9 Outfit-Transforming Spring Accessory Trends I Found for Cheap

If you're an accessories person like I am, you're in for a treat. There are many exceptional accessory trends circulating right now, and they're guaranteed to make your outfits 100 times cooler. I'm someone who dresses pretty casually, relying on accessories to dress my outfits up and add personality to them. If you can relate, you might want to shop this story.

Coming out of fashion month, nine accessory trends, in particular, have revealed themselves as major. And perhaps the most beautiful thing about these trends is that you can find them for relatively affordable prices. These trends range from jewelry to a specific type of socks to hair adornments, and each will literally transform the outfits you pair with them—trust me.

Scroll for the nine accessory trends everyone wants for spring, and then shop each for under $100. 

BELTS

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Belts are a key trend this season. Fashion people are wearing them with jeans, dresses, skirts, trousers—literally everything. 

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HEART-SHAPED BAGS

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File heart-shaped bags under the "pretty trend" category. They may not be all that functional but when they're this cute, who cares?

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FISHNETS

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Upon seeing fishnets on Tory Burch's F/W 23 runway, they became an instant hit. Consider them the next iteration of the sheer tights trend.

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SILVER STATEMENT EARRINGS

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Chunky silver earrings are coming for your collection of gold ones. They feel much fresher right now (and don't be afraid to mix them with your gold pieces—anything goes).

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BOWS

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Thanks in large part to Chanel's F/W 22 couture show, bows have become a major trend—especially in the hair.

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RED SOCKS

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Our editors are freaking out over this unexpected trend. I can confirm that red socks are easier to wear than you think.

STRETCHY HEADBANDS

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Stretchy headbands are the accessory trend to add to your next Amazon order. They give a subtle balletcore vibe—no leotard required.

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ROSETTES

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I thought rosettes would stay a micro-trend, but alas, they've become a major one, and I, for one, am not complaining.

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COLLAR NECKLACES

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Another cool jewelry trend that happens to be a favorite of our editors is sculptural collar necklaces. Surprisingly, they work with almost any neckline.

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Next up, the five shoe color trends fashion people are wearing this season.

Allyson Payer
Senior Editor

Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.