The 5 best trends of 2023 Our favourite? The officecore

Every year is dominated by its trends, and the most beautiful part of working in fashion is precisely in recognizing them before others, identifying them, interpreting them. No one ever knows where they will come from: it could be a certain fashion show, it could be a single TikTok posted from a remote corner of the world, or it could ultimately be the expression of a broader global movement that emerges in the form of a certain look or a certain silhouette. Either way, the editorial team at nss magazine has identified five trends that have defined the past 12 months and that could effortlessly extend into the coming year. Here are the five viral trends that have made their mark this 2023, chosen by nss, the winner is up to you readers and you can vote for it on our social channels.

1. Officecore

Call it what you want: indie sleaze, neo-grunge, Y2K. If this year rock artists like Damon Albarn and Julian Casablancas have returned to the collective imagination, we must thank a renewed attitude to rebellion that no longer passes through the lens of Kurt Cobain's grunge and is colored by the decadent parties immortalized by Supersnake. V-necks, plaid shirts, mega sunglasses, leggings and skinny jeans, colored tights, furry hats – today the return of indie sleaze settles on more disciplined colors and more human proportions, but its vocabulary is all there.

3. Layering

Never like this year has the old become popular: and not only in the realm of meticulously researched, cataloged, and collected vintage fashion; but also in that of lived-in, worn, time-patinated materials. Everywhere you turn, in any city with a fashion community, leather jackets that look like they've been run over by a steamroller are the norm, sturdy as armor, evocative of a tangible past that can be scratched but not erased. The same goes for ripped denim, raw hems, wool-devoured sweaters, dyed and reconstructed fabrics. Our favorite, in the midst of so much abundance, is unusual: Pieter Mulier, for Alaïa