5 Fall 2025 Trends Who What Wear Editors Are Shopping First

After the fall/winter 2025 shows wrapped up at fashion month last season, we made predictions about the trends that would have the biggest impact on fashion. Several prominent themes were at play, including furry outerwear and accessories, highly saturated Technicolor shades, English countryside attire, and elegant fashion codes. Many of these have already started surfacing in editorial shoots, but I've also been interested in investigating which trends will translate to what people are shopping and how everyone will be getting dressed.

The street style scene at fashion month is always where the big new trends of the season first appear. To get ahead of that, though, I asked Who What Wear fashion editors to weigh in on the exact trends they plan to shop first. Ahead, see the top editor-approved trends to shop for fall 2025 and an edit of pieces you can start adding to your shopping cart now.

Peep-Toe Pumps

"I was initially shocked to see peep-toe pumps coming back into style this year. They're shoes I'd long deemed outdated, and the first iterations of the shoes' comeback in the spring 2025 collections didn't have me fully sold (yet). Now that I've seen how designers have continued to evolve the silhouette in fresh and forward ways on the fall runways, I'll admit that I'm changing my tune. For instance, at Tory Burch, pumps featured an off-kilter cutout right at the big toe, a detail that makes the trend feel wholly 2025 and not 2012. At Miu Miu, models layered colored socks with peep-toe pumps, and I've already jotted down that styling idea to try for myself with skirts and big coats next season. I already know this is the first trend I'll be buying for fall because new shoes are just the thing to make all my outfits feel fresher immediately—no waiting for cooler weather to wear them."

Faux Fur

"There was no shortage of faux-fur details on the fall/winter 2025 runways at Prada, Miu Miu, Valentino, Bally, Conner Ives, Blumarine, Simone Rocha, and Nicklas Skovgaard. While a simple black wool coat will always be a staple in my cold-weather wardrobe, I'm ready to add in a more playful, statement-making option too. I love how it instantly elevates any outfit. I can see myself wearing it over a turtleneck or cashmere sweater paired with a miniskirt, tights, and kitten heels or knee-high boots."

Fair Isle Knits

"Nothing screams fall quite like a Fair Isle sweater. It's that rare kind of trend that has never fallen out of favor at any point since its inception. Once the weather gets colder, I'll be mimicking Moncler Grenoble's fall 2025 runway show by doubling up on my Fair Isle knits and adding some faux-fur accessories. All I need is a cozy log cabin to complete the picture."

Big Coats

"I plan to lean heavily on 'the big coat' aka one extra-long, ultra-oversize coat that can take over for whatever's underneath it. Add a few accessories—from a sweater around the waist to a hat or a great bag—and voilà, your outfit is complete every day of the week with little to no effort. I think what I often dislike about dressing for colder seasons is the amount of thought that goes into layering and pairing outfits with outerwear. This way, your coat is all you have to consider. This styling method isn't exactly new for the fall and winter, but I spotted it at some of my favorite shows in New York, including Khaite, Fforme, and TWP, and was reminded of the ease and elegance of it."

Fringe

"I'm a lifelong New Yorker, so I didn't grow up really wearing fringe, but I think that's part of the appeal for me. I've always associated jackets, bags, and shoes decorated with fringe with the countryside and music festivals. It didn't feel like something I could wear on the subway. Now, however, I'm realizing that dissonance is part of the fun and is drawing me to the look in general. I'll go ahead and blame Alessandro Michele's Nellcôte bag—every celebrity seems to own it, and I am obsessed with it. The studded details were like a gateway for me in terms of appreciating the texture and the threads of fabric flowing from the straps and the sides. But it's not just this bag. There are touches of fringe everywhere on the runways and the rumblings of a full-blown bohemian resurgence that hasn't quite happened yet. I think I'm going to try to dress like the bag itself and mix some of my pieces that have punk elements, like studs and grommets, with a vintage fringe jacket I was always too intimidated to style."