4 women’s fashion trends for 2023 seen in menswear runway shows, from layered knits to leather gloves, and how to style them at home

Last month’s men’s fashion week in Paris offered clues to the direction androgynous styling will take in 2023, with an eye to practicality

Consider layering textured knits, play with collar shapes and colours, accessorise with a scarf, or add depth and texture to sleeveless looks with opera gloves

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A model walks the runway during the Hermes ready-to-wear autumn/winter 2023 fashion show as part of Paris Men’s Fashion Week in January. Womenswear will continue taking cues from men’s catwalk looks this year. Photo: Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Published: 12:48pm, 21 Feb 2023Updated: 1:14pm, 21 Feb 2023

We have all seen a version of the peak 2022 outfit – a blazer, baseball cap and big trousers – worn by celebrities “running errands” and posing all over social media.

While the look, featuring relaxed tailoring and Oxford shirts, has no sell-by date, last month’s men’s fashion week in Paris offered insight on how the androgynous style will be given a new lease of life in the year ahead.

Menswear and womenswear borrowing from each other is not new, but the lines between the two are more blurred than ever.

From street style to online commentary to editorials, it is hard to deny menswear’s impact. Fashion week only proved that. “[The] fashion showcase does stay true to classic menswear principles: good quality fabrications, sourced from reputable mills and innovative pattern cutting,” says Richard Biedul, creative director and menswear model.

A model walks the runway during the Egonlab show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 17, 2023 in Paris. Photo: Getty Images

Call it recession dressing, or pin it to the normalisation of gender-fluid fashion – but, in 2023, there is greater interest in quality and practicality when it comes to dressing. If last year was about wardrobe staples, then recent collections hinted at a re-envisioning of how we style them.