We've come to a decision about our Fall look and we feel the need to share. It came to us through editorial osmosis, from seeing these two items separately, and then together, and then separately, until we finally began to feel like this should come to represent our entire fall look. The ankle boot and short pant combination, editorialized at left in the Topshop Fall 08 look book, is easy to put together at any price point. Our plan, in case you're curious, is to start with the trousers and boots and build out our other blouses and frocks and jackets once those two key pieces have been established (we're thinking a navy trench, marching band jacket, Lyell blouses, and sheer boyish tops). So, this weekend we went and bought the LD Tuttle Nebula boots which we'd been eying for some time. To save some money on the trousers we intend to employ a little DIY by finding an inexpensive trouser at Express, The Gap, or Uniqlo and then having them tailored in the Lower East Side to be on the short and narrow. We're hoping to find a range of colors. We're pretty excited. We'll keep you posted on our work and in the meantime, if you fancy this styling for your Fall wardrobe, our favorites are below.

New York designer, Samantha Pleet skips the 'lively model hopping into cab' look book, in favor of a more direct aesthetic. This season, her Fall 08 look book is chalk full of Brooklynites (from bands like The Boggs and Apache Beat) lining up for their mugshot. They say modesty (think high necks, long dresses, thick tights) has been encouraged for the Fall 08 season and if there ever were a girl for the job, it would be Miss Samantha Pleet. The line is perfect for those local fashionistas who wear turtlenecks and long johns, like reading, and prefer the radio to their roommate's Wii games. If there's a stock character to make modesty look sexy, it's a proper New York nerd. To that end, we like Pleet's grown-up vibe, her penchant for librarian-esque costumery, and her signature usage of the ladies neck tie.

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