10 Things We Learned From NYFW

You can either laugh or cry, but New York Fashion Week is over. It was 7 straight days of clothes, models, cabs and information, which can be a lot to take in if you have a life outside of stalking the Internet for updates. (You might not — Leandra watched Marc Jacobs from the airport in LA and I’ve been sleep-scrolling through Style.com.) Still, you probably missed some good stuff. There’s no quiz but this may be on the final, so here are your SparkNotes for the week:

1. The hairstyle equivalent of the word “fetch” tried its hand at happening yet again, executed in a fresh way (read: messy) at Coach. Try it now by parting your hair dramatically on one side, swooping the front part across your forehead and behind your ear then clipping the whole thing together with sunglasses as opposed to a barrette.

2. Don’t panic about the year 2000 just yet because Spring is going 1960s-strong.

3. Guess what, the 70s will be too. (And if it looks anything like Derek Lam’s interpretation, it’s going to be double-hand-praise-emoji good.)

4. Your grandma’s wallpaper is having a MOMENT.

5. We used the word “cool” approximately 35678 times. Whoever tracked an actual tally of that number wins half of my everything bagel.

6. Creatures of the Wind declared, “LET THERE BE STRIPES,” and everyone else was like, “Hey great! We did stripes too!”

7. The iPhone store was the hottest dayclub in town and iced coffee was the hottest accessory.

8. Tie something, ANYTHING, around your waist immediately, or else it won’t feel like spring once May hits.

9. Designers like Altuzarra, Jason Wu, Calvin Klein reminded us that showing new collections can be about beautiful technique and (per Leandra) “calculated restraint” as opposed to reinventing the wheel. Meanwhile Prabal Gurung, Thom Browne and Marc Jacobs proved that it’s also still fun to put on a capital-s Show.

10. Finally, if there’s anything we said, heard or spoke more than c-o-o-l, it’s our new favorite word combination: “Elevated sportswear.”

Now what did you learn? And can I borrow your notes before London?

Image shot by Krista Anna Lewis