Hands up who never knows what to wear in these trans-seasonal times? I was trying to explain this dilemma to the coffee man at my local cafe, but I don't think he quite got my pain and suffering.
We didn't have a prom at my school. We didn't even have a year 12 formal. But even if we did, I suspect I would have considered such an event to be a lame bourgeois ritual which I would, naturally, have been above. As in, hello, I-am-so-cool-I-am-going-to-Crossways-for-lunch-thankyou-very-much. No prom for me. No siree. 
As regular readers of this blog may have already figured out, we are absolutely in love with autumn/winter Dot & Herbey. This cap sleeve tartan top, for example, comes in a delicious shade of raspberry and is just the thing to crisp autumn days. Absolutely perfect for cosy Sunday drives to the country.
I have always loved the way American's call shirts 'button-downs.' So I was sad to recently discover that this term is in fact incorrect when describing a shirt such as the lovely Dot and Herbey piece pictured above. Apparently 'button-down' is supposed to refer specifically to shirts with an American button down collar, as designed by the Brooks Brothers in 1896.
You know, traipsing through the forest in hiking boots and polar fleece is not everybody's cup of tea. Some people prefer to be curled up in front of a cosy fire drinking hot chocolate and reading trashy mags. Some people even like to do this stylishly, perhaps in this forest green cashmere that Dot and Herbey dub the Frank wool dress. Frankly, we love.
It's 2010. Annie Hall is being filmed in Brunswick. Diane Keaton is wearing this exact outfit and looks absolutely ravishing. We fall madly in love with this waistcoat. Then we find out there are a limited number stocked just down the road in a lovely little shop called Pussycat Black. We run. Now.
Around this time every year I get excited. And this is pic is why. Boots, tights and oh-so-cosy throw on dresses that keep you warm and snug on cold rainy days. Combine with red lipsick and mulled wine. Bring on winter, we say.
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