What I Wore to New York Fashion Week FW25
When I was a little fashion obsessed kid growing up in the Midwest, I dreamed about going to Fashion Week one day – but in the way you dream of being an astronaut or a pop star, a fun thing to imagine, but something I never thought would be a real possibility. Now, with over a decade of New York Fashion Weeks under my belt, I still have little *pinch me* moments sometimes. It is part of my job, and can be incredibly demanding, hectic, and exhausting (physically, mentally and emotionally), but I still love it and am grateful that I am able to attend, even if I feel high-key dead by the end of it.
Part of the [slightly stressful] fun is figuring out what to wear for a week where your outfit always speaks first. As a plus size attendee, I don’t have the luxury of just having the designers dress me for every show and event (like many of my straight size peers). As someone without unlimited funds, I also don’t have money to buy a whole new wardrobe for the week. And this season, with lots of writing deadlines in the run up to Fashion Week (including my first byline for Business Insider!), I had even less time for press pulls than usual (I only managed one – borrowing a coat from Tamara Malas – because it was literally a block away from one of my presentations). Add in the very real constraints of dressing for icy wintry weather most days (we had multiple winter weather advisories this season!), and the bottom line was that I had to get creative and shop my closet to put together a week of Fashion Week looks. But the old adage about necessity breeding creativity really rang true, because this turned out to be one of my favorite run of NYFW looks in a while, with a lot of cool size inclusive indie designers in the mix.
Read on for outfit details for all eight days, including similar options for old or sold out pieces:
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Day 0:
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Pari Passu longline vest / Curvy Couture corset top (code INFCURVILY for a discount!)/ Silver Jeans cuffed wide leg (more sizes in stock here) / Telfar Medium in silver / Lane Bryant boots (sold out, similar)
Day 1:
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T.W.I.N. That’s What I Need sheer polka dot dress (sold out, similar, and here) / Obermyer Coat (plus sizes via Nuuly only) / Naturalizer knee high boots
Day 2:
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byVinnik Fringe Cape (sold out, but they have so many gorgeous maximalist pieces!) / ASOS mini dress (old, similar) / Eloquii boots (sold out, similar) / Grommet belt / Vintage handbag (very similar here)
Day 3:
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Tamara Malas pleated dress (code CURVILY for a discount!)/ Tamara Malas puff quilted coat (size down – I’m wearing the 10-16 here) / Eloquii boots (sold out, similar) / byFar bag
Day 4:
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Vintage slip dress (thrifted in Philly, similar here) / Melke beaded fringe top (prior season) / Les Belles baby blue tights / Naturalizer knee high boots / byFar bag
Day 5:
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Selkie silk dress (also available in a gorgeous robin egg blue, (code CURVILY for a discount!) /dRA coat (sold out but available at Nuuly) / mm6 tote bag (sold out, similar) / Stuart Weitzman croc stamped boots
Day 6:
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Jordan Piantedosi Beautiful Genius Dress / Marina Rinaldi coat (sold out but available here; similar here) / Telfar Medium in purple metallic /Naturalizer knee high boots
Day 7:
Selkie asymmetrical dress (sold out in this print, but available in black sequin, blush sequin, ivory, blue tartan, and a gorgeous monarch butterfly print) / wide calf red boots / Samantha Pleet bag
