New York Fashion Week (NYFW) has come to an end and with it all of the newest collections, upcoming breakout designers and eye-catching runways for the season have been announced.
Running from Sept. 6-11, this year’s NYFW included over 60 confirmed runway shows and more than 70 new featured designers. The event also highlighted many recurring NYFW designers, including Coach, Caroline Herrera, Laur, Sandy Liang and Michael Kors.
Advisory, Campillo, Michael Fausto, Sal on 1884 and TWP were among a few of this year’s designer debuts, while OffWhite, Toteme and Rohald Van der Kemp were among this year’s International brands who hit NYFW’s runway for the first time.
Area — a New York-based luxury brand founded by Piotrek Panszczyk and Beckett Fogg — kicked off the event on Sept. 6, simultaneously celebrating its 10th anniversary. According to an article from Vogue, Tinder — who sponsored the show — agreed to donate $25,000 to Planned Parenthood in the brand’s name, a symbol of its stance against reproductive health care restrictions.
The brand’s designs featured multi-textural elements, including the amalgamation of denim and metal. Caps were also used throughout the show to cover the model’s eyes as they strutted down the runway adorned with head-to-two handprints. According to an article from Vogue, the handprint designs were woven into into denim pieces and printed in bright red on black T-shirts in the position a woman might hold her stomach, a tribute to “bans off our bodies” protests.
The runway show from luxury brand Who Decides War featured many celebrity appearances, including NLE Choppa, Lola Brooke, YG and Liz Cambage. The collection featured had clear inspiration from Victorian fashion of the 1800s, including billowing dresses and long gloves.
The looks also consisted of distressed lace and upcycled knit pieces, a staple of Who Decides War. Ruffles of different colors — including creme, black, green, white and red — were fastened to the dresses, creating a beautiful visual that led the eye through the ensemble
The men's garments featured in the collection consisted of blazers with a stained glass effect, leather pants and shirts with Victorian influence — including protruding shoulders adorned with ruffles.
Shorts featured in the collection were completely reimagined with floral lace layover and leather jackets with faces of historical black figures including Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama and Malcolm X embroidered on them. Cash Cobain, an American rapper and producer and New York native, also created an original setlist that played throughout the runway.
Sandy Liang — who has dominated the fashion scene for the last two years — is best known for her coquette-inspired designs and the whimsical, feminine world she has built surrounding her designs.
According to an article from Hype Beast, Liang’s inspiration for the collection came from “Totally Spies,” an early 2000s TV show that emphasized girl power and fashion-forwardness. According to a separate article from Vogue, many of the pieces drew inspiration from the spy gadgets — including the lasers the main characters had — that were featured in the series when designing the collection.
Previous designs from Liang have been a bit more flashy. According to an article from Instlye, last year's NYFW collection drew inspiration from the rise of Y2K fashion, a trend that became popular again in 2020.
This year’s collection included simpler items, which included satin green and pink dresses with simple silhouettes.
Alice and Olivia — a contemporary New York-based brand — showcased a plethora of bright colors during their NYFW 2024 runway.
According to an article from Vogue, Stacey Bendet, the brand’s head designer said, “I really wanted to go back to this world of whimsy, but with elegance.”
The looks featured in the collection — titled “Hotel of Imagination” — were constructed with hand-beaded florals, big bows, wide-legged pants, corsets and corset dresses.
Luxury brand Laur showcased a themed collection — titled“ En Boca Quedo” which means “I stay on the mouth” in English — which was full of exaggerated silhouettes and a visible punk influence that carried throughout all the pieces. According to an article from Vogue, the brand’s designer Raul Lopez wanted to tie in his Dominican roots and life in his teen years, the teen angst and all.
“Punk is a feeling, it’s an attitude, it’s how you present yourself out of the norm and stand out and be you,” Lopez said in the Vogue interview.
The collection featured dark colors, leather jackets and a variety of black sheer garments. The looks were each completed with dark, dramatic makeup.
Celebrities including Beyoncé, Madonna and Ice Spice were spotted attending the show. American rapper Offset even made a surprise runway appearance, adorning a large, over-exaggerated black trench coat.
Luxury ready-to-wear brand Simkhai returned to NYFW this year, staging his first show in three years. The inspiration behind this collection, according to an article from Vogue, came from a photo of head designer Jonathan Simkhai’s mother wearing her wedding dress.
The date of the runway show — Sept. 7 — also happened to be Simkhai’s parents' wedding anniversary, according to Vogue. The collection had a clean feel, largely focusing on the color white with splashes of yellow and orange.
Following the conclusion of NYFW 2024, one thing was clear, sustainability is an issue making its way to the forefront of the fashion world, with brands including Ronald Van der Kemp, Christian Siriano, Coach, Colina Strada and Grace Ling proving that sustainability and fashion can go hand in hand.
