The IMAGE Shopping Basket: What’s new to the highstreet shops this week

The problem with doing these kinds of articles is that I end up buying things that I feature. I just bought the matching herringbone jacket to the Mango mid-length skirt and I still have the tab open on the & Other Stories pink cardi. I mean, I could go as Cher in Clueless for Halloween I guess (go where, I don’t know, the shop maybe) and that makes it an acceptable buy, right?

Zara has a bunch of *whisper it* Christmassy outfits joining the shop floor – think sequins and golds, also a fabulous pair of satin cargo trousers that really need to be seen in real life to be appreciated. H&M and & Other Stores keep it casual with autumn wears including a gorgeous padded jacket with a Peter Pan collar, proving one of the summer’s biggest trends is going nowhere.

Mango looks like it’s taking target at overhauling our work wardrobes with comfier, but equally chic alternatives – so many great shirts in there right now. ASOS always has so much newness coming in it’s impossible to decipher a trend but M&S are evolving the loungewear look of the pandemic into loose, military-style autumn. I’ve just reminded myself of the “shacket” and now I’ve reopened that tab as well…

Zara

H&M

& Other Stories

Mango

ASOS

M&S

Dunnes Stores