I hadn't seen biker shorts worn with such fervor since my family's '91 trip to Disney; sequins took the streets in broad daylight (fun fact: I spotted a girl waiting for the bus in paliette-covered pencil skirt before 8 a.m.); and white boots had become more ubiquitous than a pair of blue jeans. Beyond the runway, it's these trends that defined street style in 2018.
Sure, if you had told us two years ago that we'd be styling biker shorts with blazers, we'd likely laugh it off and pull on our mom jeans, thankyouverymuch — but this year's style stars convinced us to dive right in. Not just that, either. We added logo bags to the rotation, threw on our shoulder bags (crossbody style!), and added cowboy boots and animal prints (respectively) to mix things up. This year gave us nostalgia re-imagined with a contemporary lens; in a nutshell, enough new outfit inspiration to last 365 days and then some. So, you'll forgive us if we'll be wearing these looks well into 2019.
Read on to relive the best street style looks of 2018, but feel free to file these away for future reference, too.