Take your wardrobe from warm weather to cozy season with these 5 staples.
Dressing between seasons can be surprisingly tricky. Late summer days still call for lighter pieces, while cooler mornings and evenings make an extra layer increasingly welcome. The answer is a wardrobe that can comfortably do both.
The best summer-to-fall transitional pieces offer enough versatility to work with what you're wearing now and what you'll reach for as temperatures drop. From lightweight knits to full-length pants, these five styles make the seasonal shift a little easier.
1. A Lightweight Long-Sleeve Tee
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Tie Dye L/S Tee
One of the easiest ways to start dressing for fall is simply to add a little more coverage. A long-sleeve tee still feels light enough for late summer, with the added versatility to layer as the weather cools.
The Tie Dye L/S Tee brings subtle color and pattern into the equation, making it an easy companion to simple skirts and pants. Wear it on its own now, then layer it under knitwear later in the season.
2. A Skirt You Can Style Two Ways
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Mae Button Front Skirt
There is plenty of life left in a skirt after summer. The trick is choosing one that works just as naturally with lightweight tops as it does with fall knitwear.
Wear the Mae Button Front Skirt with a simple tee or blouse while the days are warm. As fall approaches, pair it with a sweater and loafers or boots. Changing the layers around it gives the same piece an entirely different seasonal feel.
3. A Lightweight Cable Knit
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Moira Cable Lace Up
Cable knits immediately bring fall texture into a wardrobe, but you don't have to wait for cold weather to start wearing them.
The Moira Cable Lace Up is an easy way to introduce knitwear while keeping the rest of an outfit light. Pair it with a skirt during the last warm weeks of summer, then transition it to full-length pants as the season changes.
4. A Button-Down for Easy Layering
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Isla Button Down Blouse
A button-down earns its place in a transitional wardrobe because it can shift between seasons with very little effort.
The Isla Button Down Blouse works on its own when temperatures are higher and becomes an easy base for sweaters and jackets once cooler weather arrives. Try it with sleeves rolled and a skirt now, then layer a knit over it later with the collar and cuffs showing.
5. A Full-Length Pant
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Tailored Track Pant
When it still feels too warm for heavier layers, changing your pants can be enough to move an outfit toward fall.
The Tailored Track Pant offers the ease of a relaxed silhouette with a more polished finish. Pair it with a lightweight tee during late summer, then bring in sweaters and jackets as temperatures drop. It's the kind of piece that can stay in rotation long after transitional weather has passed.
How to Build a Transitional Wardrobe
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A good transitional wardrobe doesn't require packing away one season and starting over with another. Begin with the pieces you're already wearing and introduce fall gradually through longer sleeves, full-length pants, knit textures and easy layers.
Choosing pieces that can be styled more than one way also gives you more flexibility when the weather refuses to make up its mind. A skirt worn with a tee in August can work with a sweater in October. A lightweight knit can be worn alone before becoming one layer of a warmer outfit.
Those small shifts make getting dressed between summer and fall considerably simpler.
