The New Year calls for fresh items and clever styling! Start the year strong with pieces that will define your wardrobe for the rest of 2024. Heavy prints and patterns are out and discreet chic—buoyed up with wardrobe staples including white tees, pencil skirts, trouser suits, and good jeans—is in. With quiet luxury at its peak, we’re embracing understated elegance in its full glory.

What will you be wearing this 2024? The good news is that you probably already own most of 2024’s key fashion elements and that clever styling will serve as an easy update. Stuffed big leather bags and mixing gold with silver jewelry is no longer anything to be ashamed of. After a thorough market research and a quick browse through the Spring/Summer 2024 shows, we’ve compiled a list of fashion trends that will absolutely make an impact this year. And yes, we will guide you through it!

Drop-waist Dresses

Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2024 | 3.1 Philip Lim Spring/Summer 2024 | COS Knitted Bandeau Dress

High-waist everything and the days of belting a dress has officially reached a pause. The sexier and updated alternative is here and it’s all about drop-waist dresses. Spotted at the S/S 2024 runway shows of 3.1 Philip Lim and Jil Sander, this silhouette showcases a contemporary take on the maxi dress. Dress it up or down, the drop-waist dress looks flattering with a pair of chunky earrings and barely-there sandals or a set of jewels and stunning stilettos.

Get The Look: COS Knitted Bandeau Dress

Fashion Fringe

Dior Spring/Summer 2024 | Gucci Spring/Summer 2024 | Taller Marmo One-Shoulder Fringed Crepe Maxi Dress

The fringe is back and its better than ever. From strings of soft fabrics to metal fringing, the modern flapper is the unexpected frontrunner this 2024. Take cues from Dior and Gucci’s minimalist and maximalist take on this trend. Layer a sheer fringe dress with a pair of wide leg trousers to give the perfect illusion.

Get The Look: Taller Marmo Aarons One-Shoulder Fringed Crepe Maxi Dress

Preppy Spin

Tod’s Spring/Summer 2024 | Bally Spring/Summer 2024 | Prada Logo-Plaques Cropped Shirt

We’ve seen collegiate preppy looks and uniform-like silhouettes on the runway for the past two years but the open collar short-sleeved shirt is set to take center stage this year. The best part is you don’t have to pair it with plaid or a chunky sweater, opt for a shirt dress or a fun bubble hem skirt to dominate this trend.

Get The Look: Prada Logo-Plaques Cropped Shirt

See Me Through

Erdem Spring/Summer 2024 | Carolina Herrera Spring/Summer 2024 | H&M Bead-Embellished Skirt

The transparent skirt in every fabric and length is set to be bigger this year. It had its first introduction last year by brands who found clever ways to layer it up with tights and socks. The transparent skirt, as seen on the S/S 2024 runway shows of Carolina Herrera and Erdem, will for sure take over this summer.

Get The Look: H&M Bead-Embellished Skirt

Mixed Metal Party

Demarson Remi 12K Two-Tone Drop Earrings | David Yurman DY Mercer Huggie Hoop Earrings with Diamonds in Silver and 18K Gold | Charriol Forever Ring Thin

Whoever said that you can’t mix gold and silver jewelry can revisit the statement because it works to see nicely-stacked mixed metal jewelry. Rings, earrings, necklaces, and bracelets, you name it, ‘It’ girls are already wearing it. We’ve been fans of Charriol’s selection but feel free to explore pieces from Demarion and David Yurman.

Get The Look: Charriol Forever Ring

Make Some Room!

Ferragamo Hug Handbag | The Row Soft Margaux 15 Bag in Leather | Bottega Veneta Medium Canvas and Leather Tote

If you haven’t scored a big leather tote bag then you’ve been living under a cave. The girls are already going crazy over The Row Margaux bag like it’s the future heirloom in the making. What’s not to love about this ludicrously capacious bag? It fits a lot and it looks best when its filled to the brim. Matthew Macfadyen must be perplexed.

Get The Look: The Row Soft Margaux 15 Bag in Leather

Ballerina Flats

Repetto Red Cendrillon Ballerina Flats | Chanel Ballet Flats in Aged Calfskin | MM6 Anatomical Ballet Flats

There’s no way we’re letting go of ballet flats just yet. This fan favorite has totally captured hearts. We completely understand if you own not one but a dozen ballet flats. Did you know that decades before Chanel released its classic toe-cap pumps, and before Kate Moss made black ballet pumps her signature shoe, Brigitte Bardot introduced the world to the appeal of a red flat? The movie star commissioned Repetto to make her a pair of tomato-red ballet pumps to wear in the 1956 film And God Created Woman.

Get The Look: MM6 Anatomical Ballet Flats

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