There is a myth that a wardrobe changes entirely when the season does — that the linen goes into a box and the wool comes out. The women whose style I most admire do no such thing. They carry their best summer pieces straight into autumn and simply add to them. It reads as confidence, and it also happens to be sensible.
The slip dress, now with a layer
A summer slip becomes a fall outfit the moment you put a fine knit beneath it or a leather jacket over it. Same dress, entirely different sentence.
Linen, into the shoulder season
Crisp white linen does not belong only to July. Worn with a camel coat and a loafer, it is one of the most quietly expensive things you can wear in October — and if you are somewhere warm, or escaping to somewhere warm, it never left.
The maxi, grounded by a boot
Swap the sandal for a boot and a flowing summer maxi reads autumnal immediately. The fabric moves the same; only the footing changed.
This is also why the Resort Edit stays on the site all year — the right summer piece is a fall piece with one adjustment. Pair them with the layers in The Fall & Holiday Edit and you will wear both halves of your closet at once.
— Sabine