’Tis the season for texture. We pick out classic investment pieces you’ll love to wear. Words & styling: Tracey Strange; Photos: Belinda Merrie.

The everyday top
What: TV top from Black Box Boutique, $519, (09) 378 0073.
Wear: Keep things understated with a simple T. Team with everything from shorts and opaques to wide-legged pants and a belt.

The fur jacket
What: Kate Sylvester jacket, $545, (09) 307 3282.
Wear: A well-cut faux fur jacket can update a classic dress, elevate a pair of jeans and add new life to a favourite outfit. This jacket’s three-quarter-length sleeves also make it perfect for layering.

The lace cardigan
What: Standard Issue cardigan, $379, (09) 366 0558.
Wear: Fashion has an ongoing fixation with lace. Keep it contemporary by teaming a cardi such as this with jeans, either slim-legged or the more casual, wider-legged boyfriend version.
