The nights are drawing in already after what, in the UK at least, has been a decidedly lacklustre summer. I, like many others I’m sure, spent most of August – the so-called high summer – wearing clothes I would normally only reach for come October. This has not been the year for light fabrics and loose cuts – even on warmer days there has been the threat of rain. And on the few hot days we had, it hasn’t been the kind of weather you can bank on enough to leave the house without a jacket stashed in a tote.
So here we are, edging into autumn and the time for putting those frothier threads back into a box until next year. But if, like me, you would take a pair of shorts over a puffer jacket any day, perhaps you are feeling wan at the thought of all the dark, damp months to come when it will only be possible to wear boots and dark trousers.
