Style Journal by Elan

Jesse Mini Skirt: The Faux Suede Piece Making the Case for Minis This Fall

Olive Jesse Mini Skirt with patch pockets, worn by a woman with crossed arms and a white turtleneck

By Elan Team

There's a reasonable assumption that a mini skirt is a warm-weather piece, something you put away in September along with sandals and sunglasses. The Jesse Mini Skirt argues otherwise. It's cut from a faux suede...
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How to Style a Cardigan This Fall: The Case for Owning More Than One

Woman wearing the olive Sylvan Cardigan, an open-knit zip style with a large collar, with wide-leg jeans

By Elan Team

Not every cardigan does the same job. One open-knit style is built for texture and real movement, the other hides a built-in shirt collar for instant polish at the desk.
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The Denim Shirt Dress Everyone Is Belting, Unbuttoning, and Layering This Fall

Woman facing forward in the Diana Maxi, a belted denim shirt dress, with tan knee-high boots

By Elan Team

Fall dressing tends to split into two piles: things built for a properly cold day, and things built for the handful of warm afternoons still sneaking in between them. A shirt dress does something rarer....
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Robbie Maxi: One Dress Built for Two Different Temperatures

Green ribbed cap-sleeve sweater with a wide ribbed waistband, worn over the Robbie Maxi dress, shown in close-up

By Elan Team

Fall dressing has a specific kind of problem that summer and winter don't: the same fifteen minutes can ask for a coat and a fan. Leave the house on the first properly cold morning of...
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How to Style a Matching Set This Fall

Woman in the navy and white pinstripe Cider Top and Coraline Skirt as a matching set with tan suede boots

By Elan Team

There's a particular kind of confidence that comes from getting dressed once and being done with it, and that's the appeal behind fall's return to matching sets. Not the loungewear kind you'd wear to answer...
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What to Wear to a Fall Baby Shower

Woman wearing the Carrington Dress, a long-sleeve midi in animal print with a smocked waist, and brown suede boots

By Elan Team

Baby shower invitations have a way of landing right as the weather turns, and the dress code question that comes with them is never quite as simple as it sounds. It has to be warm...
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Lily Short: The Pull-On Short Built for the Week Summer Won't Let Go

Woman standing in the navy Lily Short with drawstring waist and frayed hem, paired with a striped shirt

By Elan Team

There's a particular stretch of the calendar, usually the back half of September sliding into October, when the mornings ask for a sweater and the afternoons still argue for bare legs. Most of a wardrobe...
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What to Wear for Fall Family Photos That Won't Feel Matchy

Lainey Pant in warm taupe-brown with front pleats and a button waist, hands in the pockets, under a fringed top

By Elan Team

Family photo season sneaks up every fall, and so does the same dilemma: does everyone need to end up in some version of the same flannel, or is there a smarter way to look pulled...
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The Work-From-Home Wardrobe That Still Works for a Video Call

Woman in the Sable top, a short-sleeve knit in black with tan stripes, worn with a black mini skirt

By Elan Team

A work-from-home outfit that still holds up when the camera turns on: a ribbed knit set from ELAN, plus the one throw-on layer that answers the door for you.
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