Can you play personal stylist and nail the perfect look for every autumn occasion, from 9-5 to out-of-office? As the best pros know, it's all about mixing and matching to make your wardrobe work around your to-do list.
To test your new season styling skills, swipe our model below to find your favourite looks from the autumn collection at Very. Here's to living your best capsule wardrobe life.
The office look
It's Monday morning, you've snoozed your alarm approximately 13 times and now have exactly seven minutes to get ready. But what will you pull from your virtual floordrobe to get you through the 9-5 in style?
Are you more fashion-forward leather-look culottes with bold animal print shirts and clashing mules, or Clueless-inspired check mini-skirts with a cute top and comfy ankle boots?
Swipe the top, bottom and shoes to build your outfit (and click to shop)
The Saturday night look
Fast forward to the weekend and your best-laid Netflix and Deliveroo plans have just been hijacked by your mates, who want to go out-out. What will you put together to take you from dinner and drinks to dance floor?
This autumn is all about throwback party wear, so take your pick: channelling the 70s in velvet pleated skirts and glam polo necks, going OTT with 80s-inspired ruffles and polka dots, stripping it back with a 90s satin slip skirt and minimal heels, or mashing-up several decades at once.
Swipe to build and shop your outfit
The Sunday chill look
It's the Sunday after the night before. You just got out of the shower and were meant to be at brunch 10 minutes ago. After assuring the WhatsApp group you're 'only five minutes away', you need to grab a look and go. The avo on toast is waiting.
Key dress-down pieces you might want to consider include the denim shacket (awful name, great fashion all-rounder), the leather-look skinny trouser (stretchy enough for seconds but stylish enough for bottomless brunching), and the tartan mini skirt (to bring the posh punk vibes.)
Swipe to build and shop your outfit
For all your new season mix and match looks, including the newly launched Topshop collection, head to Very
Alison is head of content for the Good Housekeeping Institute, responsible for product reviews across homes, beauty, wellness, family and food & drink. She lives by the William Morris quote that you should “have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
Alison has over 15 years' experience as a lifestyle editor and has written features on everything from misophonia to how to dress like Claudia on The Traitors. She has also interviewed everyone from Dame Joanna Lumley to the Kardashians.
In her spare time, you'll find her hanging out with Monty the cocker spaniel and refreshing the Sezane website every five seconds.
