We have reached that time of year where summer and fall are intertwined. Mornings are usually cool, while afternoons are sometimes warm. Some days are crisp with a breeze, so we order our pumpkin spice lattes and fill up our shopping carts with sweaters and scarves. Often in between those chilly days are warm days, when we feel like we should still be going to backyard BBQs or making plans to go to the beach, even though the leaves on the trees are starting to turn.

With all of these changes in weather, it could be hard to decide if we should be living out of our summer or fall wardrobes. Well, the answer is that you should be embracing both! Don't ditch your shorts and tanks, but also don't leave out your jeans and cardigans!

The main fashion essential for early fall is to dress balanced and in layers. I like to think of dressing balanced as dedicating one half of your outfit to warm weather, and the other half to chilly weather. You could do this by wearing denim cutoff shorts paired with a thick pull-over sweater, or you can add in layering by wearing the cutoff shorts with a shirt and thick cardigan. Here's how I pulled this look together myself:

Cardigan: Cotton On, Shirt: TJ Maxx, Shorts: Hollister, Shoes: Vans, Bag: Gap

An outfit like this can survive both the chillier and warmer moments of early fall. The cardigan is rather heavy to keep me comfortable if it's cool, and if the day becomes too warm, I can simply take off the cardigan.

And if you're over wearing shorts at this point of the year, then you can dress balanced and in layers with jeans and a shirt, like I did here:

Tank: Hollister, Jeans: TJ Maxx, Shoes: Aerosoles, Bag: Steve Madden

Basically, early fall fashion is all about incorporating both summer and fall items to create outfits that are suitable for the warm, cool, and mild weather moments.

Here are a few more outfits from my Pinterest boards, to help inspire your early fall outfits:

For even more outfit inspiration, checkout my Pinterest boards:

https://www.pinterest.com/bbunosso27/mild-weather-...

https://www.pinterest.com/bbunosso27/chilly-weathe...