A Casual Season

If you've been feeling uncomfortable in your little businesslike suits, with their fitted jackets and narrow skirts, relief is on its way.

This season, suits are still a great addition to your wardrobe, but for fall through to spring, they have become more casual.

As always the purchase of a new jacket will update your wardrobe instantly.

Try one with a self-tie belt that gives it a sportier appearance. Or a single-breasted, tailored jacket in fleece, which is a new idea for this winter.

To wear under your new jacket there will still be lightweight rayon sweaters and twinsets from last spring and summer, as opposed to the chunky, heavier wool sweaters that we usually dig out as soon as a leaf drops.

Clothes are versatile but smart, they can be worn for outdoor activities but also to the office on casual Fridays.
The style is a relaxed fashion rather than casual.
I'm sure we're all going to look very smart come Christmas Day.

At the shows, collections included, three-piece outfits consisting of sleeveless tops, jacket and skirt or pants.
Some pants and skirts were worn with tunics giving a long graceful appearance. Christmas will still be glamorous with fabrics like chenille, crushed velvet and lace in a deep palette of jade, black, plum,and red.

You may not like them but, those things that don't know whether to be shorts or a skirt - skorts, are still going to be with us come next spring, in denim and heavy weight cotton. There will also be the old favourite T-shirts, patterned shorts, crisp white shirts, chambrey and denim skirts, tops in cotton and striped knits, jumpers and vests.

I'm glad to see that most High Street designers are keeping their clothes casual but with a touch of tailoring. This year we will find that we don't have to wear sweats to be comfortable, this year we will be happy in our clothes -- and comfortable.