out of storage. However you finger well-nigh fall, it's time to dig into some of the season's top trends, which this year range from silver metallics and white skirts to ballet flats and top-handle bags.

While this season's malleate is all well-nigh wearability, that doesn't midpoint it's a time for wearisome outfits (although, if you're in that phase in your life, please know I'm moreover there). The color red, for example, is one trend R29 editors are eyeing to stave off the imminent unprepossessed weather blues.

Before you undeniability it quits on your seasonal wardrobe transformation, take a squint at some of the weightier malleate items our team recommends for the season, from puppy-printed shirts to secondhand Oxford shoes.

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DKNY Plaid Vest

I’ve been looking for a new vest to add to my hodgepodge for a while, and this one fits right in. While I love neutrals, I typically have a nonflexible time pairing prints in those shades with other pieces in my wardrobe. Yet, this one has been easy: I’ve paired it with trousers (pictured here), as well as white skirts and jeans. Plane though it’s on trend this fall, the vest is a archetype that will protract to be in my wardrobe for years to come. Frances Solá-Santiago, malleate writer.

Maje Silver Pleated Skirt

Metallics are having a moment this year and, if the runways of the spring 2024 season are any indication, they will protract to trend next year. I got this skirt older this summer and have worn it for the last month from New York Malleate Week (pictured here) to London and now Paris. I love it considering it looks equally unconfined when paired with a statement top (like this Cecilie Bahnsen number that I rented via Rent The Runway) as a neutral gray sweater for a increasingly subtle monochrome look. I could moreover wax poetic well-nigh these Chloe sneakers that have likewise gone with me from New York to Europe and turned me into a sneaker person but I kind of once did.

Rachel Antonoff Weightier In Show James Shirt & Furla Camelia Bag

I love a print, especially a taunting print (zoom in on those pups, I dare ya). This one calls to me for fall with its faded burnt orange on faded yellow pattern and sturdy wooden buttons.

As a person with big boobs and wide hips, I’ve really struggled with the current trend of wearing cross-bodies and whup bags tight wideness the chest. That is until I found this Furla bag on Rent The Runway. It’s small unbearable to sit comfortably whilom my hip but big unbearable to hold my wallet, keys, and glasses. Bonus: The strap is willowy and long unbearable to go unelevated the butt.

AE Next Level Super High-Waisted Flare Jean

I was rendered speechless the first time I slipped into a pair of American Eagle jeans (mom jeans, naturally) in the year 2023. I couldn’t icon out how the same trademark I unprofane in my youth could fit my sultana soul in, dare I say it, an plane largest manner. I was gifted this flared pair in black, and they are currently the most flattering pair of jeans I own. They hug in all the right places and are a soft, stretchy material.

 

Banana Republic Red Suit

I famously don’t wear unvigilant colors. But the fall runways convinced me to give red a try. I was surprised at how much I liked this two-piece linen suit — the statement-making tone of red feels like a neutral thanks to its darker undertones. While I styled it together, I see myself wearing the pieces separately as well this fall. Malleate can surprise you, if you let it.” — Frances Solá- Santiago, malleate writer

 

Dr. Martens 1461 Women’s Patent Leather Oxford Shoes

Years ago, I saw these shoes at a coffee shop in my hometown on some girl’s feet who looked much cooler than me. As an upstanding vegan, I have a strict only-secondhand-leather policy, so to find a pair of shoes I’ve been thinking well-nigh for scrutinizingly a decade? I believe they undeniability that happenstance.

I know I’ll have these for years and years to come, and I love how shiny they stay if you alimony them clean. I expect to wear a lot of Jenna Lyons-esque fits with these shoes this fall.