Autumn 2024 Fashion Forecast: Key Trends to Watch

It is wild to think about fall 2024 when the UK barely had a summer 2024, but it is coming quickly. These trends can be easily implemented into everyone's wardrobe, no matter your budget space or fashion forwardness. Some opt for the Cotswold princess look over going in a completely different direction of camo or “camouflage” for the street style look.

First up is Corporate Values; after the summer of making excuses for why shirts and blazers are impractical, it is back to business. September always seems like the start of the year of work, possibly due to school years starting then and jobs. This is for all my other corporate girls who hate wearing boring white skirts and who love a waistcoat for a top and colour but also push the gender stereotypes on suits while still being feminine. Thought neckties were a thing of the past? Think again. Designers played with symbols of corporate power – ties among them – as a commentary on late-stage capitalism and the dismantling of symbols of power in a now-lost world of work.

The Cheeter girls are back. The leopard prints of the 2000s are returning in a season of quiet luxury trends and simply chic looks. Here comes the bold, somewhat tacky, extravagant trend of animal prints. The bold print can be found in a range of clothing head to toe, different colours, sizes of patterns and materials. You can be picky with this one. This is a hard one to pull off. You have to own it, strut the pavement like it is your catwalk and pretend you're in the 2000s with “That so Raven” on the TV and Myspace being the new social media forum.

The swinging 60s, like all trends, come in and out of style repeatedly. With the Jackie Kennedy and Twiggy look, Chanel will be experiencing a lot of joy with the classic breakfast at Tiffany style and branding. Whether that's your loafers with gold chains or your little black dress, the 60s style was chic and effortless with the monochrome colours and a boat neckline. Skirts structured around the hip to sinch you in to create that natural hourglass figure for everyone. Cropped Blazer with structured shoulders and colour area. The Pantsuits of Jackie Kennedy and Aubury Hepburn at the back are for those corporate girls. The bottom-up style has a triangle collar for that preppy look, a halter neck, and large spinning skirts. "Give me a vintage silhouette and a pair of black shades good enough for Jackie Kennedy herself, and I will come running," affirms our senior fashion and beauty editor for branded content, Rebecca Rhys-Evans. "‘Debutant dressing’, as my colleague has so cutely coined it, is the reemergence of some of the most-used styles of the 1950s and '60s. Think shift dresses, faux-fur shawls and wool swing coats, which change the sporty and streetwear aesthetics and Y2K trends we’ve become accustomed to at Fashion Month in recent years.

Cropped outwear reminds me of my teen years. Any top would do if it's cropped with some high-waisted jeans. This is jacket season, where it still has style over practicality. Unlike winter trenches, leather jackets, fleece, and wool, the lot jackets are the perfect piece for a relevant look, taking jeans and a top into something for the day and night. If you are short, want to break the outfit, and do not want to be drowned in fabric or a formal jacket that can be worn casually like a cropped trench, it feels more intense than a full-length Burberry-style one. The cropped jacket goes with practically everything and all different lengths.