As autumn approaches, bringing with it a host of box-fresh ideas set to transform your wardrobe, Vogue rounds up the style rules for the season ahead. From the perfect animal-print trench coat to the new stacked mule, these are the autumn/winter 2018 trends to buy into now and wear later.
1. Paco Rabanne
Paco Rabanne′s girl has long been wedded to a glistening after-dark dress; now, it′s the unexpected daylight appeal of metallic medallion panels with wool that′s impossible to ignore.
2. The scarf-neck blouse
Fashion is in a generous mood: capitalise with a lavish neckline and dress your throat with a jaunty knot.
3. The perfect shade of yellow
Sunny Delight-yellow is the ultimate mood enhancer. Wear it head to toe - with a splash of optic white - and consider it therapy for those inevitable post-holiday blues.
4. The skirt suit
A skirt suit is strait-laced by nature, but cut long and lean and rendered in sumptuous blush wool it becomes a wild-card wardrobe entry. Take it out for a spin with a vampy pump.
5. The pendant necklace
Seventies disco chains have the edge on chokers. Pair with bitter chocolate or chestnut brown à la Chloé, for instant sophistication.
6. The shoe-string belt
We challenge you to come up with a neater way to a waist than a quick double knot on a pair of shoelaces. That thrifty feeling has never felt better.
7. The croc bag
Not real crocodile, mind. There′s just one rule: the dinkier the better.
8. The stacked mule
If shoes are the new bags, then Gucci′s mules are the "it" hit of the season. Style them with louche suiting or a pleated skirt.
9. The cardigan coat
Doesn′t a body-cocooning cardi look right again? And, more importantly, doesn′t it look easy?
10. The animal-print trench
Animal print has a gauche, wayward energy this season; rein it in with a subtle trench coat template that is fluent in ladylike complexity.
