It's time to take a second to celebrate the designers that are making 2019 the most stylish year yet. There are newcomers [1], old favourites, youthful, and vintage-inspired [2] alike. We are loving both bohemian and tailored looks from the likes of everyone from Loveshackfancy and Dôen to Brock Collection and La Ligne. Are you looking for some clean striped pieces? Puff-sleeve [3] dresses? Brightly coloured jewellery to mix and match with it all? Ahead, find the 10 brands that have helped shape 2019, sartorially speaking.
La Ligne
The baby of Vogue veterans Meredith Melling Burke and Valerie Macaulay, and Rag & Bone's Molly Howard, La Ligne has been around since April 2016. They have been slowly growing from a capsule of the most perfect stripes to a full-blown collection that spans tops, pants, knits, dresses, and more. With stripes still as their inspiration, they've begun expanding the notion of what a line means in design, incorporating florals with piping, smocked solids, and tuxedo-stripe pants. The brand just opened its first brick-and-mortar store in May 2019, located on Madison Avenue in New York City, and has collaborated with J.Crew, Cesta, Reformation, and more in the past year alone.
Loveshackfancy
For the most bohemian at heart, Loveshackfancy is really hitting a high note over the past year. Their collection has not only expanded in puff-sleeve tops, lace-trimmed dresses, and smocked miniskirts alike, but also into more performance-centric aspects, like swimwear. With pale florals, patchwork prints, and lace-inset designs, it's blowing up on Instagram in an organic marketing campaign fit for high Summer.
Brock Collection
If you are seeking a look that is equal parts French Renaissance and edgy modern cool-girl, Brock Collection is for you. It's the ultimate selection of midi dresses, corset tops, and floor-grazing silk slip dresses, mixed with edgy lace bustiers, straight-leg jeans, and slouchy knits. Led by husband-and-wife team Kristopher Brock and Laura Vassar, this high-end brand might be less than five years old, but it's building the solid groundwork for generations to come.
Roxanne Assoulin
While Roxanne Assoulin has been growing the more youthful-inspired rainbow collection over the past few years (after a storied decades-long career prior), it's expanded more than ever over the past year. Not only can you shop her Rainbow Brite stacking bracelets and chokers aplenty, but she's added jewel-drop earrings, dainty floral necklaces, and embroidered bracelets alike to complement your growing stacks.
Ulla Johnson
Ulla Johnson is by no means a new brand, but it seems to have gained more momentum than ever before as of late. With a tailored take on bohemian ease, this female designer's collections are rife with statement pieces that can be mixed and matched into your existing wardrobe with ease. Whether you're looking for the perfect wedding guest dress or a puff-sleeve statement top to pair with your off-duty denim, check out this designer's most recent offerings for all that and more.
Dôen
Dôen brings with it an air of nostalgia. There are prairie-inspired looks, smocked tops, and high-neck dresses. In eyelet-insets, laces, ditsy floral prints, and more, the 2016-established womenswear brand is rife with romanticism and dreamscape, while still keeping it casual cool for the concrete-pounding urban girl.
Ganni
Copenhagen-based Ganni (with designer Ditte Reffstrup at the helm) has been around for nearly five years already, but stylish girls all around the world are currently experiencing extreme Ganni fever. Thanks to the likes of Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Emily Ratajkowski, and more, it comes as no surprise that the brand has seen exponential growth over the past year. With a '90s grunge-meets-'70s throwback style, it's the perfect amalgamation of all the biggest trends of the season, wrapped up in one fashion house.
Rejina Pyo
Rejina Pyo has spent the past two years rising from the birth of a brand to an Instagram sensation, now a favourite of editors and influencers alike. Right from the inception, the young female designer is knocking it out of the park when it comes to shoes, sunglasses, bags, and ready-to-wear clothing. And, while it's quite a feat to gain recognition in a single category, this brand seems to be doing it across all, flawlessly. The brand boasts whimsical takes on classics, like bright pink suiting, layered blouses, and block-heel sandals made in deliberate geometric shapes. It is, of course, an army of classics that ensure you do a double take.
Staud
Staud has managed to create a collection of recognisable bags and head-turning clothing alike that all retail in the realm of contemporary affordability which is, of course, an area that few have mastered thus far. It is not fast fashion, to be sure, but most of the collection retails for under $400, so they're making our wallets just as happy as our wardrobes. The brand has an eye for design, be it in voluminous silhouettes, mixed-media materials, or deliberate accessory shapes. As such, co-founders Sarah Staudinger and George Augusto's Los Angeles-based brand is a unicorn among horses and a must-know for all style lovers this year (and beyond!)
By Far
If there was ever a brand that managed to totally embody '90s nostalgia, it's By Far. Its selection of colorful kitten-keeled mules, ankle booties, and handbags are paramount in every Instagram influencer's throwback pic — and should be for yours too. Its designs are effortlessly simple, yet with a square-shaped toe and simple straps, they scream retro revival. Founded in 2016, the brand really seems to be hitting its sweet spot this year, as we're hard-pressed to get five photos in on any social media news feed without spotting a piece from their collection.