After much fanfare, the spring 2026 shows are finally over. Now it’s up to us to parse through thousands of images, and hundreds of reviews, to decode their meaning . Did the great reset, as it’s been called, change fashion? Absolutely. But did fashion also stay the same? Absolutely. It’s not a riddle, it’s just the tension that lies at the heart of our current era, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the accessories.

The trends for spring 2026 are not as clear-cut and cookie-cutter as they’ve been in seasons past; and the things everyone seems to agree on are either uber practical or delightfully odd. Some ideas, like the “bag-on-a-belt” look, manage to deliver the best of both worlds. Maybe designers were just trying to create things that will make them happy? The meani

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