8 Fall Style Updates You Haven’t Tried Yet

When it’s time to get down to fashion business, don’t roll up your sleeves. Instead, leave them hanging, almost to the point of surpassing your fingertips. The effect is one of off-duty insouciance, especially when paired with equally slouchy separates or well-worn denim.

Once considered something of a secret handshake among fashion folk, this aggressively offbeat styling trick is hitting the mainstream, thanks to a clamoring for all things granny chic. Choose a pair made from delicate, dressy fabric and look for a nice sheen.

There’s something so deeply glamorous about this fuzzy add-on, conjuring images of old-school movie stars sipping from Champagne coupes. How to make it modern? Go for a bright not-found-in-nature hue, wear with a badass leather jacket, or simply leave your hair oh-so-casually mussed. 

From top: Reiss, $145; reiss.com. Cara Accessories for 100% Bloomingdale’s, $48 each; bloomingdales.com.

This ’90s power couple is back, only this time around it’s splashed with exuberant color and smile-inducing prints. (Who says grunge can’t lighten up?)

The most winning match to the season’s deftly cut sportif silhouettes: hightech workout bottoms worn in lieu of black tights.

Sweaty Betty, $135; sweatybetty.com (similar style).

Once the temps drastically dip and you have to break out your takes-up-two-seats quilted coat, belt it snugly to remind yourself that, yes, you do have a waist. Deflate your shape even more by teaming the coat with skinny pants, such as toothpick-tailored trousers.

Graphic stripes are an immediate way to quicken the pulse of solid separates. A high-contrast, concise palette and elevated accessories keep the look sophisticated.

Tory Sport, $165; torysport.com. Être Cécile, $172; etrececile.com.

Snugly slung bags were big news on the runways, neatly tying together ensembles with more than a whiff of career-girl swagger. Take your pick from thick guitar straps to an elegant chain link that doubles cleverly as a statement necklace.