Daily trends

Blue jeans had a good run. This week the denim conversation moved decisively to brown — coffee, chocolate and espresso washes that read softer and more expensive than black, and pair with everything the season is already doing in burgundy, camel and cream.

Vogue made it official on November 10, styling brown jeans the street-style way, and the high street has followed: Zara is running chocolate-brown five-pocket styles in both rigid straight legs and wider cuts. The styling rule emerging from Instagram is simple — treat brown denim like a neutral, then let the top do the talking.

Wear it with a burgundy knit, a cream coat or a suede jacket and the whole outfit suddenly looks considered rather than assembled. It is the rare trend that costs nothing to try if you already own a brown pair, and the easiest way to make last year's knits look new.

Last night at the Chateau Marmont, GQ closed its Men of the Year week with a red carpet that read like a tailoring manifesto. Cover star Andrew Garfield — in Edward Sexton at the party and Saint Laurent, Tom Ford and Dunhill in his cover story — anchored a night where the double-breasted suit did most of the talking.

It was not just the hosts. Ayo Edebiri wore a navy pinstripe Conner Ives menswear suit, Belmont Cameli chose Vivienne Westwood, Jordan Firstman wore Saint Laurent and Anthony Ippolito wore Dior. The dress code was modern red carpet, but the message was old-school: structure, peak lapels and a proper shoulder.

The timing matters. Across the autumn runways, double-breasted tailoring came back cut easier and longer than its 1980s ancestor, and the party proved the look has already left the runway for real evenings. Watches played their part too — Garfield in a Breguet Classique, Cameli in a Royal Oak — but the suit was the headline.

The $9,998 hooded lambskin bomber, patched from strips of Supreme-logo leather, was the fastest sell-out of Supreme's FW26 Week 13 drop on Nov 12: XL in 18 seconds, XXL 21s, S 24s, L 44s. X mentions climbed from 22 to 84 a day on drop day.

SupremeCommunity: US sellout times: XL 18s, XXL 21s, S 24s, L 44s; the top-ranked items of Week 13.

JustFresh: Week 13 preview: Jeff Hamilton jacket at $9,998 per Supreme's shop.

X recent search: X post counts: 22 on Nov 11 → 84 on Nov 12 (162 over 7 days).

Tags: Supreme, Jeff Hamilton, leather jacket, sold out, grail outerwear

If one color owns November, it is burgundy. Not as an accent — as the whole outfit. Creators are wearing it head to toe: knit coats over burgundy skirts, oxblood sweaters with knee-high boots, capes tied at the waist over plaid trousers in the same wine register.

The appeal is practical as much as visual. Burgundy flatters like black but photographs warmer, and it sits naturally next to the season's other big stories — chocolate brown, suede, cream. On the street it is showing up in wool coats with fur collars, in fringed knit coats, and in corset-waisted maxis that turn a coat into the outfit.

The buy-in is flexible. A single burgundy coat over jeans does the job; the full monochrome look is for the committed. Either way, this is the color to invest in before December, when every party look will want a piece of it.

Highsnobiety's shopping desk called it this week: your next must-have sneaker is actually a derby. The leather lace-up — the oldest model in the men's shoe canon — is having a cultural reintroduction, claimed by younger wearers the way the penny loafer was a few seasons ago.

The evidence is everywhere at once. Paraboot's Michael, the Tyrolean derby made since 1945, anchors the movement, while Dr. Martens' 1461, NN.07's buckled take on the Clarks Desert Boot, sacai's reworked J.M. Weston and MM6 Maison Margiela's Salomon hybrids all push the same silhouette in different directions. It is a comeback of conservative shapes minus the conservative attitude.

What makes the derby work now is how it is worn: with baggy pleated denim, with tailoring, with everything the sneaker used to do. The shoe has not changed much in decades. The styling around it has.

The Seoul Namdaemun Market seller who went viral for telling customers not to overspend opened a Naver Smart Store on Nov 12. His ₩10,000 sets of six scarves, picked at random, sold out on day one; the store drew 132,000 visitors by 1:15pm and briefly crashed.

Korea JoongAng Daily: Every item sold out; 132k same-day visitors, 200k cumulative; ~796 Q&A posts.

Financial News (fnnews): Set sold out as soon as it listed; 8,000+ 'interested' customers and restock requests.

ChosunBiz: Product page shows 'currently unavailable… purchases possible when restocked'.

Tags: scarves, Seoul, viral seller, sold out, K-street

Vinyl is the season's loudest outerwear idea, and it arrived with receipts: Harper's Bazaar India named the vinyl coat one of the defining fall 2026 trends this week, in shades from obsidian black to deep oxblood and pillar-box red.

The appeal is the shine. Against a season of matte wool, suede and knits, a liquid-gloss coat reads instantly deliberate — no styling required beyond something simple underneath. Courrèges is leading the luxury version with a belted vinyl trench; the high street will follow within weeks.

Wear it like a statement, not a raincoat: black on black, or oxblood vinyl over cream knit. It is not a quiet purchase, but that is the point — this is outerwear for being seen.

Two of the week's biggest footwear stories are the same story told twice: the rugged shoe that refuses to be just one thing. Carhartt WIP and Nike reunited after eight years on the Air Max Goadome Low, a boot that looks like a sneaker, dresses like workwear, and dropped November 12 in three colourways.

The Goadome layers durable canvas with rich suede and leather overlays, metal eyelets and Carhartt branding on the foxing — a work-boot vocabulary rebuilt as a low-profile street shoe. At $190 it undercuts most of the week's hype releases while looking more considered than most of them.

Days earlier, New Balance answered with the opposite pole of the same idea: the Made in USA 990v7, the first new 990 in four years, launched November 6 in Kool Grey and sold out online. Its campaign says 'Dad's Back' without apology, and the market agreed. Between the two, the message is clear — the hybrid is the hero shoe of the season.

Gap's first handbag line, designed by Reed Krakoff, is back in stock: the Birkin-shaped denim tote with contrast stitching, metal buttons and jean pockets returns in light and dark wash in mini, standard and large sizes, the same week it landed on Oprah's Favorite Things.

Good Housekeeping: 'The bag that got away is back' — restocked in light/dark denim; on Oprah's Favorite Things list.

Tags: denim bag, Birkin-shape, Reed Krakoff, restock, Oprah's Favorite Things

Animal print has moved off the accessory shelf and onto the puffer. WACKO MARIA and WILD THINGS announced their Fall/Winter 2026 collaboration today, headlined by an Insulation Jacket in the Tokyo label's signature cheetah print, with an icy blue colorway as the quiet alternative. It releases tomorrow, November 14, at ¥94,600.

The timing is no accident. Leopard is already everywhere on the street — on pants, skirts, coats and boots — and the same drop rounds out with suede and leather faux-fur coats, tying the print story to the season's texture story. WACKO MARIA doubled down the same week with leopard-collared Lee and Wrangler jackets, so the print is now officially a house code, not a one-off.

Styled right, a cheetah puffer is a neutral: wear it with black, denim or cream and let the print carry the outfit. Styled wrong, it wears you. Keep the rest quiet and it works.

Call it the luxury lumberjack. Plaid and checked shirts are the most commercially measurable trend of the season: demand for plaid shirts is up 38% month over month and 60% quarter over quarter, with Burberry and Ralph Lauren driving the spike.

The difference this time is material. The check has been lifted out of the woods and into cashmere and fine flannel — Celine's cashmere shirt, Miu Miu's checked flannel, Hunter's plaid — so one shirt works from a morning meeting to dinner. It is ruggedness rendered in premium cloth, and it is selling because it asks nothing of the wearer.

Styled right, the shirt is the whole outfit's engine: open over a tee with dark denim, or tucked into pleated wool trousers under a long coat. The lumberjack went to the city and got a better tailor.

Sp5der's second adidas F50 Formotion drop swaps chrome for slime green/black and red/neon pink at $200, with tracksuits, tees and Cordura backpacks ($70–$140). It drops at KINGSPIDER.CO on Nov 13 and adidas CONFIRMED on Nov 14. The announcement drew 402 X posts on Nov 10.

Kicks & Grips: $200 per pair; KINGSPIDER.CO Nov 13, adidas CONFIRMED Nov 14.

X recent search: 694 X posts in 7 days; 402 on Nov 10 announce day.

Tags: Sp5der, adidas, F50, Y2K runner, collab

Suede refuses to cool down. A year after it first surged, it is still the texture creators reach for most — and the runways agree. Tom Ford showed suede skirt suits in poppy red and ecru; Max Mara styled all 45 of its looks with long suede gloves; New York street style is full of brown suede from shearling jackets to western boots and totes.

What changed this season is the cut. The suede jacket has split into two camps: ladylike and tailored, or trucker-like and boxy, with bombers and blazers leading both. Massimo Dutti's US range is almost entirely suede right now, from a $590 lapel blazer to $690 bombers, which tells you where the smart money is.

Buy brown first — it is the color of the most luxurious-looking winter wardrobes — then try the jacket over a striped knit, or a suede skirt with knee-high boots. Suede rewards the simplest styling.

Today is the busiest drop day of the week, and it belongs to the archives. HUF reunites with Godzilla for FW26, timed to the release of Godzilla-0.0, rebuilding vintage kaiju artwork across an all-over-print crewneck, heavyweight sweats and skate decks. It lands today, November 13.

The same day, HYKE reopens Eddie Bauer's century-old archive — the 1936 Skyliner, the first patented down jacket, rebuilt with 700-fill down — alongside the 1953 Canadian Vest and the Kara Koram parka. Prices run from ¥19,800 for a long-sleeve tee to ¥106,700 for the parka.

And the week keeps going: EVISU, FAF and BEAMS T remix 1990s archival denim into a five-piece collection that drops November 20, while Literary Sport's FW26 capsule — track jackets at $455, hoodies at $413 — went live today. Heritage is not a mood this season. It is the release calendar.

Milan retailer One Block Down brings back the 2001 Air Max 95 Lux in red, white and green (Milan exclusives) plus a global black pair with embroidered co-branding, $200. They release Nov 13 at OBD; the black pair hits SNKRS on Nov 19.

Complex via Yahoo: Nov 13 at Oneblockdown.com/Milan for $200; black global drop Nov 19 via SNKRS.

Tags: Nike, Air Max 95, One Block Down, retailer collab, Italy

Aimé Leon Dore's women's line has grown up fast. Its Fall/Winter 2026 collection — the label's largest dedicated women's range yet, at over 40 pieces — is built like a cold-weather uniform: a reversible double-breasted top coat, a shearling bomber, a cropped GORE-TEX shell and a denim chore coat, with tailoring and Greek-embroidered knits underneath.

The details are what make it a story rather than a catalogue. The ALD / New Balance MT2 reimagines the Mary Jane as a deconstructed sneaker; Italian handmade leather bags arrive in croc-embossed and napa finishes; a collarless striped blazer pairs with a double-pleated trouser and a striped maxi skirt.

It launched October 30 and it matters because it shows where premium womenswear is heading: heritage silhouettes, unisex crossover appeal, and outerwear doing the heavy lifting. The shearling bomber is the piece to watch — it is already the silhouette of the season.

Union LA's Bamboo/University Gold Dunk Low with a collapsible heel releases Nov 13 at 10am ET on SNKRS for $130.

Nike SNKRS: SNKRS launch page for IF7380-200.

Sneaker Bar Detroit: Release details for the Bamboo colorway.

Tags: Union, Nike Dunk, collapsible heel, SNKRS

ASICS SportStyle turns the GEL-1130 into a 'wearable canvas' with Michiko Koyama's intricate figure artwork, a paper-like textured upper and custom box. It costs ¥19,800 (about $124) on Nov 13 at ASICS, the HERALBONY Tokyo pop-up and Notre Chicago.

Hypebeast: SKU 1203B187-100, ¥19,800, Nov 13 at ASICS, HERALBONY, Notre.

Tags: ASICS, GEL-1130, art collab, retro runner

Evisu's first three-way collab has FAF digging into its '90s archive for five pieces: the baggy seagull-pocket jean, a denim bomber, an 'Ishigaki Camouflage' hoodie, a crewneck and a messenger tote with a frayed seagull logo.

Highsnobiety: Five-piece Evisu × FAF × BEAMS T archive collection.

Tags: Evisu, BEAMS T, FAF, Japanese denim, archive

Menswear label Colbo's limited capsule with Artforum, timed to NYC Art Week, puts a hand-drawn logo from a vintage Artforum cover on tees, hats and totes. It comes with Dana Harel/White Dirt fabric-covered sculptural lighting at the Orchard Street flagship until Dec 1. Colbo turns five on Nov 19.

Highsnobiety: Limited capsule released; Soft Thoughts lighting show to Dec 1.

Tags: Colbo, Artforum, art merch, NYC Art Week, sculptural lighting

British Vogue names the flapper dress the party-season dress: Lanvin and Prada beaded tunics on AW26 runways and fringe, sequins and boxy dropped-waist cuts on the high street. Art Deco sparkle is replacing quiet luxury.

British Vogue: 'The one dress trend you'll see everywhere this party season.'

Tags: flapper, Art Deco, party season, beading, fringe

TikTok is building moodboards of 2008–2012 indie/Tumblr style: grungy denim jackets, heeled booties, button-front skirts, black tights and beanies, with Daisy Lowe, Pixie Geldof and Alice Dellal as icons. X chatter peaked Nov 6 (859 posts) and eased to 134 on Nov 12, so watch whether it carries through.

Tatler: Gen Z moodboarding 2008–2012; early Y2K revival 'running dry'.

X recent search: 2,658 X posts in 7 days; daily 859 (Nov 6) → 134 (Nov 12).

Tags: millennial optimism, indie sleaze, Tumblr, 2010s nostalgia

Tatler says gem-encrusted butterfly shades and velour Juicy tracksuits are 'dwindling from over-saturation' as the nostalgia cycle moves forward to 2008–2012.

Tatler: Early-Y2K revival 'running dry'.

Tags: Y2K, velour tracksuit, butterfly sunglasses, cooling