Cui Xiaoli

    ALTHOUGH autumn is here and the weather is beginning to cool, you may still feel unwilling to put away your beautiful summer dresses. With a bit of savvy, you can continue to wear them throughout the autumn.

    Items popular in summer, such as sleeveless dresses, pantdresses, pants, tank tops, and short-sleeve T-shirts, can become fashionable autumn outfits when worn with suits, sweater coats, long-sleeve T-shirts, pantihose and scarves. Besides, this can save you a fine penny as inflation continues to soar.

    Wearing a solid colored suit outside a spotted or pantherine dress makes you look colorful and feel warm. White, black or pink suits fit colorful dresses well. If you do not want to look too formal, you can replace a suit jacket with a cardigan or coat. Cardigans can always bring out your femininity. The casual look is good for wearing around friends or family.

    Spotted pantdresses, which were popular this summer, can be worn beneath a suit or cardigan sweater coat. You can also wear a long-sleeved T-shirt beneath the pantdress on casual occasions.

    The choice of color is very important. Colors that are good for wearing in the fall include yellow, gray, black and pantherine.

    Because it is not cold in autumn in Shenzhen, you can still wear chiffon or silk dresses. Of course, cotton or cloth dresses are better.

    Long skirts, which are back in fashion this year, are your best bet. When you wear a mini skirt or short skirt, it is a good idea to wear pantihose underneath. There are tights of various styles and colors in the market. If you don’t want to rack your brain to find the best match, flesh color and black are most commonly used. Long scarves are always good accessories in autumn, because most summer dresses are low-necked.

    When wearing a suit, it is important to choose a tight-fitting skirt. If the skirts you have are a little bit fluffy, a belt can help it integrate with a suit.

    Don’t rush to pack up sleeveless garments when summer ends. You can wear a long-sleeve T-shirt beneath the garment, which keeps you warm and makes you look fashionable at the same time.

    If you don’t have close-fitting long-sleeve T-shirts, just buy a pair of suitable sleeves. Sleeves are easy to buy on the Internet. Choices are abundant on taobao.com at quite low prices. Sleeves imported from South Korea are most popular.

    Pantihose can be worn beneath short pants if you are confident in showing your legs. If it becomes cooler, thigh-boots can help you keep warm.

    Cardigans, scarves, pantihose and thigh-boots, the must-haves for matching summer dresses, are fairly inexpensive in Dongmen.

    To make sure you are in, you can also do some window shopping at The Mixc and KK Mall to find out what is hot this autumn. Then, make full use of the summer clothes at hand and add some trendy accessories. With a limited budget and good fashion sense, you can always find the items needed to make you a fashionista.