Brown Striped Shirt with Pink and Brown Tiered Plaid Skirt

Brown stripes and a plaid skirt sound like they should clash, and somehow they do not. The shirt is a tailored brown striped button-up with long sleeves in a soft, breathable fabric, neat enough to wear tucked in and easy to wear open over a camisole. The skirt is tiered, in a pink and brown plaid, and the tiers add volume and movement so it swings a little when you walk.

The look is shown styled with a shoulder bag and boots, which is how it works best: a coffee date, a brunch, a walk through a hill-station market, a casual Friday, or a winter evening out. The shirt also pairs with jeans, and the skirt goes with a plain cream sweater.

• Brown striped button-up shirt, tailored fit, long sleeves
• Pink and brown tiered plaid skirt
• Autumn palette that suits the cooler months

Care: wash both in cold water with similar colours, dry in shade and iron the shirt on medium. Hang the skirt by the waistband to keep the tiers from creasing.