Worth Avenue's Fall Wardrobe, Minus the Worth Avenue Price Tag

A shopping editor has done the season's homework, assembling a full slate of fall's leading trends with nothing on the list running past $500. The idea translates easily here, where a closet gets rebuilt every autumn ahead of the season proper and where restraint on a price tag is its own kind of taste. It is less about spending less than about spending well — the same instinct that sends a good eye down Worth Avenue looking for the one piece that earns its keep. Consider it a second opinion before the real shopping begins.

With reporting from Town & Country.