- Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, January 20151/10
Altitude Adjustment
The fashionable world indulges in a bit of navel-gazing as designers riff on the not-quite-exposed midriff as a new focal point. Edun calf-hair cropped jacket, $1,295; Barneys New York, NYC. Prada silk blouse with stitching detail, $760; select Prada boutiques. Hilfiger Collection patchwork jeans; Tommy Hilfiger, NYC. Jutta Neumann belt. from far left: Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane ring. Pamela Love ring.
Fashion Editor: Camilla Nickerson.
- Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, January 20152/10
High Noon
Some of these abbreviated jackets are worn over light shirts that cover the gap between hip bone and rib. Others, like this one, pivot on raised waistbands. Givenchy knit jacket with stud detail; select Saks Fifth Avenue stores. Vetements leather pants, $1,845; Blake, Chicago. Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane hat and bracelets. Jutta Neumann belt.
- Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, January 20153/10
Making the Cut
Note how all lengths on this patchwork look are being snipped. Proenza Schouler cobalt python jacket and perforated asymmetric knit tank ($1,475); Proenza Schouler, NYC. Carleen two-tone jeans, $364; carleen.us. Céline silk necklace with bell pendant. Edun silver pendant necklace. Cuffs and rings by Pamela Love and Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane.
- Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, January 20154/10
The Lanky Look
Natural counterparts to these new jackets? Pants that show off the ankle. Calvin Klein Collection leather jacket and double-face knit pants ($1,895); Calvin Klein Collection, NYC. Louis Vuitton white knit jacket, top, and ankle boots; select Louis Vuitton boutiques.
- Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, January 20155/10
Lone Star
The cropped jacket almost inevitably has a kind of Western air—as manifested here in rodeo studs on saddle-brown suede. Hilfiger Collection jacket; Tommy Hilfiger, NYC. Carven python-print leather skirt, $890; Carven, NYC. Isabel Marant ostrich-feather choker necklace. Pendant necklaces by Dinosaur Designs and Céline. Lisa Eisner for Tom Ford rings.