Once in an editorial meeting, to prove a point about year-round style, I layered my autumn clothes over a more summery outfit. When it came to discussing what I had in mind for the spring fashion pages (the meeting was around this time of year), I simply unwrapped myself and swapped knee boots for Birkenstocks. This went down quite well with the editor, who liked her staff to provide the entertainment. To me, style is about uniform dressing - and that basically means wearing the same stuff all year-round, there's just more of it in winter. Anyhow. When I wrote a piece on layering without cardigans, a reader, rightly, defended the humble knit. Then, I met a friend for coffee last week and she was wearing a lovely, old Lurex cardi over a simple black outfit. I'm calling this a Cardigan Coincidence. So, here are a couple of ways of layering up and looking fabulous, whatever the season.
Boden's sequin cardi, £209, available HERE. And possible my favourite, this shaggy sheepskin number from Jigsaw (it's knitted, and hence qualifies as a cardigan), £395, available HERE.
Do you have any year-round style tricks?
