The queen of maxi dresses, Rachel Zoe, displays a great way to take your summer maxi and turn it into a fall essential with a simple leather jacket. Not all of your summer dresses can be transitional. One thing to look for is color. This maxi dress by Elie Tahari has an airy fabric but can be worn in the cooler seasons due to the neutral color pallet. The best time for a leather piece is fall and a black leather jacket is an essential
I recently tried on a pair of Nicholas Kirkwood booties with pearls in the heels and I was pleasantly blown away. I never thought of pearls as an embellishment for anything other than jewelry and for the prim and proper. This season pearls are the embellishment of choice. Just check out half of Gucci’s fall collection. Pearls are on everything from jeans to leather jackets and bags to shoes
Everyone has a classic jean jacket, right? Great! What? You didn’t keep your jean jacket? Well don’t worry because there are plenty available to shop this fall, and they offer the endless styling options. I noticed how they layered the same basic jean jacket at Zara in several different ways. This inspired me with ideas for styling women over 40! I love layers because we get to hide our body flaws underneath them!
Sure we all love summer whites, but isn’t it easier to wear all black, especially when you live and work in the city? To summer-ize my often all black wardrobe, I like to add a few surprise bursts of bright color. My black M Missoni tank has a multicolor kaleidoscope print on the back and my bright blue clutch bag becomes the center of attention when worn with all black.
