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I've been playing with cuffing my jeans (mainly because these can get long). Shop the coolest pair of faded rinse girlfriend jeans inside the September Vault, Style Notes section.

I'm still wearing my wedges, too. These are suede so I'll wear them til my feet get cold.

Close-up of where to cuff your skinny jeans. I like the look with flats. Make sure you show a teeny bit of ankle, but don't let it creep up into evil capri territory. (Shop some animal print flats inside the September Style Vault and the bonus issue on Perfect Fall Shoes.) 

You can also roll your jeans so they just graze the top of your ankle boots.

Wear your chambray shirt with white jeans on warm days. Untucked is fine if it has a good nipped-in-at-the-waist shape. Perfect chambray shirt inside the September Style Vault!

Cuff those sleeves! And if your chambray shirt has pockets, I hope they are not big and sloppy and booby pockets, but more tailored. The one you can shop from the Vault is perfect, of course.

The suede ankle boots make the white jeans feel more like fall.

Chambray on denim. Easier than denim on denim, unless you know what you're doing. You could also pair chambray with dark rinse jeans, too.

Leather and suede are considered year-round, now. Along with white jeans. Ladies of the South, pick your jaw up from off the floor and embrace the present. I won't steer you wrong, I promise. So you can trust me that these old social mores are obsolete.

I wear mine early in the season with a chambray shirt. You can wear it with a t-shirt, too. I scoured my sources and turned up the softest, coolest leather pencil skirt for you in the September Vault. It's a little longer than this one, and comes in petite, too.

Try the tie. If you don't like to tuck, it's a great way to still get a pulled-together look without leaving out a shirttail.

Did I mention suede is year-round? I thought so. It may not be cool enough to wear your suede jacket where you live, but in Nashville, I've already pulled mine out and worn it on a cool morning and in the evenings.

I have on a t-shirt and a plain old skirt. The jacket is that ubiquitous 3rd piece every outfit needs. And branch out from black! Shop a great suede jacket in the Style Notes of the September Vault.

Make sure your leather and suede are fitted. They will stretch on you, and never go back to their original shape. So you want them to feel a little tight when you buy them.

Gosh I love wearing a jacket draped over my shoulders.

I've got another pair of ankle boots on here with bootcut jeans. That's another reason I love ankle boots - the versatility! You can wear them with both bootcut and skinny jeans.

An ankle boot with a skinny jean can be tricky. But can look so good, if you do it like I'm about to show you.

If your jeans graaze the top of the boots, that's great. No rolling or cuffing required. And you don't have to wear socks. I like the look better without them. Shop my best ankle boots in bonus issue of the September Vault, A Perfect Fall Shoe Wardrobe.

And when your jeans are a little longer, you can casually roll the jeans. You want it to look unstudied. Not perfect, and definitely not perfectly matching.