IT IS ALREADY MID-AUGUST and how the summer has flown by so briskly is hard to understand. Before we know it, hot summer nights on a terrace with sparkling fairy lights and a glass of rosé will be replaced by breezy fall afternoons in a cozy Parisian café, wearing your favourite cashmere sweater and boyfriend jeans. This is the ideal time to start thinking about your fall wardrobe’s direction; will you become a sophisticated French woman who prefers a wardrobe made of simple investment pieces in tonal hues, or one of the modern schoolgirls à la Gucci by Alessandro Michele? Will you, instead choose to embrace the 70s romantic bohemia, with Victoriana lace and a free spirit? Fall leaves room for experimenting, and either becoming the woman you have always wanted to be, or making improvements upon your own style.
The transition itself is a difficult one, for it’s impossibly hard to let go of your favourite summer items like that Chloé button skirt or white lace dress, but it is made simpler by the beautiful style icons and pieces from pre-fall collections that make knits and jeans look so appealing. Women like Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Olivia Palermo exemplify transitional style perfectly, while the August editorials make us dream. —Victoria
It’s the time to swap shorts for boyfriend jeans, throw on a crisp crepe blazer, and accessorise with the it-bag for fall. A new seductive scent imbued with juniper berries and leather will bring a new attitude.
1 – Chloé crepe blazer, 2 – Frame Denim blouse, 3 – Gianvito Rossi pumps, 4 – Byredo 1996 Eau de Parfum, 5 – Victoria Beckham boyfriend jeans, 6 – Illasteva sunglasses, 7 – Gucci shoulder bag.
Images: 1, 3, 4, 6 – Pinterest, 2 – The Fervour, 5 – Visual Optimism, 7 – Visual Optimism, 8 – Celebrity Gossip, 9 – Nolita Hearts, 10 – Visual Optimism, 11 – A Love is Blind, 12, 13 – Vanessa Jackman, 14 – Visual Optimism, 15 – This Is Jayne Wayne, 16 – Scandinavia Vogue, 17 – SoFeminine, 18 – Vogue, 19 – Lovedirtymental, 20 – BewitchMag