When the Clothes Become Too Normie, Accessories Go Kooky...
The only thing shocking about what Lyst revealed were 2025's hottest ticket items was how, frankly, yawn-worthy they were. When the winning podium of Q2's most sought-after products is made up of rubber flip-flops, white tank tops, and short adidas shorts, you know times are rough.
But just as the fetishization of the bland and ordinary reflects consumer sentiment, so too does the gravitation toward the fun, the lively, and the Labubu-ness of it all, in the form of cure-behaving accessories that are to work as antidotes to the sobering, recession-indicative (fashion) climate of late.
And even before the numbers were in to solidify these prognoses, recent men's fashion weeks in Paris and Milan already foretold a future of understated clothing with whimsical add-ons.
SSENSE was, of course, quick to respond to these developments, and is now loaded to the brim with pieces large and small that fit the above description, for you to round out an otherwise simplistic getup with the necessary embellishments.
Accessories to Un-Plain Your Jane
Apartment 1007 Bolts Cap
The camo print's been on a roll anyway, but having a cap with bolts hammered through it lends its Y2K gaudiness that extra dash of IDGAF needed to shake awake present day's trendily boring attire.
Balenciaga Bottle Opener Belt
Of course, there are more subtle ways to un-snooze one's outfit, too.
Guidi G-SPR1 Ring
The nail in the coffin of what would have been a lame look. Get it?
Thom Browne Hector Bag
Before we hung our purses with grinning bunnies, we just wore the animal as the purse. It's time we took that up again.
LEMAIRE Croissant Bag
The ever-so adored Croissant bag is the perfect demonstration of how a sense of humor in design doesn't equate to corny or faddy or unserious.
Coperni Silver Mirrored Crossbody
Mirror, mirror on the wall my shoulder...
Jean Paul Gaultier 'The Nail' Ring
In times like these, a full set of acrylic claws might bust one's budget, we get it. But this ring you'll only have to buy once.
Collina Strada Frog Prince Ring
Maybe, if you kiss it enough, this piece of jewelry will turn into a (rich) prince. Only one way to find out...
Kuboraum Gunmetal Sunglasses
If eyes are the window to the soul, then let these shades be the curtains to drape yours, anchored in the white wall that is, so data has it, your Hanes-y undershirt below.
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