Holiday season schmoliday season.

The best part of October on is slipping into fur-trimmed boots, clutching vintage mink muffs, sporting lacey tights, and rocking all sorts of other very necessary winter wonder gear. 

Even though 50°F is about as low as Los Angeles chillls.

Which is actually perfect weather for Mike & Chris fleece hoodies. “I love how Mike & Chris have reinvented the standard hooded sweatshirt into something that is both laid back yet put together,” says Shop Diary.”The super soft fleece make it casual and the structured details give it a chic look.”

Rick Owens Lilies cardigan has the same weight and balance between power lunches and peach martinis as Mike & Chris Black Parker hoodies, though style editor Laurie Pike digs it for other reasons:  “I can’t afford Rick Owens’ regular line but the new diffusion line is do-able.”

So’s this Kimchi & Blue Dot Jacquard Babydoll Jacket. Cutesy chic, it’d be perfect rocked 9-5 with some five-inch mary janes and cigarette pants. “Very cute — vintage, West Coast feel,” says WNH.

This has plaid, ¾-sleeved Cedar jacket has the same feel, only it’s more cute than cutesy, a touch more serious and structured, more -

“Sherlock Holmes chic,” says Tanichka.

It’d rock right with a long-sleeved shirt layered under the short bell sleeves, which give the jacket a cape-feel. 

“Fall has brought us layers, lots and lots of layers,” agrees She Finds. “And we’re seeing capes. Not the bulky crocheted poncho Martha Stewart wore to hide her jail-weight or the flapping fabrics that Goth teens favor, but cute toppers that still let your other layers peek through. There are jacket versions for the office, sweater capelets for weekend wear and outerwear options more on-trend than that old pashmina,” like this Trina Turk tweed Sherlock capelet.

You could also get your layering in a single garment. “The ‘Lantern-Bearer’s’ coat from Nicholas K is an intriguing, romantic garment with a lot of unexpected details,” says Stylefinds, “including a shawl collar, smocked waistband, rown of round fabric buttons and double bibs front and back.“ 

Very chic, but personally, I’m lusting for this Ya-Ya Greyhound jacket - with its dropped waist and tailored fit, it feels like a dress. I’m with Princess: “LOVE THIS!” Princess also digs Fall Dior Dior cotton trench coat, as it’s a “A great break from black and brown.”

Princess and I need to go shopping together.

And for the gentlemen? Check this Kings of Glory “Battalion” military jacket. John Ransom of J Ransom LA.com says, “This jacket is so cool. I have sold it to rock stars and movie stars. Since they use authentic army jackets, they are each unique!”

A little less militant, this Morphine Generation Familia pullover hoodie has a more weekend vibe. “I have several hoodies, but finally someone came out with a cool pullover sweatshirt,” says John Ransom “Looks great and is perfect for running errands or hanging out on the weekends.”