The calendar tells us we are entering autumn. But, at the time of writing, in London, where MR PORTER calls home, there is a full-on heatwave. This inevitably alters how we think about clothing. For example, today may not be the day we decide to invest a significant part of our monthly salary on heavy-duty winter clothing that will take us through to spring 2024 (whenever that may be). In uncertain times like these, versatile layers are our friend. So, we’re looking to Club Monaco and five of their new trans-seasonal pieces that we have identified as summer-cum-autumn essentials.

“You talk about things that nobody cares / Wearing out things that nobody wears.” Never mind that Dazed And Confused takes its name from a Led Zeppelin track that, for licencing reasons, doesn’t even feature on the film’s soundtrack. The manifesto behind Mr Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age period piece, which turns 30 this year, is right there in the opening scene, in the first verse of Aerosmith’s 1975 hit “Sweet Emotion”.

Fashion gluttons that we are at MR PORTER, we’d be lying if we said we struggled to justify the sort of clothing expenditures that would make regular folk wince. However, if we were forced (against our will) to narrow it down to the categories that are truly worth a three-to-four-figure splurge, then there’s no doubt that coats, shoes and bags would form our holy trinity. Here, we’re homing in on that last department – and it’s safe to say that this season brings with it an absolute embarrassment of riches from the likes of Bottega Veneta, LOEWE and all our other favourite accessory-makers? Below, our whittled-down edit of messengers, totes, bucket bags, et al that promise maximum cost-per-wear.

The calendar tells us we are entering autumn. But, at the time of writing, in London, where MR PORTER calls home, there is a full-on heatwave. This inevitably alters how we think about clothing. For example, today may not be the day we decide to invest a significant part of our monthly salary on heavy-duty winter clothing that will take us through to spring 2024 (whenever that may be). In uncertain times like these, versatile layers are our friend. So, we’re looking to Club Monaco and five of their new trans-seasonal pieces that we have identified as summer-cum-autumn essentials.

“You talk about things that nobody cares / Wearing out things that nobody wears.” Never mind that Dazed And Confused takes its name from a Led Zeppelin track that, for licencing reasons, doesn’t even feature on the film’s soundtrack. The manifesto behind Mr Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age period piece, which turns 30 this year, is right there in the opening scene, in the first verse of Aerosmith’s 1975 hit “Sweet Emotion”.