Fashion’s most discerning stars can turn the sidewalk into their own personal runway.
Kim Kardashian, Bella Hadid and Rihanna are boldface names that instantly spring to mind. But in 2024, these and more It girls (and guys!) continuously kept Us on our toes with traffic-stopping street style that provided no shortage of sartorial inspiration along the way.
In August, Kardashian, 44, stepped out in her signature uniform — a stretchy beige bodycon dress and Balenciaga pantaloons with pointy toe pumps — but added a surprisingly playful twist with a furry yellow purse from the very cool brand behind daughter North West’s Lion King costume.
Billed as “ethically sourced and handcrafted in California from the “softest sheepskin hides,” ERL’s messenger bag recalled the bespoke costume North wore to perform at Disney’s The Lion King live-to-film concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in May. (North played a Young Simba and sang “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King,” in a custom furry zip-up hoodie, matching shorts, socks and furry slippers.)
Led by creative director Eli Russell Linnetz, who previously teamed up with Lady Gaga and Kardashian’s ex-husband, Kanye West, the Venice-based brand shot campaigns for Yeezy and Skims. Look for their name in lights, or rather stitched onto labels, as this is far from their last collab.
Meanwhile, Hadid, 28, single handedly invented the cowgirl aesthetic this year while cozying up to her cowboy beau Adan Banuelos on rodeo date nights and on the front row at Fashion Week. Sightings of the supermodel in leather chaps and cowboy boots slowly gave way to subtle nods to Western style. The latest example came on December 13 when the supermodel was spotted in a 2002 archival Roberto Cavalli Canadian tuxedo, consisting of a contoured, corseted jacket and an eyelet studded pencil skirt.
Rihanna, 36, gave us a lesson in more-is-more fashion on a Mother’s Day date night with a slogan-heavy Comme des Garçons graphic number and a Gucci horsebit clutch on her arm (along with partner A$AP Rocky, of course). In a skirt with a slit cut up to there, the Savage Fenty founder tied it all together with red tulle gloves that looked lifted from her lingerie line.
For these and more of the most head-turning street style looks of the year, keep scrolling.
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