What to make of a year as chaotic and filled to the brim with headlines as this one?
Theres a fashion vibe-shift incoming, thats for sure.
Charli XCXsBrathelped quash quiet luxury once and for all.
What to make of 2024?
That 2025 will be one hell of a ride.
Tyla performs onstage during the 2024 BET Awards.
Night Moves:From left: Models Leon Dame, Colette Kanza, Emeline Hoareau, Lulu Tenney, Yilan Hua, and Olga Sherer conjure a long-ago Parisian demimonde. Hair, Duffy; makeup, Dame Pat McGrath.Photographed by Steven Meisel, styled by Olivier Rizzo,Vogue, May 2024.
Chappell Roan at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
A Ludovic de Saint Sernin-wearing Sabrina Carpenter was working late, cause shes a singer on herShort n SweetTour.
Billie Eilish was no Bird of a Feather in genderbending Willy Chavarria.
Sabrina Carpenter at the 2024 Governors Ball.
Tyla made everyone sweat in archival Gucci by Tom Ford.
Dua Lipa was radically optimistic in Courreges and even more Ludovic de Saint Sernin.
Ariana Grandeyes, and?-ed her haters and delivered a knockoutperformance at the Met Galain Maison Margiela Artisanal.
Tyla performs onstage during the 2024 BET Awards.
Taylor Swift was a tortured poet (or tortured poets?)
in many Vivienne Westwood gowns.
Olivia Rodrigo poured her guts out on herGutsWorld Tour in custom Coach.
Chappell Roan at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
Chappell Roan was H-O-T T-O G-O in WeiderhoeftatSaturday Night Live.
And Charli XCX and Lorde worked it out on the remix, twinningonstage in matching Saint Laurent.
It was the year of the female pop star, and our playlists are all the better for it.
Starting Squad:Usher and Carolyn Murphy fire up young members of the Jr Gaels 6U team. Usher wears a Willy Chavarria jacket and pants. Murphy wears a Miu Miu jacket, skirt, and sandal.Photographed by Campbell Addy and styled by Max Ortega,Vogue, January 2024.
Usher wears a Willy Chavarria jacket and pants.
What you wear matters,saidthe ever dapperUsherat a final fitting for his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance.
Heres to Usher proving that male pop stars can do costume changes, too.
Miuccia Prada wears a vintage look from her debut fall 1988 collection.Photographed by Steff Mitchell,Vogue, March 2024.
And a special shout-out to the Dolce tank that showed off his biceps so well.J.C-U.
How does a designer scoreaVoguecover?
But what really landed Miuccia Prada on the cover of our March issue?
Tina Knowles and Beyoncé.
Beyonce Makes a Rare New York Fashion Week Appearance
Tina Knowles and Beyonce.
It was a Tuesday night at New York Fashion Week, the second-to-last day of collections.
An hour or two beforeRaul Lopezs Luarshow in Bushwick rumors started swirling that Beyonce would attend.
Chloé, fall 2024 ready-to-wear.
Yes, Beyonce, people!
And that, my friends, is how Raul Lopez won New York Fashion Week.J.C-U.
Chemena Kamali Debuts at Chloe, Ushers in the Return of Boho
Chloe, fall 2024 ready-to-wear.
Chloé, fall 2024 ready-to-wear.
Fate is what you make it, butChemena Kamalis Chloe takeover really does feel meant to be.
Oh, and she also cuts a very presidential pantsuitmore on that later.
The internet went crazy overanalyzing the implications: Is this gatekeeping?
Chloé, fall 2024 ready-to-wear.
Are the Olsens trying to make their shows even more exclusive?
Why not let people engage with the collection online and, effectively, give it good press?
One way to make people talk?
The Row, resort 2025.
Tell them theyre not allowed to.J.C-U.
Louis Vuitton, fall 2024 menswear.
Bella Hadid and her boyfriend, Adan Banuelos, out in New York.
Beyoncé at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
Except that, maybe thisisTexas after all.
Bad Bunny rode a horse onstage at his Most Wanted Tour.
And Bella Hadid decamped to the Lone Star State and became a cowgirl.
Louis Vuitton, fall 2024 menswear.
Jonathan Anderson Enters His Costume Designer Era
Mike Faist, Zendaya, Josh OConnor, inChallengers.
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Where does he find the time?
Zendaya in vintage Givenchy by John Galliano, flaked by Darnell Appling and Law Roach.
Bella Hadid and her boyfriend, Adan Banuelos, out in New York.
But you know whos not scared?
From the beginning, it was about helping filmmakers make their films, VaccarellotoldVogueabout YSLs foray into producing.
How short can short shorts go?
Mike Faist, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, inChallengers.
Thats not what makes you sexy, boys, its your attitude that does.J.C-U.
Models walk the runway during the Dries Van Noten spring 2025 menswear show.
The evening started with cocktails as videos fromDries Van Notens past collections played on a screen.
Daniel Craig inQueer. © A24
There was no sentimentalism about the past and this was no retrospective.
Seven months of speculation and rumors about who will land the most-wanted job in fashion.
Notice something missing from this list?
Zendaya in custom Maison Margiela Artisanal by John Galliano.
Its been a year since fashion-philes started protesting the lack ofwomen in top design jobs.
Some things dont change.J.C-U.
For Charli XCX, Its Easy Being Green
Charli XCX performing atSaturday Night Live.
Zendaya in vintage Givenchy by John Galliano, flaked by Darnell Appling and Law Roach.
How could a color so ugly take over the culture so completely?
In the months that followed, fashion houses began unveiling the uniforms theyd made for various countries.
Farfetch (and with it, Browns)were soldto South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang in a rescue deal.
Emilia PerezUS poster, from top: Karla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, 2024.
Matcheswent into administration, leaving many brands and suppliers that relied on the retailer in the lurch.
Selfridges changed owners, and loss-making Net-a-Porter was up for grabs after the deal to sell to Farfetchfell through.
But things arent all doom and gloom.
Paul Mescal arriving at the spring 2025 Gucci menswear show in Milan.
Ssense is still making great contentand, we presume, sales?
The upside: This years rough road has paved the way for a retail landscape overhaul in 2025.
Heres hoping those left standingand, maybe, some new playersare up to the task.
Dries Van Noten bowing one last time at his spring 2025 show.
Was there a more epicor more discussedfashion moment than Zendaya in archival Mugler this year?
Combined with a Bulgari necklace, the look was camp and glamnot to mention totally fierce.
When stars wear vintage previously worn by other stars takes the phenomenon to a new level.
Models walk the runway during the Dries Van Noten spring 2025 menswear show.
It was divine on the Princess of Pop, and felt just as current on Lively.
Some dresses are so good they deserve two splashy moments.C.A.
The avant-garde ensemble referenced the labels fall 2006 collection, embodying the gala theme around reviving archival style.C.A.
Charli XCX performing atSaturday Night Live.
Chloe is not transformativewearing Chloe is about feeling like yourself.J.C-U.
Fashion Goes Very Mindful, Very Demure
Jools Lebron at the Bottega Veneta spring 2025 runway show.
Oh, Cole!
Lady Gaga performs at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in Christian Dior.
WithOh, Mary!Cole Escola Becomes Fashions Latest Darling
Cole Escola at the 2024 Met Gala.
This was the year ofCole Escola.
they declared at the time, and it is!
closing down sale sign in a window.
Lately, though, the social media supernova has come into her own.
You could say Kylie is her generations Kim.J.C-U.
Victorias Secret Runway Show Is Back…Is it?
Zendaya in fall 1995 MuglerYes, we’re bringing her up again because Z just had that good of a fashion year. Was there a more epic—or more discussed—fashion moment than Zendaya in archival Mugler this year? With longtime stylist Law Roach, the actress had the whole Internet talking when she attended a Dune 2 premiere in full cyborg armor, courtesy of the Mugler fall 1995 collection. Combined with a Bulgari necklace, the look was camp and glam—not to mention totally fierce. There is simply no one else doing it like her.—Christian Allaire
Tyra Banks and models walk the runway during the Victorias Secret Fashion Show 2024.
But it was back to bombshells on the runway.
As I put it that night, the campy, showgirl fun had a whiff of nostalgia tonight.
Blake Lively in circa 2002 VersaceWearing vintage on the red carpet is all the rage these days. When stars wear vintage previously worn by other stars takes the phenomenon to a new level. One of my favorite moments of the year was when Blake Lively paid tribute to Britney Spears during herIt Ends With Uspress tour, in a multicolor one-shouldered Versace frock from 2002. It was divine on the Princess of Pop, and felt just as current on Lively. Some dresses are so good they deserve two splashy moments.—C.A.
Paris Hilton, Raul Lopez, and Nicole Richie.
If you thought the rollout ofBarbiewas the press tour to end all press tours, you were wrong!
skirt by the designer over a green background.J.C-U.
Lana Del Rey in Alexander McQueenThe Met Gala dependably delivers some of the wildest and most memorable looks of the year—and the 2024 affair for the Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, exhibition was no different. Lana Del Rey stood out in a hauntingly romantic Alexander McQueen look by newcomer Sean McGirr that included a corseted dress in silk, double georgette, and tulle—all hand-embroidered with branches—and a dramatic sheer tulle headpiece. The avant-garde ensemble referenced the label’s fall 2006 collection, embodying the gala theme around reviving archival style.—C.A.
Vice President Kamala Harris on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
Jools Lebron at the Bottega Veneta spring 2025 runway show.
Cole Escola at the 2024 Met Gala.
Kylie Jenner closing the Coperni, spring 2025 show.
Tyra Banks and models walk the runway during the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2024.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Rachel Scott, and Cynthia Erivo.
Willy Chavarria.
Henry Zankov.
Paris Hilton, Raul Lopez, and Nicole Richie.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande attend the Los Angeles premiere ofWicked.
