Falling Forward

Well ladies, although we’re excited to spend this last true summer month under the sun—and in lots of SPF-  today, let’s think ahead with refinery29.com‘s favorite picks for the upcoming cool weather. The great thing about these trends is that you can carry over summer essentials and make them fall basics! Keep bright colored trousers and high-slit skirts (as well as mid-calf skirts) in rotation for the chilly season and you’ll look like you stepped off the runway. Get refinery29’s total fall review here .

6 Party-Perfect Hairstyle and Dress Combos

hair: Nanette Lepore, fall 2011; dress: Marc by Marc Jacobs

We’re always itchin’ for a little extra advice and what could be better than nearly a week’s worth of hair and dress combinations? Be still our beating fashion heart! Refinery29.com doesn’t disappoint with their collection of matching looks and we’re bringing them right to you. Whether parisian prep or total flower girl, summertime is here and there are fashion and beauty ideas aplenty! The best part about this gallery is that it draws from the runway and translates those sometimes wild looks into practical ensembles with all the product haircare details you need. Which combo are we ready to piece together? Twist our hair into a nouveau braid a la Nanette Lepore’s fall 2011 runway and give us a geometric printed dress to drape ourselves in. Now if we only had a party to go to with brightly colored cocktails…