Despite fashion shows being held across the world, from Copenhagen to New York and back to London, Paris and Milan over the past six weeks, one could be forgiven for forgetting almost every celebrity runway cameo, incredible street style moment and breakout trend seen before Hedi Slimaneโs debut at Celine, a show which caused perhaps the biggest industry stir since Slimaneโs last appointment, when he unceremoniously dropped the Yves from Saint Laurent (ring any bรฉlls?).
Since then, the fashion crowd has been in a haze, moving from the front row to showings and on to after parties with just one topic on their lips: โwhat did you think of the Celine show?โ While โPhilophilesโ fought over the last remaining Pheobe Philo designs and mourned publicly on the Instagram account @OldCeline, others looked forwards, opting to see the spring/summer 2019 collections as a chance to hit refresh โ short, latex dresses and all.
This season, designers didnโt shy away from a runway โmomentโ, many endorsing trends that were once considered a fashion faux pas (bike shorts, hereโs looking at you) and delving even further into the archives, with cargo pants and bucket hats confirmed to time travel straight from the โ90s into 2019. Tie-die which resurfaced on the runway at a few shows during the spring/summer 2018 rotation, including Chanel, Michael Kors, Anna Sui and Attico, has made its full-fledged return, with Australian supermodel Gemma Ward making hers at the same time, dressed in a blue Proenza Schouler tie-dye button-down.
Below, seven of the biggest trends spotted on the runway.
Tie-dye

The print trend has reached its peak and, after a year of deliberation, tie-dye is officially in vogue. While Dior and Prabal Gurung opted for a safer variation of the bohemian print, R13, MSGM and Proenza Schouler dove straight in with bright blazers, tees and boilersuits soon to be spotted on the likes of Gigi Hadid. After some careful consideration, weโve decided weโre all for it. Pass the paint.
Bike shorts

Eat your heart out, Kim Kardashian. After appearing on every Kard-Jenner sister and Instagram influencerโs feed, bike shorts have finally made it to the runway โ and to the Chanel show, no less. Dust off those bicycles because what Karl Lagerfeld says goes.
Puffy sleeves

Go big or go home! โ80s style puff sleeves and romantic frills were a runway regular this season, so expect hundreds of variations to be popping up in store soon. Canโt wait? Here are four styles you can buy now.
All shades of yellow

Is yellow the new black? Last season, the bright hue was the street style setโs colour of choice and now, the trend has transcended to the runway, prominent in collections such as Oscar de la Renta and everyoneโs favourite cool girl label, Tibi.
Short suiting

Power suits have been reimagined for summer with Australiaโs Dion Lee joining international designers, such as Tibi and Maryam Nassir Zadeh, in sending matching short and blazer combos down the runway. Where do we sign up?
Cargo pants

Brace yourselves because cargo pants are officially on trend. Thatโs right: the multi-pocketed, loosely cut, combat-ready bottoms you wore in the early aughts while dancing to Destinyโs Child are back from the dead, and they come complete with Balenciaga, Givenchy, Prabal Gurung, and Jonathan Simkhaiโs tick of approval.
Bucket hats

Move over, baker boys, because thereโs a new hat trend in town. This season, John Elliott, 3.1 Phillip Lim Anna Sui and R13 cemented the return of another โ90s favourite: bucket hats. Whatโs better than a fashion trend thatโs also practical for the Australian summer, you may ask? Nothing, thatโs what.