The fashion calendar: A month-by-month guide for what to wear
24 January 2016
Embrace each month with a switch in your wardrobe. Here are our suggestions to get you through 2016.
Words and styling: Alissa Thomas Still-life photos: Chris Jansen and Bauer Media
1/12
January
Happy New Year! Your ‘out of office’ is on and so are your beach sessions and get-fit intentions.
Bikini top, $79.99, and bottoms, $39.99, Roxy. Trainers, $100, Adidas.
2/12
February
Celebrate the final days of summer by donning fun, frilly, flowy dresses that double as appropriate workwear. Note to self: don’t forget sexy Valentine’s lingerie!
Bra, $79.50, and briefs, $42.50, Intimo. Dress, $320, Stevie May.
3/12
March
You’ve done the whole casual summer work-drobe and now it’s time to smarten up.While you’re not ready to rock the sky-high heels just yet, these are a happy medium.
Top, $190, Alice McCall. Heels, $199.95, Sol Sana.
4/12
April
’Tis the unofficial month of denim. Pull out your ol’ faithful blues and prepare to wear those badboys for a very, very long time.
Trainers, $99.95, Superga. Jeans, $84, River Island.
5/12
May
Apart from some awesome puns (‘May the fourth be with you’ and ‘It’s gonna be May’), not much else happens during this month. Spend your weekends on the couch in boxset bliss.
Top, $159.95, and pants, $135.95, Conchita.
6/12
June
Hooray for the long weekend (we know you’ve been waiting for it all year)! Get all country-like and book a getaway surrounded by farm animals, wine
and fireplaces.
Hat, $39.99, Roxy. Shirt, $130, G-Star Raw.
7/12
July
This time of year is cold AF, so it’s time for us to perform an ode to the northern hemisphere’s Christmas. Side note: festive jumpers will double as an ironic look for Splendour In The Grass.
Socks, from $16.95 per pair, Happy Socks. Jumper, $68, ASOS.
8/12
August
Layer like a champion during the coldest month of the year. You won’t freeze your you-know-whats off if you… Just. Wear. Everything. You. Own.
Emerging from winter bleary-eyed calls for our very own Spring Break. Mexico, Hawaii, Bali – seriously, anywhere! But first, a spray tan.
Bag, $69.99, Jeanswest. Swimsuit, $319, Marysia.
10/12
October
All across the world, this is the month on the fashion calendar. New York and London fashion weeks have just finished, and now it’s time for Paris and Milan. Allow yourself to be style-spired.
Clutch, $249, Mimco. Dress, $122, Topshop.
11/12
November
Bring on the Melbourne Cup! At no other time is it perfectly normal to drink champagne in the office at midday while wearing a fabulous frock and statement headwear.
Skirt, $319, Ted Baker. Hat, $39.99, Forever New.
12/12
December
Christmas is here, and the decorations have been in stores for months. Kick off the silly season by spending days by the beach and nights at the bar. Happy holidays!