340 | Fall 2026 Fashion Trends: What's Worth Trying — and What's Not?
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It's only August and I don't feel quite ready to shift full gear into fall yet. But Starbucks' pumpkin spice made its official comeback today, so I guess that's my cue to talk about all of the autumn trends and help you navigate what to wear, what to buy, and what you can confidently leave behind.
And this season, I want to do things a little differently. Because the more of these trend reports I put together, the more I'm realizing that fashion trends don't actually change as quickly as we're led to believe.
So instead of giving you another giant list of what's "in" and what's "out," I want to look at the bigger shifts happening in fashion — including which trends are actually new, which ones are just getting a fresh spin, and which ones might be worth trying in your own wardrobe.
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A few weeks ago, I shared my Fall 2026 Trend episode and walked you through some of the questions I use to decide whether a trend is actually worth trying. But now that fall shopping is underway, I want to take that conversation one step further. I'm starting to see which trends women are actually bringing home and wearing — and there are a handful that seem to be fitting into a lot of everyday wardrobes especially well. So today, I want to highlight five of those trends, discuss why I think they're proving to be so wearable, and give you one very simple way to figure out which of this season's trends might actually make your wardrobe more useful. Because sometimes the best trend for you isn't the one that catches your eye first. It's the one that solves a problem you already had.