Fall Fashion Fixes - Layer Up!

So many women have difficulties dressing for Fall weather.  Understandable.  It's a challenge to dress for weather changes so sporadic that one minute it's 30 degrees, the next it's 12 degrees.

The key... layers!

Building an outfit based on layers starts with the top:

1. Choose a really great t-shirt or sleeveless blouse depending on the formality needed for your outfit (i.e. work or play)

2. Add a cardigan or other long sleeve layer

3. For cooler mornings layer both those pieces with a blazer, leather bomber,  or other light-weight jacket

4. Throw a scarf or pashmina around your neck (this piece is key for fall as you can easily toss it in your purse and use as needed)

*** These top layer pieces can be used in any combination depending on the day.  For example, the t-shirt with a scarf may be fine when you leave the house, but you may want to have the cardigan as back-up in your car or purse.

The bottoms are easier:

1. Choose either pants or a skirt

2. If you choose a skirt you can add opaque tights or nylons for warmth

Accessories:

1. With no snow on the ground pretty much any footwear goes - boots, flats, heels... you name it!

2. Adding at least one accessory finishes the outfit, and there are so many to choose from - earrings, bracelet, necklace, belt - the possibilities are endless.

 

Wendy's Words: Fall Trends

I'm always really hesitant to use the word "Trend".  There is a misconception that women need to add many different pieces into their wardrobes each and every season in order to keep up with what everyone else is doing/wearing.  If you play this game you will always lose.  There will always be another new thing.

 

That said, it is important to add a couple new items to your wardrobe each season to add life, and inspire creativity.  

 

So where's the balance?

 

The balance lies in finding one or two things you like about what's happening in fashion this Fall, and interpreting them to work for you.  Every woman is different, every woman's style is different, and therefore the trends you incorporate need also to be different.

 

For example, a few trends that speak to me personally this season include:

 

Cuffs. I love the way they look best when worn on both wrists, are the same size, but different colours.  This look is unexpected yet elegant.

 

The Cape. Although totally impractical for cold Canadian winters, I can't help but fantasize about a camel cape with long leather gloves up to my elbows - if I can find the gloves in coral I will be in heaven! 

 

Winter White. I've always been a winter white person, so it's even more fun now that it's in style.  I often get questions as to why I'm wearing white after labour day.  My usual answer, "I like to break the rules".  My new answer, "It's on trend".

 

More on great Fall fashions to come!

Wendy