In this fortnightly column, fashion editor Charlie Gowans-Eglinton and her mother Geri Gowans go shopping together, translating trends into buys that will work for any age and style that spans their 31-year gap.
This week they're on the hunt for spring layers. I find winter the trickiest of the seasons to dress for, as a heavy winter coat can so easily sap all the joy out of an outfit.
You’ll go off a brightly coloured one by mid-winter, but navy or black is so cheerless – so unless you can afford multiple warm winter coats, you’re damned whatever you do.
Which is why, the moment the daffs start to come up, I swap said coat for a pair: a base coat and top coat. The top layer can be a trench, duster or mac – whatever you already have, as
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