It’s one of our most treasured September pastimes—staring sympathetically (read: smugly) at the kidlets trudging back to school, then promptly turning on our Kirkwoods and joining the throngs of back-to-school shoppers in an annual reinvention-via-wardrobe.
See, kids, you too can selectively pull the student card someday!
All hypocrisy aside, we’ve never quite grown out of the sartorial start-over that is September—we blame fall testing our (Visa) limits with an irresistible lineup of fringed knits, painterly prints and cozy capes.
And to you students giving us side-eye while rummaging through the racks—walk a mile in our Schoulers and we’ll talk.
Here are all the things we’ve been mood-boarding, double-tapping and whatever you do on Ello-ing this month.
Don’t get us wrong, one of the best parts about Fashion Month is scoping new designers and wagering next-big-things. But we always find our eyes wandering back to the tried-and-true (read: Katrantzou, Kane and J.W. Anderson), and lo and behold, they’ve stepped up their game—especially in the it-bag department. Revamped wish list including but not limited to knot-handle clutches, buckled-up satchels and the circle pochette bag of our kitschy dreams.
‘Cause we’re all about that bag. (Had to.)
—Chelsey Burnside