The DOs and DON’Ts of Fall Fashion Trends

Here, easy-peasy shortcuts to nonstop fall fashion awesomeness. (OK, maybe that’s going a little overboard, but these style tips are pretty handy when it comes to figuring out what fashion trends to wear this fall.)

Fall Fashion Trend Tip: DON’T be afraid of bulky sweaters.

Just add a belt at the waist and show off your pretty shape

Fall Fashion Trend Tip: DO use fancy earrings to dress up wardrobe basics.

Last fall’s button-down shirt or a boyfriend blazer looks spiffy when paired with dangly catch-the-light earrings

Fall Fashion Trend Tip: DO learn to love khaki, camel and beige.

Hip girls like Stella McCartney are giving basic black a season off, wearing coats, pants and blazers in fall’s new trend

 

Fall Fashion Trend Tip: DO walk on the wild side with leopard-print accessories.

Just don’t wear ‘em all at once! Any ONE of these look-at-me accents would be a perfect finishing fall touch

 

Fall Fashion Trend Tip: DO learn to love khaki, camel and beige.

Hip girls like Stella McCartney are giving basic black a season off, wearing coats, pants and blazers in fall’s new It hue—rich, buttery tan—instead!

Charlotte Ronson, fall-winter 2010

Wear long skirts and dresses on through the cooler months—this fall, they look especially cute with cropped jackets or cinched-at-the-waist tops.

Fall Fashion Trend Tip: DO embrace the Mad Men look.

The vintage dress is no passing trend—and for good reason: Retro-looking dresses are festive, flattering and—if you shop on Etsy—affordable, too! That’s what we call a fall trend triple whammy.

 

 

DKNY, fall-winter 2010                 

Fall Fashion Trend Tip: DO show off classic plaids and pleated skirts.

Avoid the total schoolgirl look by tracking down plaids and swingy skirts in sophisticated colors like black, ivory and brown

Fall Fashion Trend Tip: DON’T forget to keep a black turtleneck handy.

Wear the wardrobe basic under a summery dress to get the most out of your closet—or wear it solo with cropped black pants to get your Audrey Hepburn on