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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Ellie Violet Bramley

How to master transitional dressing: 17 clever buys for autumn and beyond

Day 3 - Street Style - Copenhagen Fashion Week AW25COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - JANUARY 29: Sophia Geiss wears grey jeans, beige crop trench coat and long black scarf during the Copenhagen Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2025 on January 29, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Raimonda Kulikauskiene/Getty Images)
Jacket required (maybe): navigate the changing of the seasons with a wardrobe to suit all forecasts. Photograph: Raimonda Kulikauskiene/Getty Images

Often regarded as a sartorial no man’s land, the shoulder season connects the carefree, bare-armed days of summer with the wrapped-up neck of winter. It can be a tricky time to get dressed, switching between low-20s summer heat and sudden autumn chills – and the rain doesn’t help.

This is the season when layers are your friend, and a few choice ones can help make sure you don’t feel like Joey in Friends wearing the whole of Chandler’s wardrobe, or in need of Mary Poppins’ bottomless bag to cart them around when the sun comes out.

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