Fashion - Late Summer Magic

Don't you find late summer as magical as me? I totally love it. It's probably the time of the year I like the most. I'm a total summer girl, nothing makes me happier than being able to wear my favourite sundress, while I'm out with the girls for some summer shopping. But late summer just feels so...magical to me. It's the time when I get back from vacation, and all the post cards and letters and catalogues are lying on the table waiting to get sorted. I usually look at the post cards first, then grab all the catalogues and won't come out of my room for hours because I am looking through all the new autumn stuff. And even though I enjoy summer so much and I love sun and ice cream and hotpants, I am so incredibly excited to go do some autumn shopping!  Because with fashion & the seasons, that is a thing for itself. If you asked me what season of the year I liked the most, you would get two answers: I like the weather best in summer, definitely, but the autumn fashion is just heaven. Not too much to wear (like in winter), nor almost nothing at all, like it's the case in summer. And I could die for all the trench coats and boots and knit stuff and so on (if I listed everything I would probably not be ready by tomorrow...). And late summer is just the best time for autumn shopping. You don't feel all 'OMG it's summer let's wear hotpants everyday even if it's not even that hot!', but at the same time, you're not quite ready to give up wearing skirts and dresses just yet. Late summer is just like twilight (nope, not the book.) - it's not quite light but not totally dark either. And twilight does have this magical something, don't you think? And I find the sitting-in-my-room-shifting-through-the-new-autumn-collection-catalogues-for-hours pretty amazing. OK, maybe you think I'm totally insane right now. But isn't that also a good thing? If we were all the same, the world would be a pretty boring place. So I'll go get my catalogues. If you don't hear from me for a while: I'm stuck trying to find out whether I like wine red or coral pink better this season.
Lots of love,
Josie
xoxo