Nina Khosla during New York Fashion Week

 Forget what’s in and what’s out. Fashion in 2023 isn’t about being on trend so much as it is about having a deeply original sense of personal style. And so, rising designers today go their own way, offering unique looks that suit every individual fashion personality.

Love fresh takes on tailoring? Check out Sukeina’s origami folds or Interior’s special buttons. Want something softer? FFORME has your full knitwear wardrobe covered. Feeling sporty? Saul Nash and Private Policy blend performance wear and ready-to-wear into something that transcends both categories. Obsessed with denim? Conner Ives’s laser-printed eco denim and Who Decides War’s embroidered and hand-distressed jeans offer some of the season’s freshest “washes.”

On the subject of handcraft, Diotima does its intricate crochet work with artisan partners in Jamaica, while Palmier makes one-of-a-kind hand-painted skirts in the New York Garment District. Jawara Alleyne and Dauphinette turn deadstock fabric—and a few thrifted china plates—into treasure.

Searching for the perfect unconventional LBD? Look no further than the daring cutouts and delicate strap details at Nensi Dojaka. Or try some of the other excellent body-con options at Theophilio and Ahluwalia.

And, of course, no look is complete without the accessories—like the season’s must-have Cookie Bag from Puppets and Puppets. Whoever you are—and whoever you imagine yourself to be in spring 2023—shop 15 labels we can’t get enough of right now below.

MEL BLES

FFORME

“It’s not fashion but foundations,” FFORME creative director Paul Helbers told BAZAAR of the new architecture-inspired label he launched with industry vet Laura Vazquez and tech entrepreneur Nina Khosla during New York Fashion Week. Helbers—an alum of Louis Vuitton, Maison Margiela, and The Row—has created a perfect capsule wardrobe of modular layering pieces, like elongated oversize T-shirt dresses, ankle pants, sheer ribbed turtlenecks, and knit corsets, in a mostly black-and-white color palette, with subtle washes of pastels. “You could also say the FF stands for ‘female form,’” Helbers said, “because that’s really what we celebrate.”

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FFORME Vera Sheer Rib Cap Sleeve Top

$1,100 AT FFORME.COM

ARTURO HOLMES

Theophilio

Kingston, Jamaica-born, New York–based designer Edvin Thompson is using the runway to tell more personal stories. His spring 2023 Theophilio collection featured several slinky, shimmery Y2K-inspired looks shown with towering feathered headpieces like those worn during Carnival. “It’s like an extension of myself and Carnival and just the overall vibrancy of my cultural heritage,” the 2021 CFDA Emerging Designer of the Year winner told BAZAAR of sharing his homages to the Caribbean festival with his audience. A racer-back rhinestone fishnet tank is your ticket to the party.

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Theophilio Racerback Rhinestone Fishnet Tank

$315 AT BERGDORF GOODMAN

COURTESY PALMIER

Palmier

Palmier designer Ling Arnold doesn’t do pants. After working for a decade in the testosterone-fueled world of finance, she was ready for a career change—and a vibe shift. And so, she began her foray into fashion in 2020 with a tightly edited selection of skirts and dresses in delicate fabrics like fil-coupé and silk crepe, all made by women in the New York Garment District. Many of the pieces feature abstract prints or Arnold’s own hand-painted designs.

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