Photo: Sarah Brick

This isn’t a dominant catwalk trend for the coming season, but who cares? Do trends even matter, today? (Sequinned knickers, anyone…) That’s Not My Age is about fashion sense and finding the clothes you love to wear. Beautiful, gentlewomanly pieces to take you from one year to the next. And conker brown is a lovely warm colour that evokes nostalgia over autumns past: Catherine Wheels spinning off the shed door, freezing cold, welly-clad feet and bonfire toffee to make your jaw ache.

Those were the days.

Some people think brown is boring but I have an untested theory that any colour with scrumptious culinary associations is bound to make you feel good: caramel, toffee, gingerbread, cinnamon, chestnut (conker), coffee…

And who doesn’t love corduroy? Conker brown cord looks great with neutral colours, such as cream and ecru, gorgeous with denim, and superb with navy. This perfect combination plays well with everyone. Classic navy jumper and mid-brown cord trousers?

You bet. Dark denim jeans with a chestnut-coloured jacket and sensible lace-ups. That’ll be a ‘yes’ from me.

Adding a splash of conker brown brings warmth to a deep blue winter outfit and offsets grey hair beautifully.

Keep it chic in navy and conker. More autumn style updates over in the SHOP.

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STYLE NOTES:

Leather lace-up Derby shoes from Grenson (loaned for the shoot)
Fine cord tapered trousers loaned from Me+Em
Classic Crew Jumper, gift from Navy Grey
My own Dot Print Scarf is from Universal Works.

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