The spring/summer 2023 trends focus on accessories: sculptural shoes and hats, maxi jewels and elaborate textures

The fashion of the coming summer focuses entirely on accessories: eccentric, maxi and flashy, these are the trends identified on the catwalk

If someone isn't clear how much an accessory can make the difference in outlining the style of a look, rest assured that we'll have something to learn from the trends for next spring/summer 2023. The catwalks of the new season gave us a taste of it, where the Tagwalk platform, based on users' searches for looks and accessories, identified what we would like to wear and what will naturally dictate the trend in terms of shoes, bijoux and hats. So let's start from a sine qua non : without accessories, in the summer to come, we won't go anywhere, whatever the style or look we decide to focus on.

Spring/Summer 2023 accessory trends: the revenge of the mini bag, to wear and show off like a jewel

On the spring/summer 2023 catwalks, what needs to be looked at but also reconsidered is the mini bag to be carried by hand. Of course, it may not be roomy and practical like a tote – the protagonist of last year from the beach to the city – but for leisure and an evening occasion it is irresistible, to be worn as if it were a jewel in the hands and on the wrist.

In the new Miu Miu collection, iconic models are transformed into small handbags, such as the classic rectangular office bag or the rectangular shoulder bag that is carried strictly by hand by folding the shoulder strap, like a clutch bag.

Those who love boho vibes will see the mesh bag become extremely elegant and embellished with fringes in the handbag according to Hérmes : also in this case the shoulder strap is made smaller and folded to be carried by hand and no longer like a crossbody. Eccentric, precious, decorated but also essential models like the mini hobo bag by Genny , basic, minimal and versatile.

Accessories in XXL format: from sculptural shoes to imposing hats, from casual to sophisticated

We won't tell you to abandon your sneakers, practical in winter as well as in summer, but whatever model is your best , it needs to be slender, bursting, ready to make you feel decisive, whatever your plans for the summer will be determined. For ceremonies and events that will be said yes to the pointed stiletto that paraded on the Valentino catwalk, sexy and elegant.

Nostalgic vibes with a nod to the 2000s, instead in the Versace house, where the heights are dizzying: the shoe and the sandal, from the wedge to the plateau passing through the maxi heel, is exaggerated, very high, projected to dominate the scene. I am that model that will never let us go unnoticed. A metamorphosis that Versace revisits in all the iconic models, from Mary Janes to moccasins.

Even the hat relives a new season, becoming the undisputed must-have of the hot season to come. The bigger it is, whether it's a fedora, a fedora or a cowboy, the more chic it will be, to rediscover its ancient vocation as a mysterious and adventurous accessory in the women's wardrobe: the trendiest suggestions have paraded on the Max Mara and Burberry catwalks.