Spring 2017 Accessories: The Best Shoes, Bags at New York Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Marc Jacobs

Talk about a happy reunion. After successfully collaborating with artist Julie Verhoeven on bags during his tenure at Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs hooked up with the artist again for his namesake line. Updating his extreme platform boot from the fall season, the duo created elaborate patchwork “scenes” on boots and bags with candy canes, geese, frogs, painted fingernails, eyes, airplanes, toasters and myriad psychedelic designs, refering to the streetwear theme Jacobs showed. There might even have been a rainbow and a unicorn.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Ralph Lauren

There are Midnight Cowboys…Rhinestone Cowboys…Urban Cowboys…so what’s next? Urban Gauchos? That’s exactly what Ralph Lauren proposed Wednesday night at his see-now-buy-now show, which closed Madison Avenue in front of his women’s flagship. Traditional cowboy hats sported a sleek city edge, while a worn leather and studded messenger style bag looked at home, whether on the range or on the street. Ride ’em, city-girl!
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Michael Kors

Michael Kors’ runway was a happy place — in fact, Rufus Wainwright sang the song “Get Happy” by Judy Garland as models gleefully paraded, almost all with clutch in hand. Huddled here backstage, they carried sleek silhouettes with chains, or ruffled and flower-embellished purses with plastic frame handles.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Delpozo

Delpozo’s dreamy spring runway expressed an ethereal mood, with hints of Fifties couture but also a punch of Sixties pop. These hot pink paillette earrings took “long” to new extremes, dusting the shoulder and beyond.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Coach 1941

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Stuart Vevers’ latest lineup for Coach may have had Elvis Presley’s rock ‘n’ roll and Priscilla Presley’s Southern belle in mind, but he didn’t stop there when it came to inspiration. After his recent first-time trip to Santa Fe, the designer added Southwestern details. Seen here is a new, smaller version of the “dinky” bag — a name that harkens to the Bonnie Cashin era. The Bristish designer added metal conch details and fringe, along with the heavy lock hardware that appeared throughout the collection.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Tory Burch

Opening her show to the melodic Bee Gees song “Massachusetts,” Tory Burch reimagined the glory days of the East Coast preppie, with a style journey that reflected the tumultous political changes of the Sixties and how each coast reflected them. Early in the show, Burch showed this preppy classic — the Bermuda bag, left — and later, she tapped into the protest-minded West Coasters of the decade. The designer gave her boho West Coaster a more relaxed, rich-hippy look, paired with a raffia weave hobo with plastic chain strap.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Thom Browne

Thom Browne’s show Monday gave New York fashion originality a big shot of credibility. And evidenced by the plethora of accessories on his runway (which was designed to look like a swimming pool), he’s getting serious about the category. A major shoe moment: he mixed different sandals — on the same model. Could wearing two of the same shoes be a thing of the past? Other extras included new shades in the shape of two fish kissing, shower-cap hats and cocktail rings. Talk about delivering the goods — Thom Browne did so, and then some.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Thom Browne

In one of the more fun and clever fashion week moments, Thom Browne offered roomy, oversized totes and new versions of his famous dog bag in gingham and floral patterns. Woof!
3.1 Phillip Lim

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3.1 Phillip Lim’s spring runway recalled a sweeter time, but one that still had an edge: Think the early days of rock ‘n’ roll, or country music’s golden age. To that end, the designer channeled sirens like Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton, for whom this new bucket bag was named.
Accessories of the Day: Proenza Schouler

Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez hit another home run for Proenza Schouler’s spring line, borrowing inspirations from art — modern, ancient and tribal. Case in point: These Alexander Calder- and African tribal-influenced earrings that dusted each model’s shoulders, and this new top-handle version of the Havas bag, shown with high-frequency printing depicting a Greek statue and agate geode slice.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Altuzarra

Joseph Altuzarra’s sultry, slightly kitschy take on spring was heavily influenced by David Lynch’s “Wild at Heart” movie. Playing up a retro motif on the clothes were lemons, cherries and other fruits. The newest member of his Ghianda bag group, in a soft, drawstring pouch style, looks ripe for the picking in python and sequined cherry embellishments.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Hood By Air

Accessories of the Day: Hood by Air
Shayne Oliver’s runway show for Hood by Air is always thought-provoking, with his gender-bending progessive streetwear. For spring, he turned the idea of ball-and-chain on its head to propose the bag and chain — a duffel bag being dragged around on a leash. Of course, for production, the bag will have wheels. 😜
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Alexander Wang

Adidas wasn’t the only collaborator-slash-corporate sponsor of Alexander Wang’s spring runway and post-show rave. Bic — of the pens and lighters variety — has been giving itself a style makeover, and teamed with Wang to create an accessory with a purpose: the lighter-holder necklace, presumably to wear at concerts, to wave in tribute and to light up illicit party favors. Along with goodies from McDonald’s and 7-Eleven, lighters were passed out to guests, helping to create the party’s eau-de-pot signature scent. And who hasn’t lost a flip-flop while raving? Wang’s answer to that is an embellished ankle strap. You might lose your mind, but not your shoes.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Tibi

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Tibi’s Amy Smilovic has been hitting the mark for the professional city gal with an edge for several seasons now, and spring was no exception. Infusing her signature twist, this season she repurposed belts as chic ponytail holders, showing that women can get plenty of use from the men’s accessory staple.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Tommy Hilfiger

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In the heart of election season, Tommy Hilfiger kept in red, white and blue step for Nov. 8. Always a fan of Americana, the designer showed Old Glory-printed scarves with a fringe trim, seen here side-by-side — just right for the two-party system.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Kate Spade

While the Kate Spade New York spring collection was all things Moroccan, chief creative director Deborah Lloyd wanted to make sure that even a city slicker would covet her latest crop of bags. To meld the two notions, tile work doubles as a bold graphic, as seen in this saddle bag with a leather tassel — also a nod to the North African culture.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Creatures of the Wind

Designers Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters cited Fifties sirens and rock chicks in general as spring muses — PJ Harvey and Lydia Lunch inspired makeup and hair, respectively — so naturally, this girl needs some cool footwear. Enter the update on a Mod-era Chelsea boot, shown here in python black-and-white stripes.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Vfiles Rushemy Botter

Hilfiger will mentor the VFiles runway show. Here, a look by Rushemy Botter for spring 2017.
New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Tom Ford

Tom Ford’s see-now-buy-now fall 2016 show surely reflected his design DNA — steamy, sultry looks that borrowed heavily from his playbook. He added drama and intrigue with bold brass jewelry. The organic, softly molded oversize pieces came as earrings in an abstract brass plate pared with a carved bone, or a large medallion on a brass collar choker with flaps of leather. He also integrated the sculpted hardware into straps on shoes and leather corset harness belts that were shown throughout the collection — a nod to his subversive side.
Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye

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Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Marc Jacobs

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Ralph Lauren

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Michael Kors

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Delpozo

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Coach 1941

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Tory Burch

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Thom Browne

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Thom Browne

3.1 Phillip Lim

Accessories of the Day: Proenza Schouler

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Altuzarra

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Hood By Air

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Alexander Wang

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Tibi

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Tommy Hilfiger

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Kate Spade

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Creatures of the Wind

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Vfiles Rushemy Botter

New York Fashion Week Accessories of the Day: Tom Ford

Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye