Alexa Chung’s New Favourite Skirt Is Perfect For The Upcoming Heatwave – But Also For Autumn Outfits

Just when you thought it was time to shift your mindset from cotton dresses, light layers and sandals to a distinctly more autumnal mode of dressing, the weather forecast throws up a heatwave due to arrive next week. While this bodes well for those among us looking to savour the last of summer's joy, it's also tricky if you're trying to find things you can wear now and well into next season when the weather is, inevitably, much less favourable. Consider this sartorial pickle solved, however, thanks to Alexa Chung and her new favourite skirt.

The skirt in question is a lace-trimmed slip skirt, by no means a new invention but, thanks to Chung and a host of other well-dressed women on Instagram, one which suddenly looks like the answer to all of our end-of-summer sartorial woes. It's perfect for hot weather when styled with a simple cami or T-shirt, as exemplified by Olympia Gayot, J.Crew's creative director and head of design (Gayot was, of course, wearing the J.Crew slip skirt in satin, available in six different colours – and still in stock).

Chung, meanwhile, wore her baby blue lace-trimmed midi skirt with a bra top (heatwave) and a cardigan (autumn), proving that this really is an all-weather item.

It's not the first time Chung wore such a skirt, either. She also showed off a mini black style, which she teamed with an oversized white shirt. Again, something to bear in mind for next week's warm weather and, come the depths of autumn, just add black tights.

Dôen, the brand best known for its sweet summer dresses, has seen great success with its silk-charmeuse midi skirt, as seen on a host of influencers including Sasha Mei. Almost entirely sold out on Dôen's website, thankfully there are more sizes available at Net-a-Porter currently.

It always feels quite exciting to buy something which you can start wearing right away, which is what makes these skirts so appealing. Simply throw on with a breezy top to soak up the last of the sunshine and then, when autumn officially arrives, swap for oversized, slouchy knits and knee-high boots. It's a glorious outfit just waiting to happen.

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Hannah Banks-Walker is Grazia's head of fashion commerce. She has previously written for the likes of Harper's Bazaar, The Financial Times, Glamour, Stylist, The Telegraph, Red, i-D and The Pool on everything from fashion to curly hair (hi!) to the patriarchy. Not necessarily in that order. Find her on Instagram and Twitter. But please don't look for her MySpace profile, which until now was the last time she wrote about herself in the third person.