Turn Up the Heat This Summer With the Best Fashion Trends of the Season

We’re only a handful of weeks into spring, but summer is well underway. As the sun defrosts the ground to make way for flora, fauna, and the best summer 2023 fashion trends, I can simply feel it. And, because time has a funny way of passing by so quickly (wild, I know), the hottest season of the year will be here before we know it. Luckily, there’s still ample time to shape your warm-weather wardrobe, which includes everything from summer wedding guest dresses and crescent bags to the best clogs. Now, the real question is...with what?

To give you a starting point for your summer looks, I turned to Libby Jane Page, the market director at Net-a-Porter, to share her insider insights on the fashion trends that’ll be everywhere come June. The key point: this summer, you get both sides of the coin. “The spring/summer 2023 season was clearly a tale of two halves, proving pared-back elegance and sleek black styles can be just as high impact as the lustrous liquid shine pieces and standout floral moments,” she tells me. There are sheer fashion looks perfect for humid, 100-degree forecasts as well as luxe pieces to combat the flowing A/C, plus a few other eye-catching ones in between. (All of these will pair perfectly with the best summer 2023 jewelry trends, too.) Scroll on to see what Page is eyeing for this summer’s biggest trends.

Quiet Luxury

A look from Bottega Veneta’s spring/summer 2023 collection.

Back to Black

Valentino showed an elegant black gown in its spring/summer 2023 collection.

No matter the season, you simply cannot go wrong with black. According to Page, it’s a “mainstay fashion favorite.” And while you might be surprised that black is the new, er, color, the market director noted that head-to-toe black is at the forefront of fashion trends for summer. “Black is not a color we tend to associate with summer, but this season it proved its reign as fashion’s favorite color is still very much in place following seasons of dopamine dressing.” Page suggests slinky slip dresses and cutouts to beat the heat in black this summer.

Best Undressed

Models wore revealing dresses during Saint Laurent’s spring/summer 2023 runway show.

Magpie Moments

Sequins made an appearance at Nensi Dojaka’s spring/summer 2023 show.

Now, just because understated, undressed looks are trending for summer doesn’t mean those shimmering, eye-catching pieces are completely cast to the side—so don’t put that sparkling summer cocktail dress in storage just yet! Page tells me that the spring 2023 runways glistened with sequins, paillettes, and crystal. “We saw a new guard of designers coming through and leading the way in the eveningwear space, from Nensi Dojaka, who exemplifies outstanding brand evolution, to 16ARLINGTON and LaQuan Smith,” she says.

Flower Power

Dries van Noten’s spring/summer 2023 runway show had plenty of floral prints to go around.