12 Ideal Outfits for Navigating That Tricky Summer-Fall Period

Did you score some tour merch but don't want to just wear it with jeans? Put a corset on it! Heels optional. 

Yours doesn't have to be Alberta Ferretti, but a ruffly, puff-sleeve dress always looks good against something hard. (The studded boots, in this case.)  

Will a T-shirt and jeans never *not* be an ideal outfit? Here, she's added a cardigan and neckerchief—and a straw bag, because ~summer vibes~ are infinite. (And straw bags are still very, very hot at the moment.) 

You'll have to sort out eating and drinking and holding things, but aren't dinosaur arms worth it when you've bought a killer jacket but it's still too hot out? 

Another way to wear a fall purchase you're really jazzed about: with bare arms and legs. Otherwise, you'd roast. 

Addendum: You can also adjust the skin-to-covered-up ratio to get away with a bomber. 

Another shifting of the SCU ratio with over-the-knee boots and more arm. (And ab.) 

Looks warmish, is actually pretty breezy, given the lightweight fabric choice. 

Even lighter weight outerwear—so lightweight that it's sheer.

If you change one thing now to coincide with the official arrival of fall, make it your footwear. Sandals, out. Brogues, in. 

Personally would not attempt a knit quite yet, but Katie Holmes' off-the-shoulder styling—and outdated-rule flouting—might have just changed our minds.

Mark my words: Slowly but surely, the early-aughts blazer-over-everything thing is on its way back. Embrace it.