The 5 funkiest trends from New York Fashion Week
NEW YORK — New York Fashion Week is usually fueled by an enthusiastic energy. Editors, stylists, bloggers and buyers run frantically around the city excited to see the latest collections and catch up with friends in the industry.
This season, however, the overall mood seemed less animated and more somber. Perhaps it was due to the bone-chilling temperatures that ascended over the city or the general state of the fashion industry, which is tailored more to social media spectacle than ever. In media, recent masthead upsets, editorial shifts and impending layoffs settled over the week like a dark cloud of doom.
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Consequently, the gimmicks and street style peacocks that are usually met with eye-rolls became welcome reasons to smile this season.
We've gathered some of New York Fashion Week's most interesting and brow-raising moments that are certain to keep you entertained.
Denim redux
Just when you think designers have exhausted all of the possible options for denim, creativity happens:
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Hairy situations
Kooky colors might have dominated hair trends this year, but fall 2016 is all about styling.
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Jeremy Scott
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Gypsy Sport
All ages
Maybe it was an effort to keep shows young and fresh or a message of female empowerment regardless of age. Either way, this season included two infants on the runway, as well as a pair of young red-headed twins and a 94-year-old woman.
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Mara Hoffman
Nice hat
After walking around fashion week in the freezing cold, we totally get it. In the winter you do what you gotta do to keep your head warm.
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Thom Browne
Nicopanda
Musical performances
With both industry insiders and consumers becoming tired of traditional runway presentations, something has to change. Maybe all we need is music, sweet music.
Rachel Antonoff
Pyer Moss
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Yeezy Season 3
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Noelle Sciacca is a Fashion Reporter at Mashable. Noelle writes on the intersection of fashion and the media. A graduate of Liberty University with a degree in Business Marketing, Noelle previously worked for SELF Magazine and Lucky Magazine. At Mashable, her aim is to make the most innovative, entertaining, and empowering fashion content on the web.
