Finding the ‘wow’ factor right now - The Jewish Chronicle

This time of year is the calendar equivalent of that 1960s song lyric, “Too old for toys, too young for boys” — we are profoundly over winter clothes, but it is way too soon to get into spring ones.

It is the time of year when fashion-savvy females experience a sense of deep ennui at the cold-weather wardrobe they have worn, more or less continually, since October — but tougher still, they know they will probably have to keep wearing it until at least late March if they don’t want to suffer acute hypothermia.

And with the shops currently either full of tired sales merchandise which has been picked over and rejected or — infinitely worse — already filling up with pastels, lace and delicate shades of linen, how do we find a few show-stopping pieces that will give our winter wardrobe enough of a boost to keep us feeling fabulous until it is sane to cast off cashmere and merino.

The solution to this style conundrum lies in finding one or two amazing pieces — a cuff, a necklace, earrings, a pair of brilliant tights or jewel-colour gloves or a cool hat or scarf — that have the “wow” factor, that will lift your winter wardrobe out of the doldrums and into the “Gosh, I love your (fill in the gap)…”