With the start of game season, there's no better time to gather your style bloodhounds and dress like you're off for a jaunt in the English countryside.
And no, I don't mean gumboots and Swanndri. You can do far better than that with what's available this winter.
Think tweed, tailored pants and
beautifully cut blazers. Think buttoned-up shirts and laced-up leather knee boots. Think tartan, khaki, beige and brown. Remember Audrey Tautou in her men's horse-riding outfit from Coco Avant Chanel? That's your inspiration.
The key to dressing like you're on a fox hunt while in the middle of the city is not to overdo it. Leave the head-to-toe tweed for those on real horses. Instead, mix and match hunt-inspired pieces with your old favourites like jeans, tailored trousers or sheer blouses.
Wear tailored wool pants in natural colours, like brown or dark green, with a sheer cream blouse, V-neck merino, skinny-waist belt and a cloche hat, like the ones available at The Warehouse. Or pair a tweed, knee-length skirt with a white shirt buttoned right up and a wee ribbon worn like a bow tie. For a more casual look, you could wear a well-tailored hunting jacket, like the Alexandra Owen or Max ones pictured, with skinny jeans tucked into brown leather boots.
Give your outfit a final polish by adding wrist-length leather gloves or a tartan scarf.
No matter how you do it, adding a little charm of the chase to your wardrobe this winter will have you appointed master of foxhounds in no time. Tally ho!
