The Thing: the fall season’s best blazers, bags and shoes
The Thing: the fall season’s best blazers, bags and shoes
This fall, it’s all about creative and colourful takes on time-honoured wardrobe staples. Here, our favourite blazers, bags and shoes—the essentials—of the coming season.
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- We like this women’s blazer for its redcoat-reminiscent styling (especially the brass buttons) and the ensuing historical irony: it’s from U.S. retail juggernaut J. Crew, which opened its first, much-anticipated Canadian store at Yorkdale this month.
- Red Schoolboy jacket, $218. J. Crew. Autumn Cashmere sweater, $285. Higher Ground, 2541 Yonge St., 416-486-2488.
- New School
- New School
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- A plaid wool blazer is good for fall’s cool evenings strolling across campus or, really, anywhere. It’s preppy, but not so preppy as to have elbow patches. A pocket square dresses it up.
- Etro plaid jacket, $1,295. Holt Renfrew. Hugo Boss shirt, $175. Harry Rosen. Paisley pocket square, $25. Model Citizen, 279 Augusta Ave., 416-703-7625.
- Check, Mate
- Check, Mate
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- Summer is the season of backpacks and stray wads of cash stashed in your pockets. Fall is sturdy leather purses and bigger satchels that are just a little bit serious, even if they come in Crayola colours.
- Red Cambridge satchel, $139. A2Zane, 1040 Queen St. W., 416-803-7754. Blue purse, $6,950. Hermès, 130 Bloor St. W., 416-968-8626. Green Tory Burch bag, $398. Holt Renfrew. Tan vintage bag, $39. Model Citizen.
- Bold Shoulder
- Bold Shoulder
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- These anti-wellies are inspired by classic men’s shapes like the desert boot and the chukka—but they’re decidedly more feminine, what with the heels and all.
- Blue Stephanie Air Chukka, $385. Cole Haan, 101 Bloor St. W., 416-926-7575. Yellow Abigail boot, $475. Diesel, 92 Yorkville Ave., 416-968-3335. Red Marc by Marc Jacobs boot, $310. Holt Renfrew.
- Rebooting
- Rebooting
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- The crocodile saddle, the sneaker brogue, the bright red oxford and the blue goatskin chukka: all radical reinventions of otherwise staid footwear choices. Plain black socks would do these shoes an injustice.
- From left: Air Colton Saddle, $235. Cole Haan. Bartley leather brogues, $225. Fred Perry, 964 Queen St. W., 416-538-3733. Hugo Boss Evanno shoe, $450. Browns. John Varvatos chukka, $395. Harry Rosen.
- Kickin’ It
- Kickin’ It
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This fall, it’s all about creative and colourful takes on time-honoured wardrobe staples. Here, our favourite blazers, bags and shoes—the essentials—of the coming season.
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terrible…this wardrobe looks like it was inspired by a second-rate circus.