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The sense of a journey • The acclaimed author Ottessa Moshfegh has always used vintage clothing to shape and reveal her identity. Now, she considers how garments from the past can help us decide where we’re going

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THE MOOD: SEROTONIN SUITING • The greige workwear of old has joined the Great Resignation. Instead, AW22 invites you to go bright and brazen with your tailoring. A fuchsia suit to pop on screen? Valentino has your back. Lemon-yellow for a big lunch meeting? Turn to Michael Kors. A lime-green two-piece for an away day? Alexander McQueen is all over it. And the palette gets even bolder at Gabriela Hearst and Stella McCartney. Wear electric hues from head to toe and bring your colleagues all the joy.

Introducing: Sinéad O’Dwyer • The Irish designer reshaping the conversation around body diversity

TO BOLDLY GO:

In conversation: Samira Wiley • After a decade of compelling roles on the screen, the actor makes her London stage debut in a timely tale of the Harlem Renaissance

THE MEMO: READ-Y TO WEAR • FROM WRITERS ON THE RUNWAY TO SUPERMODEL BOOK CLUBS, READERS ARE LEADERS WHEN IT COMES TO AW22

CATWALK COVERS: HIT LITS • YOUR AUTUMN MUST-READ LIST HAS NEVER LOOKED BETTER, WITH RUNWAY LOOKS TO MATCH

ART FIX: JADĒ FADOJUTIMI • WALKING THE LINE BETWEEN THE FIGURATIVE AND THE ABSTRACT, THIS YOUNG PAINTER’S CANVASES ARE BEING RAPTUROUSLY RECEIVED

MASTERPIECE SARNIES • THE HUMBLE SANDWICH IS ELEVATED TO AN ART FORM BY SOME NEW BREAD-LED VENTURES. THIS IS GREAT BRITISH CRAFTMANSHIP BETWEEN TWO SLICES, AND THE FASHION CROWD IS TAKING A BITE

NOW SHOWING: THE WOMAN KING • IT SOUNDS FANTASTICAL, BUT TWO CENTURIES AGO THERE REALLY WAS AN ALL-WOMAN ARMY, POWERED BY SISTERHOOD. VIOLA DAVIS TAKES UP ARMS TO PLAY ITS FIERCE LEADER

CLUTCH CONTROL • SOCIAL CALENDARS ARE ABUZZ AGAIN, WITH AFTER-HOURS DINNERS, DRINKS AND TRAVEL NOW ON THE AGENDA. THESE ARE THE NEW BACK-TO-LIFE BAGS FOR ALL POSSIBLE ADVENTURES

AESTHETIC PREDICTIONS • THE DESIGNERS AND COLLECTIVES REIMAGINING THE LOOK AND BUSINESS OF FASHION

VA VA SHROOM • FROM CLOTHING AND JEWELLERY TO MUSIC AND MICRODOSING, FUNGI ARE HAVING A MOMENT

AND FINALLY: MATCHY MATCHY • WHAT’S BETTER THAN ONE STYLE ICON? WHEN THEY’RE DATING ANOTHER ONE. THESE FASHIONABLE PAIRINGS HAVE FOUND A LOOK THAT WORKS FOR THEM AND MATCHES THEIR PARTNER’S TO PERFECTION. IT’S DOUBLE THE FASHION FUN

A SEASON OF POSSIBILITY • DRESSES ARE SHORT! OR LONG. GOTHIC BLACK IS BACK! AND SO IS MINIMALIST WHITE. TODAY, LOOKS DON’T ROTATE IN AND OUT, BUT RATHER EVOLVE — ONE IDEA RAPIDLY BUILDING ON THE NEXT, GIVING YOU MORE AND MORE TO CHOOSE FROM. HERE ARE THE STANDOUT RUNWAY TALKING POINTS SET TO DEFINE AW22

ON THE HORIZON • IS THAT A NEW SEASON WE SEE? THIS IS YOUR GUIDE TO THE MOST COVETABLE PIECES, THE ESSENTIAL WARDROBE UPDATES AND THE INDISPENSABLE WHAT-TO-WEAR SOLUTIONS. DRESSING UP IS BACK – AND FUN AGAIN

NEW IN: OUT LOUD • LET AW22’S ATTENTION-STEALING STYLES INSPIRE YOU TO TAKE UP SPACE WITH BRIGHT PATTERNS IN PICK-ME-UP TEXTURES

THE EDIT: BRIDGE THE GAP • THE WEATHER CAN’T MAKE UP ITS MIND, BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO BE CONFUSED. HERE’S YOUR GUIDE TO NAILING TRANSITIONAL DRESSING THAT WILL CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN SEASONS

THE PIECE: Throwing shapes • Louis Vuitton’s sculptural necklace takes the...