Fashion-wise, this season is the best of times...

and the worst of times. Swinging temperatures and weather forecasts can make autumn tricky to dress for—one minute there's a definite bite to the air, and the next you're actually sweating. Yet it's also that glorious transitional type of weather, where said bite isn't too mean.

(The really cold weather is, of course, coming, but let's not discuss that right now.) The sartorial selling point of the moment might come down to one staple: the jacket. Unlike the heavy coats.

.. Leah Melby Clinton.