This season’s cheat code? Suede. The lush key player that makes everything feel a little more tasteful and lends a little more finesse to an ensemble. Long tied to cowboy boots and dad loafers, the fabric has slipped back into rotation with a sharper edge, suede is shaping up to be fall’s texture fix.
On the fall/winter 2025 runways, suede finishes and rich brown colour stories showed up in moto-leaning boots, slouchy knee-highs, and utilitarian silhouettes. We were treated to a mix of textures—from suede shafts gathering around ankles, to equestrian-style knee boots, to soft, tactile hybrids. Everywhere else, suede is already filtering through. Knee-high brown suede boots are being tipped as the upgrade from ankle boots this season, while sneakers like the Miu Miu × New Balance collab prove that suede works just as well in casual rotation.
The celeb receipts are here too, with one of the recent ones being Blackpink starlet Rosé and her puma collab—suede-accented Speedcats complete with bow details perfect for the girls. Gigi Hadid also kept it model-off-duty in a sneakers iteration, while Gwyneth Paltrow tried a different take in the fabric, dressing it up through a lush dusty green pair of pumps.
Whether you’re going for that cowboy vibe with a supple pair of boots, a more comfy take with sneakers, or even a slide, suede is the texture doing the most this fall. Below, Vogue Singapore’s gallery breaks down the must-have picks of suede footwear you can’t go wrong with.
