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To the untrained eye, it may have looked like an anti-shoe trend was brewing at New York Fashion Week. Multiple designers seemingly sent models down the runway with their dogs out: At Jane Wade, a handful of shoe-free looks emphasized the outdoorsy Spring 2027 collection, while 6397’s debut catwalk featured one model baring sand (?) -covered toes and LoveShackFancy welcomed barefoot dancers to underscore the ’90s hippie aesthetic of its salon-style presentation. On the heels of Matthieu Blazy’s viral “barefoot sandals” for Chanel — introduced at the label’s Cruise 2027 show and later co-signed by Margaret Qualley — perhaps NYFW’s foot-forward looks took the shoeless trend a step further. But most of this season’s foot-baring styling choices weren’t actually choices at all. At 7 For All Mankind’s show, models strutted down the catwalk in Y2K-era platform pumps (the kind that make your ankles hurt...

Tanner Richie and Fletcher Kasell, the design duo behind Tanner Fletcher, may both hail from the Midwest (Wisconsin and Minnesota, respectively), but for Spring 2027, they’re headed to the East Coast. The brand unveiled its latest collection during a preview at its Chelsea studio on Monday, an expansive 61-look lineup that marks the second chapter of “Cabin Wear,” which Kasell described as “sort of a brand within a brand” for Tanner Fletcher. Where the brand’s first Cabin Wear collection centered on “the woodsy Midwest nostalgia of fall,” this second one shifts to “a relaxed coastal sensibility,” per collection notes. Richie and Kasell take road trips around New England to collect antiques often, they told Fashionista during the preview. “A lot of those pieces are what inspired the collection and our first little nod to nautical,” Richie said. Those nautical themes can be seen in details such as sai...