Capes are one of my favorite pieces for the fall- they add so much drama to an outfit while allowing you to be warm and lazy. I wore this outfit while styling a shoot for Bryan, my friend and an amazing fashion photographer in Chicago. He snapped these while in between shots with the model [shoots on shoots] Pretty sure you can tell that I was working since I’m wearing the stylist’s uniform- all black errthang.

Photography by Bryan Whitely 

[ Cape: Ralph Lauren | Leather Shorts: TopShop | Sunglasses: Windsor | Booties: Steve Madden ]

In case you were stuck on how to style a cape, here are some fool proof tips to rocking this fall style:
1. Go for a shorter silhouette
Let the cape be the star of the outfit. You can pair it with shorts or even skinny pants, but don’t pair it with a skirt / hemline that is longer than the cape’s. It would look awkward to have a large a-line from the cape paired with a knee length skirt.

2. Keep it minimal
Same point as above ^ let the cape be the star. Don’t wear loud patterns on your legs or clothing to detract from the already attention grabbing piece.

3. Add drama
I like to play up the drama of the cape even further with black tights and black heels. The cape already elongates your legs with the super short hem line- continuing the line throughout your shoes makes them look even longer.

Feel free to play around with color in your capes- I personally love black on black on black, but a brightly colored cape like red also would look AWESOME!

Thanks to Bryan for shooting these on-set photos for me. Bryan is one of my all time favorite people [and one of the funniest/ most talented/ sweetest people alive] so I’m extremely excited to have his work featured on my blog. Also even more excited to have his help considering the outfits I shot all last week were lost due to a hard drive crash >_< [hence my lack of outfits these last few days]. Picking up my computer finally today && hopefully posting/all will return to normal!