The Fall Trend Everyone Will Wear First This Year

I don't know about you, but I've begun to mentally move on from summer clothes, as I do every year when the pre-fall pieces start arriving and I've already worn all of my new summer pieces a few times. While the temperatures are still sweltering, I'm looking forward to slowly incorporating a few of the new fall trends into my wardrobe as soon as I can, so I did a little runway/street style research.

When the fall collections debuted at the various fashion weeks earlier this year, it was impossible not to notice that the Wild West is a major theme. As a result, fringe was all over the runways, and it's already begun infiltrating the street style scene. The beauty of the trend is that it isn't something that's exclusively for cold weather, as it's a detail that can feasibly be added to pieces that are relevant to any season—handbags, dresses, and outerwear included. Plus, they can take on many forms, from leather to yarn to metallic to beaded to denim. Given all this and its impending popularity, I'm predicting that fringe is the fall trend that will inevitably start cropping up first this year (and it doesn't hurt that it's basically Instagram gold).

See IRL and F/W 18 runway examples of the fringe trend and shop it below.

On the Runway

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Givenchy F/W 18

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Tod's F/W 18

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Proenza Schouler F/W 18 

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Max Mara F/W 18

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Fendi F/W 18 

On the Streets

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If you want to be especially "extra," wear your fringe with sequins!

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It might be a good idea to make your first fall sweater purchase a fringe one.

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Proof that fringe even looks cool with leggings and sneakers.

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Would this skirt look amazing on Instagram or what?

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The easiest way to try the trend? Accessories!

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Expect to see lots of fringe with jeans and ankle boots this fall.

On the Market

Next up: The fall trends NYC girls are actually going to wear.

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.