Everything Our Editors Saw, Wore, Did, and Ate During NYFW

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February 9, 2025

Those who attend fashion week know this to be all too true: The days are long, but the week still seems to fly by in a split second. Now that New York Fashion Week has descended upon the city again, what better way to dish on everything that’s happening than through the lens of our very own editors? Over the course of the next several days, we’ll be seeing a stunning array of fall 2025 collections, but despite the clothing that is the week’s primary objective, our team is also sure to indulge in a lot of incredible meals, take approximately 100 Uber, train, and bus rides, and, of course, wear plenty of trend-forward outfits.

The week has us going all up and down the isle of Manhattan and even over the river into Brooklyn. We’re snapping plenty of pictures, texting plenty of group chats, and posting a veritable Instagram blitz on our feeds. Suffice it to say that our screen time has shot up to a scary degree. In other words, we’re doing a lot. If you’ve ever wondered what a day in the life of a fashion editor attending NYFW is like, you’re about to get a taste because I tasked each attendee on our fashion team with reporting on the highlights of each day, from their favorite runway look to the pop culture thing that everyone was talking about to what they ate, drank, and wore. Continue on to read team Who What Wear’s fashion-week highlight reel and check back each day for updates.

Day 2

WHO: Anna LaPlaca, senior fashion editor

Favorite runway look of the day:

After Raf Simons departed Calvin Klein, the American mega-brand has been absent from the runways, leaving an unfillable gap in the NYFW schedule in the seasons since then. All eyes were on the brand’s return today and I’m pleased to say that the collection was just as exciting as I had anticipated, if not more so. Veronica Leoni, Calvin Klein’s first female creative director, definitely brought her experience from Jil Sander, Céline via Phoebe Philo, The Row, and Moncler. The collection was sleekly tailored and minimal yet emotional, with ’80s skirt suits for the working woman, sweeping cape coats, and plaid shirting that touched on classic CK codes. Look 10, a slate gray pencil skirt and strong-shouldered collarless blazer paired with a classic frame bag and round-toe pumps, was a personal favorite and one reshared by tastemakers around the internet..

The trend you’re already seeing everywhere:

While the boho resurgence has yet to quite take hold here in New York, one thing I have already noticed a lot of is fringe, particularly fringe accents done in a very sleek and minimal way. At Fforme, new creative director Frances Howie layered leather belts atop wool floor-length coats that had long tassel accents on them. At Lafayette 148, there was a beautiful woven leather shopper tote finished with fringe on the either side. Both examples are a far cry from the kind of festival dressing that fringe usually evokes, and I couldn’t be more excited to see where else it pops up.