How to Get a Head Start on Next Spring Before You Accidentally Buy Another White Basic

Sometimes, when I’m about to read a new book, I find myself feeling like that was it — whatever story I last produced was the end of my writing career. Never again will prose strike me the way it did. I am finally empty. Complete with absolutely nothing left to say. But then! I’ll open that book, and if it’s really good — a sort of rebirth will occur. The wheels of creativity will start spinning again in motion. I’ll make comparisons and strike analogies I didn’t even know my bank of witticisms maintained and just like that, I’m back in the game.

This happens with fashion, too, right? You’ll feel like the best outfit you ever wore will forever be the best outfit you’ll ever wear. Like you shouldn’t even bother attempting to get dressed again because what’s the point. And then! A new fashion week season will rear its head and through the use of new trends both on the runway and not, new energy will start pumping through your veins. Instead of relying on the “infallible” basics in your wardrobe, you’ll want to experiment. You’ll begin questioning what you’ve dubbed your “staples” and with the help of your friend (that would be moi), you’ll soon realize that before you buy another “boyfriend blazer,” you really, really don’t need one.

Here’s what I’d like to call a head start on the things you will want to buy next season, bringing to attention a deluge of things you might think you want, but trust me, you will not.

Shall we?

Okay!

1. Color: Forget the black, omit the white, Pantone prevails.

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2. Sparkles: See ya later, tonal blends. Lamé, embellishments — really, anything shiny — (paired with utilitarian khaki or denim, of course) win this round of How to Look Cool.

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3. Prints: Because they’re cool again — especially when embroidered (brocaded?), on footwear and married to themselves.

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4. Gucci loafers. (But if that won’t work for you, I have a pretty strong feeling about ballet flats, too.)

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5. Slip dresses in lieu of jeans.

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6. Khakis in lieu of jeans.

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7. If you can’t say no to jeans (I get it, I get it), wear them cropped and flared.

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8. Eyeglasses (for this, I blame Gucci), both subscription and not.

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9. While high waists have not left yet, baggy pants are coming.

10. Given how extensive our collective arsenal of shirts has grown, it would cruel to predicate their end. (Also, what does an “end” even mean?). Instead, though, you might find that you want to wear them a bit more creatively. You can reference this post from last Spring if the slideshow images won’t do it for you.

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Photographs by Phil Oh via Vogue.com and Adam Katz Sinding via Le 21eme.

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