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Designer Dresses & Fall Leather Worth the Splurge
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items The pieces worth saving for: showstopping designer gowns, buttery fall leather and suede, and the bags and heels that finish the look. Everything here earns its price tag.
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Designer Dresses
Statement Gowns
Fall Leather & Suede
Bags & Heels
Designer Dresses
My current designer dresses picks — polished, but make it effortless.
Off-white and sculptural, the kind of dress that needs nothing but bare skin and good shoes. Rehearsal dinner, milestone birthday, gallery opening - it goes.
Derry Dress in Off White
A pretty, feminine dress with the kind of details that read hand-finished. This is your go-to when the invite says the words ‘garden’ or ‘cocktail.’
V. Chapman Jacqueline Dress
Clean, strapless, and impossibly chic in that Jacquemus way. The green is unexpected enough that you'll remember exactly where you wore it.
Sera strapless piqué midi dress in green - Jacquemus
A polka-dot midi with a soft, romantic drape you'll want to touch. Dress it up for a lunch that turns into dinner and never change.
Mio Midi Dress in Polka Dot
Mauve, minimal, and quietly expensive-looking - the dress for people who'd rather whisper than shout. Add a sharp heel and go.
Solin Dress in Mauve
Statement Gowns
The statement gowns I keep coming back to — they look pricier than they are.
This is the one you wear when you want the room to pause for a second. Sage, floor-skimming, and cut to move - save it for the wedding you actually want to dress up for.
Giselle Maxi Dress in Sage
Structured jacquard that holds its shape all night, so you can sit, dance, and still look pulled together at midnight. A real event dress.
Sau Lee Savie Jacquard Gown
A sunny maxi that looks like a vacation and photographs like a dream. Wear it to a fall garden wedding and let the dress do the talking.
Amora Maxi Dress in Yellow
Old-Hollywood lines without the old-Hollywood price. The bias cut skims everything and the color is deep enough for a fall evening.
Deesse Gown in Cenote
Fall Leather & Suede
My current fall leather & suede picks — polished, but make it effortless.
A leather blazer is the single fastest way to look expensive in fall. Throw it over a tee and jeans and suddenly you look like you planned it.
Black Leather Blazer
Chocolate suede is the color of the season and this is the piece to spend on. It'll carry every neutral in your closet from September to March.
Chocolate Suede Jacket
A suede skirt that swings just enough, in the exact brown you want for fall. Pair it with the matching jacket or break it up with a cream knit.
Chocolate Suede Jaspre Skirt
The mini version, for when you want to show a little leg with tall boots. Suede this good makes a simple outfit look considered.
Suede Mini Jaspre Skirt
Bags & Heels
Bags & Heels that just work — the kind you'll actually reach for.
The kind of quiet, architectural bag that people who know, know. Buy it once and carry it for a decade - it goes with absolutely everything.
Symmetry Trapeze leather clutch in black - Savette
Brown leather ankle boots you'll live in from the first cold snap. They dress up jeans and finish every dress on this list.
Bettina leather ankle boots in brown - Paris Texas
A neutral satin mule that slips on and instantly elevates a gown or a good pair of trousers. The heel you'll wear to every fall event.
Sofia satin mules in beige - Gianvito Rossi