Perfectly timed to suit September’s freshman mood, early fall finds fashion majoring in collegiate chic. There’s an edgy new feel to varsity bombers, heritage knits and track-and-field trainers, and we’re joining the trend’s cheerleading squad. Go team!

The Ivy League

Diving off the high board of summer into fall’s new looks is big leap. Luckily we have pre-fall ’25 to ease the transition – ‘ease’ being the key. Fluid lines, feminine silhouettes, soft folds and sinuous fabrics make inter-season styling simplicity itself

Go Easy…

With the business uniform of stiff suit and shiny shoes long-since replaced by a more relaxed aesthetic, today’s menswear spans work-to-weekend with ease. Laidback but no less groomed, our edit of pre-fall pieces spotlights modern polish for power players.

Smart Guy

It’s summer’s last hurrah, so whether you’re heading for the sound systems in Notting Hill or hosting your own bank-holiday bash, celebrate the long weekend with our carnival of style. These are the laidback buys to see out the season in style…

Carnival Parade

As twin maximalists with a shared passion for colour and pattern, it was destined to be love at first sight for Collagerie and interiors brand Colours Of Arley. Now that shared passion has born stylish fruit. Introducing the ultimate in chill-out chic…

Making Rainbows

From Kate Moss in a sheer slip to Courtney Love in vintage babydoll designs, few pieces epitomise ’90s style like the nightie dress, with its mix of minimalist cool and girly sweetness. Now it’s time to bring your nightie back out of the bedroom once more…

Good Nightie

Be it Jane Birkin’s check minidress in *La Piscine* or a young Bardot’s plaid dirndl and headscarf, gingham is the ingénue’s emblem, redolent of classic French charm. Just add a wicker basket and girlish flats for summer style that’s all sweetness and light.

Forever Young

It’s a label that inspires infatuation, so the first Celine collection by Michael Rider has us obsessed. The takeaways: deft tailoring, billowing pants, preppy shirts, slung-on sweaters, monochrome vs brights, and a fabulously French insouciance. Why wait?

C'est Celine

Concise packing is a precise art form, so tip those crumpled buys from your carry-on. Summer’s perfect capsule wardrobe boasts a helium mix of featherlight linens and unfussy finishing touches, so you float though your trip without even creasing your brow…