The 13 Street-Style moments that defined 2018

Before we dive deep into our wish lists for spring/summer 2019, let’s take stock of the past year in the lives of the world’s most powerful street style stars. 2018’s headline fashion moments off the catwalk came in the form of belt bags, barely-there Nineties sandals and a renegade mix of exotic animal prints.

Your speedy recap: Cycling shorts became an overnight sensation when paired with a sleek suit jacket. Dior’s cult Noughties hit, the saddle bag, returned, as did Prada’s reinvigorated Linea Rossa (styled by reluctant street style star, Lotta Volkova). What about the box-fresh trends to copy/paste into your 2019 wardrobe? Tonal dressing is here to stay (expect an abundance of not-so-boring beige thanks to the street style elite), and couture-like detailing is making a comeback when the warmer weather returns.

Here, Vogue charts 13 definitive real-life style lessons from 2018 that refocused fashion's centre of gravity.

The Saddle Bag Returned

Dior’s first female artistic director, Maria Grazia Chiuri, knew exactly what women wanted when she released her modern take on the house’s turn-of-the-millennium It piece, the saddle bag. Spotted here on the wrist of a showgoer at Copenhagen Fashion Week in August, this reborn classic has quickly become a wardrobe hero for a new generation of street style stars that were too young to wear it the first time around.

Beige Is Now Anything But Boring

Unlikely as it sounds, full-look beige is slated to become 2019’s power colour of choice thanks to Burberry, Chanel and Chloé’s spring/summer collections. The reigning queens of street style were, naturally, ahead of the pack. Cue British Vogue’s deputy editor, Sarah Harris, sporting her biscuit-hued Christopher Kane sweater on the Paris leg of fashion month in September 2018.

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