Fringe Benefits: The Fashion Week Trend You Actually Need to Own

We're not finished with New York Fashion Week yet, but we're already calling it: fringe is going to be a big trend come Fall 2015. Not limited to the token '70s-style leather jackets, this season, it's hanging off the hemlines of pencil skirts, it's showing up as a print-like embellishment on sweaters, and it's completely covering dresses. There's also not just one way to slice it: the runways have been filled with oversize, chunky fringe, as well as fringe so delicate it seems to flow like liquid out of a faucet.

And it didn't stop at the runway. Street style stars (along with one very chic reality-star-turned-model) are claiming this new way of wearing fringe already. See what we mean ahead, and then shop the trend with our 15 top picks.