Wearing: ASOS Sunglasses, TOAST Japanese Jacket (gifted), COS Trousers, ST. AGNI Slides

Whenever I go home to visit my parents (which, admittedly, has been a while what with now being on the other side of the world), there's almost always a TOAST catalogue lying around on the kitchen table. One of the first things I'll do on arrival is plonk myself down with a huge cup of tea and leaf through said catalogue as my mum and I point out our favourite pieces and build a fantasy wardrobe, complete with commentary on when and how we'd wear each piece.  


TOAST is an incredible British brand I associate with quality and longevity, creating boxy, slightly mannish clothing that I love and always manages to transcend seasons (their homeware is beautiful too). So when the team asked me to get involved with the launch of their new Autumn collection and A Creative Practice campaign, it's safe to say it was one of the most exciting emails to land in my inbox for quite some time.  


This season, TOAST has joined forces with six illustrators who have created six 'half done' postcards. These illustrators have started off the drawing, and TOAST is inviting customers and followers of the brand to complete them in any way they wish. 


You'll find these postcards in that aforementioned catalogue, in stores or packed with orders and you can share your creation on Instagram using #acreativepractice, send them back to TOAST to be included in an in-store installation, or simply keep them for yourself (I'll be using mine to decorate my new flat and have actually loved the excuse to get out a pen and paper and do something creative that hasn't involved a computer screen and a keyboard). You can find out more about A Creative Practice and see other people's postcards here


As for the Autumn/Winter collection, expect wool gabardine trousers, sturdy leather lace-up boots, cord jackets and matching trousers, button-down needlecord shirts and thick cashmere knits that will make you glad of the colder months (I'll be admiring from afar as I enter the Australian summer). 


My pick though, is this Japanese Indigo Cotton Jacket. Featuring a mandarin collar and three knot buttons to the side, it's the kind of thing I can wear buttoned up and create a makeshift suit with navy trousers, like I've done here, or loose with boxy layers once it starts to warm up. 

Shop the new TOAST collection here


While this jacket was a gift from TOAST, all views and styling are my own.