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Add this leather accessory to your outfit for a pop of cool girl edge under your collar. ($30, zara.com)

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Romantic florals get a lesson in tough love when paired with black leather.

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Don’t act so surprised. You know there’s a little bad girl hiding under that good girl façade. So let her come out and play.

A glossy, black cherry mouth. Buffed fingertips. Strokes of liner and spiked lashes. Crimson lips and nails. Fall’s beauty messages are a collision of prim and perverse. You have your instructions. Now be a good girl and follow them.

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We love Toronto-based designer Leilanni Todd, for her hand-crafted and affordable wears, but mostly, we’re really into the laid-back attitude and style of her clothes. A fresh new take on the basics, her wears are the type you want in every colour.

Todd has been working alongside other designers for years, and ventured out on her own two years ago. Since then she’s been working with mostly jersey and leather, making turbans and turban headbands, mullet T-shirts and dresses, and leather-paneled shorts and leggings—and most are available in a variety of colours and patterns. Her styles are undeniably cute, and can be made-to-order with your exact measurements, which is a pretty sweet deal for custom-made threads.

The ladies have spoken, and it’s leather they’re after to fill their closets this fall. Not just for biker babes anymore, the season has us swimming in feminine options that are equal parts naughty and nice. From body-con dresses to pencil skirts, the new way to wear leather is all about ladylike silhouettes, mixing fabrics, and layering luxe textures like cashmere and fur.

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When it comes to handbags, spotted, strapped, tasselled or brightly hued is the new black. Fitting the bill on all those fronts is the latest collection from Vancouver brand Gaya (gaya.ca). A mint-coloured clutch with a black-and-white spotted pocket and key closure is cool for cocktail hour, and a python-patterned purse dripping in leather fringe dials up your everyday basics.

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Like a moth drawn to a flame, I am drawn to this streeter’s red leather pants, which are a nice update on the blazer-and-a-T-shirt uniform.

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While many of us (i.e. me) agonize over what to wear each day there are glamourous women like Paris Vogue‘s fashion director Emmanuelle Alt who seem to possess effortless style. Yes, we know it’s not actually effortless, but still, Alt’s tux jacket and cropped leather pants have a laid back vibe we love. See the full look after the jump.

Sure there were leather jackets, but designers used this material for everything from dresses to blouses to T-shirts. What’s your favourite way to wear leather this fall? VOTE NOW!

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For anyone who grew up watching Married…With Children, leopard print will forever have Peg Bundy’s bouffant attached to it in our minds. But we’d best get over it because leopard has come roaring back for fall. This slim pencil skirt ($53, asos.com) speaks to the print’s new (and, silmutaneously, retro ’50s) ladylike direction. But we […]

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As an urban cyclist, the number one priority for a purse is that it must have cross-body capabilities. Weaving through cab drivers and jaywalking tourists is just that much harder when clutching for a shoulder bag’s dear little life. This one, ($63, topshop.com) fits the bill very nicely, and while the canvas is great for […]

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