From summer to autumn, our SNA challenge for September

Hello and welcome to our monthly Style challenge! This time I've chosen to feature our take on transitional dressing from summer to autumn. The fact of the matter is that I'm never very keen to pack my summer clothes away but try my best to face the end of summer with a smile.

Jacqui's balloon pants and sleeveless top are easily converted to autumn dressing by simply adding a jacket. Swapping sandals for boots would work too, but do check out what she has in mind on her blog Mummabstylish. 

Emma's casual weekend look takes her easily from one season to the other. Animal print jeans are always on trend no matter what season and the cardi is a must-have at this time of year. See more about her outfit on the Style Splash.

Hilda turns her summer outfit into autumn style by adding this fabulous jacket. Read more on her take on transitional dressing on Over The Hilda blog.

 

Florals with long sleeves seem like a good take on transitional dressing to my mind which is what I wore this weekend. The boilersuit is a recent Vinted purchase - the brand is Lucy & Yak. It was great to bring out my orange River Island boots once again. This is my second pair of these that I've bought, again from Vinted. What's not to love with orange boots?

I took the simple style option by accessorising with my very old perspex necklace, orange stretch belt with orange and pink perspex rings.

My Radley sunglasses are also old but still going strong.

It was only later that I noticed these fabulous cloud formations behind me. Is this what they call a Mackerel sky?

Anyway, that pretty much rounds up our transitional dressing for this time of year. How do you tackle this seasonal shift? Or maybe you have a style that smoothly moves across from summer to autumn without a hiccup. Do leave me a comment to share your thoughts.

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We're open for business again!

Yes, here we go again with another season! On Friday 1st March the Gallery re-opened for business and this was my outfit of the day. No points for guessing where I found this fabulous jumpsuit - Vinted, of course! I've been selling consistently as part of my ongoing clear out and that's given me a bit of a healthy piggy bank with Vinted which helps when I find something as lovely as this.

Sasha introduced me to not only the joys of Vinted over a year ago, but also the Lucy & Yak brand. I'm very grateful to her. My jewellery is all old, the necklace was from Topshop and the rings are charity shopped. The orange stretch belt was from Amazon last summer.

The mustard jacket was a charity shop find from a couple of years ago, the brand is Boohoo. The whole look is very autumnal I know, but these colours do work for me. 

The orange ankle boots are rather fabulous and were from ASOS. I've broken them in over the past year and they're now all-day long wearable, hurrah! I do wonder if this penchant of mine for orange will eventually take over my entire wardrobe and I'll be dressing like a member of Hare Krishna by the time I'm an old dear.

And that pretty much winds things up for this week. I'm busy having training in the workplace as we update our computer systems. The challenge has been made even more, well challenging, given that my trainer is my daughter. Having the tables turned after a lifetime of thinking I can give her the benefit of my knowledge is a very odd situation to find myself in. She's a very bright cookie, as sharp as a knife and a great educator, but golly I'm finding it hard not to feel stressed out by it all. Jointly we're struggling with time pressures amongst everything else, but hopefully by the time I come to report back to you next week I'll be feeling a bit more confident in my skills.

Wishing you a lovely week!

Anna x