Daily trends

The most argued-about footwear of the season just got its coronation. WWD reports that socks worn with heels have moved from runway quirk to defining fall 2026 trend, with Dua Lipa, Chappell Roan and Sarah Paulson all wearing the pairing in the last few weeks.

The reference look is Dua Lipa's second outfit at the London Literature Festival on October 24: a black Prada Re-Nylon camisole and pencil skirt, black knee-high socks embroidered with white flowers, and white satin heels trimmed all over with feathers. Earlier the same day she wore a crimson Chanel set with lace-up Le Silla knee-high boots, but it is the socks-and-feathers combination that sent fashion group chats into overdrive.

What makes the pairing work is the tension. A plain heel is polished; a sock underneath makes it playful, a little wrong in the right way. The versions landing now range from sheer ankle socks with Mary Janes to embroidered knee-highs with kitten heels, and the brave end of the spectrum runs to thigh-high latex. Start with a fine knit sock in a neutral tone and a heel you already own — the trend is in the combination, not the purchase.

Every reliable read on fall 2026 points the same way: the coat got longer, the shoulders dropped, and brown replaced black as the default. The look works because the volume is doing the styling — a shin-skimming wool coat makes jeans, a knit and boots read as a considered outfit rather than a pile of layers.

Todd Snyder's November guide leans all the way in, leading with a houndstooth Balmacaan and a tan wool-cashmere car coat. The Balmacaan is the purist's pick: yarn-dyed houndstooth woven in Italy, a rolled open lapel, raglan sleeves, and a below-the-knee cut that swallows a suit or a hoodie with equal ease.

The styling rule this week is restraint underneath. Let the coat carry the pattern and the colour, keep everything below it quiet, and let the length do the talking.

The Zendaya and Law Roach sneaker-Mary Jane hybrid ($190 retail) sold out almost immediately in black, clove and dew; resale listings now run $200–$850. The sneakerina lane has a new celebrity anchor.

SILive: Sold out at retail; eBay listings $200–$850 vs $190 retail.

Dover Street Market: DSMNY still lists the Clove/Ivory pair (FW26).

Tags: mary jane sneaker, sneakerina, Zendaya, resale premium, sold out

The windbreaker is having the least likely glow-up of the season. What started as a practical shell for athletes and cyclists in the sixties, then a hip-hop staple in the nineties, has come back through the autumn 2026 runways as a genuinely refined piece of outerwear.

Miu Miu sent out cropped iterations, Loewe went oversized and hooded in royal purple and yellow, and the front rows followed: Charli XCX, Hailey Bieber and Zoe Kravitz all arrived at the Saint Laurent show in vintage-inspired versions. The spring collections shown last month kept it going, with Loewe revisiting sporty silhouettes in turquoise and cobalt, Victoria Beckham adding couture-like volume with cinched bubble hems, and Balenciaga opting for structured shapes in chartreuse and hot pink.

The styling is what sells it. A windbreaker over a pencil skirt and heels, or a dress with knee-high boots, reads as deliberate rather than sporty; with jeans and ballet flats it is the easy in-between-days layer it always was. Funnel necks are the detail to look for, and the new cotton, silk and satin versions mean the jacket no longer has to look technical to work.

Two very different knit stories landed in the same week, and both say the same thing: the sweater is the outfit now, not the layer under it. At the top end, Fair Isle and cable patterns are back in a big way, worn as the outer layer over a tee or an open shirt.

At the other end of the price scale, Uniqlo's second Francesco Risso capsule turns 3D knitting into sculpture — a boat neck, a V-neck and a turtleneck, each knitted as a single piece, all at $49.90. The boat neck is the one to buy: the wide horizontal neckline changes the whole proportion of a simple outfit.

The throughline is texture over logo. Mohair, lambswool and chunky cable all read expensive without a single visible brand mark, which is exactly why they are travelling so fast on Instagram right now.

A 1,000-piece Astro with matt white aluminium, frosted glass and bubblegum-pink lava sold out within hours of its Nov 5 launch, tied to Marcelis' first solo museum show in Zurich with a mirrored room of 2.56m lava columns.

Mathmos: 1,000-piece edition sold out within hours; Light and Colour runs Oct 30, 2026 to Apr 4, 2027.

Tags: lava lamp, pink, collectible design, limited edition, sold out

Jennifer Lawrence stepped out in SoHo this week in the most practical outfit of her recent run: a faded cornflower-blue workwear jacket from Japanese label Auralee, wide-leg black track pants, a pink checked scarf, oversized black sunglasses and dark sneakers. It is a long way from the chartreuse velvet house coat and fuzzy slippers she wore a few weeks ago, and that is the point.

The jacket is already proving a repeat favourite. Lawrence wore the same Auralee piece earlier in the month, styled very differently with a graphic tee, red trousers and trainers. A jacket that works with both track pants and red tailoring is doing something right, and the roomy cut with pockets made to be used is the whole appeal.

The chore jacket has been building quietly for a while. It is a Harry Styles signature — his own collection includes versions from The Row and S.S. Daley, worn with everything from denim to athletic shorts — and Zoe Kravitz has been spotted borrowing one of his blue jackets. Lawrence now joins the list, and the message is that workwear's moment is not about costume. It is about a simple, well-cut blue jacket that goes with everything you already own.

November 12 is the most crowded sneaker day of the month. Marni's rework of the HOKA Clifton 11 leads the pack — an everyday trainer dressed in vivid orange with raised silicone waves, a plaid sockliner and three sets of laces — launching at Marni today and at HOKA tomorrow for $275.

The same day brings A$AP Rocky's Puma Suede '94, a distressed-leather take on a Nineties icon with a gold lace keeper, and the BEAMS x Salomon XT-Quest GTX, an all-black trail shoe with ski-boot buckles. Add adidas and SP5DER's neon F50 Formotion, landing November 13-14, and the week is a full-on collaboration pile-up.

What ties them together is not a silhouette but an attitude: familiar shoes, pushed slightly strange. The winners are the pairs that change the material or the details while leaving the shape alone — Marni's orange Clifton is the clearest example.

Coach's scrap-leather Alter/Ego line sold out three bag styles in a surprise online restock; a black-and-white checkered drop followed on Nov 11. Sub-$100 upcycled leather keeps converting.

MLive: Three bag styles sold out; card case $75, wallet $95; checkered drop Nov 11.

Tags: upcycled, patchwork, Coach, under $100, sold out

Halloween is over, but LOEWE is keeping the ghosts around for Christmas. The Spanish house's holiday capsule with Disney and Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas lands globally today, and it is the most charmingly macabre luxury drop of the season — the rare holiday collection that works as well under the tree as it would have at the party.

The collection reworks the house's signatures through the film's handmade world: the Moon Scene Puzzle bag carries an entire scene from the movie on its outside, a small Jack Amazona hides its best detail in the lining, and a grey Zero Flamenco clutch pieces the ghost dog together in leather marquetry. There is a woven orange-and-black bucket bag with snakes poking out of it, a felt Jack head charm, and Giant Snake brass-and-enamel jewellery. The campaign, starring Eva Victor and David Jonsson alongside Sandra Bernhard and Jordan Firstman, was shot by Paul Kooiker in an uncanny boutique of distorted mirrors and striped walls.

It is not the only holiday capsule landing this week. Sacai's 'All I want for Christmas is sacai' collection arrived on November 6, built around contrast-stitched nylon twill blousons and patchwork pieces made from archival fabrics. And Victoria's Secret PINK launches its Stoney Clover Lane collaboration today, November 12, priced from $7.95 to $149.95, with a Patch Party at PINK SoHo to mark it. The holiday season, it turns out, starts with ghosts, patchwork and patches.

The boot collaborations arrived a week early and they have not slowed down. Sorel and Maharishi rebuilt the Daystorm Horizon with a full-coverage zip and Gore-Tex, while Diemme and Clarks sent their Wallabee, Desert Boot and Desert Trek up the mountain on alpine hardware.

The counter-move is the loafer. Sperry and downtown studio Colbo's fourth collaboration, the Sirah, blends a ballet flat's low profile with a dress shoe's lines in black leather and earth nubuck at $225 — and it is the most interesting slip-on of the season precisely because it refuses to look like a sneaker.

For a buy-it-once option, Alden's Indy boot and all-weather walker remain the grown-up answer: dark brown leather, real construction, and a shape that works with everything from selvedge denim to wool trousers.

All-over bandana print on waterproof leather and canvas in black, brown and pea green, with box logos at the ankle. Drops Nov 12 in Supreme stores and online, Asia Nov 14; a collab history going back to 2006.

Kicks & Grips: Nov 12 US/EU, Nov 14 Asia; no price listed.

Tags: boots, bandana, Supreme, workwear, drop

Fleece is having a designer moment, and the most romantic version of it comes from Copenhagen. Cecilie Bahnsen has reunited with Uniqlo for a second Fall/Winter capsule, and where the first was about sculptural dresses, this one — titled 'Wandering Together' — is built around fluffy fleece, designed for slow walks through the Scandinavian countryside.

The core is a cropped, zip-front fleece jacket with a stand collar and drawcord hem, in navy, charcoal and a soft blush pink, each scattered with tiny embroidered flowers in bright reds, blues and greens. A grey boa fleece cropped vest takes the same drawstring shape, matching fleece skirts turn the jackets into coordinated sets, and long-sleeve tees bring the floral motif back as an all-over ditsy print. The accessories carry the same small details: a textured knit beanie with a flower applique, gloves and mittens with tiny blooms, and floral-embroidered crew socks.

It is the rare designer collaboration that stays genuinely affordable — the fleece jacket is £39.90 in the UK — and the campaign leans into the collection's family focus, showing women and girls in coordinated looks on a rocky coastline. Fleece, it turns out, was only waiting for someone to embroider flowers on it.

The holiday drops are already here, and the smartest ones are not costumes. J.Crew's hand-painted classic chino at $348 is the template: one statement piece, worn with everything else plain, good for an office party without a second outfit.

Todd Snyder's answer is heavier: a navy plaid peacoat with a throat latch and a herringbone wool field shirt that works as the third piece over a knit. Both are investment pieces priced like it — $1,098 and $428 — but they are built to be worn for a decade of winters, not one party season.

The rule for the next six weeks: buy the piece you will still wear in February. Pattern and texture age well; novelty prints do not.

Washed navy suede, raw-edge padded tongue, gold lace keeper and gum sole, plus washed PUMA No. 1 tee and hoodie. Worldwide Nov 12 with a Rocky-directed Berlin campaign and a '90s NYC rave in Chelsea.

Design Scene: Releases Nov 12 via PUMA.com and retailers.

Highsnobiety: Week's best-sneakers pick.

Tags: suede, 90s skate, distressed, A$AP Rocky, drop

First drop of a multi-year deal: raw indigo zip-front jacket and wide-leg carpenter jeans with hakama and kimono-inspired volume, embroidered pagodas and the Wu 'W'. US only from Nov 12, timed to the group's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction Nov 14.

G-STAR: Drop 1 US-only, stores and online, Nov 12.

Tags: raw denim, wide leg, music merch, Japanese forms, drop

LA golf label Metalwood laser-etches a brogue motif onto Oakley SCAR lenses, plus a Plantaris SQ in Trans Dark Grey/Prizm Bronze and ten golf-archive apparel pieces. Nov 12, 5pm PT online and select Oakley stores.

Hypebeast: Limited release Nov 12, 5pm PDT.

Tags: golfcore, sport sunglasses, Oakley, archive, drop

The ACG boot-sneaker hybrid in Carhartt's Hamilton Brown duck canvas, $190. Carhartt WIP channels Nov 12, then Nike SNKRS and retailers Nov 20 (IW6306-001 Black/Twilight Marsh plus Light British Tan).

Highsnobiety: Nov 12 release pick.

Nike SNKRS: SNKRS page for IW6306-001.

DraftKings Network: Nov 20 wide release, $190.

Tags: workwear, sneakerboot, Goadome, Carhartt, drop

Vans' slip-on covered in brushed, felted Pringle argyle wool with a padded collar and Sola Foam insole. Released Nov 10; part of the knit-and-heritage-check wave on sneakers.

Highsnobiety: Released Nov 10.

Tags: argyle, wool sneaker, heritage knit, Vans

Lace socks showing above flats, heels and slip-ons, a term coined by Tourist Souvenirs (75.6k likes on its 'Foot Undies Fall' post). It is the cold-weather follow-on to the year of naked shoes and toe rings.

The Cut: Names the micro-trend and its origin.

Tags: lace socks, hosiery, micro-trend, flats, Instagram

The ex-Dior and Carven creative director is turning Galliano's sketches into product for at least three more Zara seasons through 2027, freelancing under Galliano. More couture talent pointed at the high street.

FashionUnited: Appointment reported; at least three further seasons through 2027.

Fashion Crisp: Nov 11 coverage.

Tags: Galliano, Zara, designer high street, appointment

Heel-only sandals, PVC peep-toes and sockless flats were the summer story; as temperatures drop, editors are pushing socks, lace and shearling into the same shoes instead.

The Cut: Frames foot undies as the colder-weather next step after naked shoes.

Woman & Home: Too cold to wear flats without socks.

Tags: seasonal shift, flats, sandals