BY CHRISTINE AMEFIAM

We are almost at the end of autumn; the weather is getting cooler, clothes are more layered and the outfits are getting to their finest stage.Dear readers, I don’t know about you but in my opinion, winter is the best season for fashionista-minded people. Why is that? Coats are the central theme. There isn’t a more perfect garment than a nice coat. With a simple coat, you can understand someone’s confidence level; for example, if I did wear a very wrinkled coat I wouldn’t look as confident as if I did with a very ironed and tailored one.

Something that I love to wear that boosts my confidence to the moon is fur (of course it’s fake), it makes me feel like I’m the main character in the entire world and everything revolves around me. A very elegant outfit I would love to style this winter is a complete extra-long faux fur coat, a cossack hat, and some black leather gloves styled with nice pointy shoes. I call this look “the unapproachable” because the power that it gives you instantly is unmatcheable.

Recently I have seen that a nice brand has been making very noticeable clothing pieces, apart from affordable brands such as H&M, Mango, Zara and Commense, there is one last one, which is, Stradivarius. Let’s say that almost 80% of this season’s items are unforgettable, especially the shoes category. The first one that made me look into this already-known brand is the dupe of the Miu Miu Pumps Slingback 55 in Vernice. The names of the Stradivarius ones are Strappy with Buckles. I think that the Stradivarius one, even though it’s a replica, the job was beautifully done and it made me love this one even more than the real one.

Other unforgettable shoes are the STUDDED ballerinas, they are just perfect and pleasing to the eye. I have seen many replicas this year but unlike the others, this one instead of being curved, is pointed and it makes it look more elegant than the other ones.

Another thing about this season that I love so much is the charms trend that started months ago with the Birkin bags to the Adidas Samba sneakers. If done correctly it’s perfect to just add a little of your style on your purse or shoes with one or two charms but, something that makes it tacky, is adding more than five or six items to it.

This season we are talking about the main colours: Burgundy, Khaki Green and Dark Brown. I’m very pleased with this year’s choices. I have done a very nice colour combination with my look which is burgundy, white, black and camel, I think that I’ll be writing down this fusion in my fashion diary and remember it for the rest of my life.