8 Unexpectedly Awesome Trends From Milan Fashion Week

With international Fashion Weeks coming in such quick succession after New York, the designers in London, Milan, and Paris are tasked with sending their creations down the runway after so many trends have already taken shape in other cities. It's almost unavoidable that three weeks into Fashion Month, the collections can start to feel like broken records — but Milan's designers made us sit up in our seats. Their ideas came together feeling a little off, and left us thinking, Why didn't I — or any other designer that's shown this month — think of that? From clever, disheveled styling to buckles and cutouts in unexpected places, the Milan runways gave us a glimpse at the trends that are weird enough to feel fresh, but approachable enough to get knocked off by fast fashion stores everywhere in the coming months. Click on for our favorites.