Sunday, February 22, 2026 |
Fashion editors live in a kind of perpetual time machine, always six months in the future. ELLE's team scouted their favorite spring trends back in the fall, when they first saw them on the runways in New York, Paris, and beyond. Now the styles are finally hitting stores—from lingerie-inspired looks and primary colors to trench coats and (my favorite) throwback preppy stripes. Get a first look at the best spring pieces below. —Sara Austin, executive editor |