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"Cosmopolitan.com&amp;#039;s style editor Charles Manning answers your most pressing questions about dressing for fall. I hate shopping for fall clothes when it is hot out! What do I need to buy now, and what can I wait to buy later? A good coat. Kidding! God, how boring! Don&amp;#039;t get me wrong, coats are great and all, but if you have yet to see a coat that makes your heart race, don&amp;#039;t force it. In fact, forget need. What do you want? What is the one item you can&amp;#039;t imagine spending another fall without? Leather pants? Over-the-knee boots? A major piece of jewelry? A colorful faux fur? Whatever that one item is, that&amp;#039;s what you should get, and you should feel free to splurge on it now while stock is still plentiful. Leave all that need stuff for when you actually need it.   Turtleneck Sweater, WILFRED FREE (available at Aritzia), $165; Suede Thigh-High Boot,  STUART WEITZMAN, $795;Leather Pant, REBECCA MINKOFF, $698; Multi-Colored Faux Fur Coat, MABEL (available at Shrimps), $987; Amulet Neckpiece, MANIAMANIA, $290 When is it OK to start wearing boots again? Boots are never wrong. Never. They may have been cold-weather-only 10 years ago, but at this point, they are pretty much seasonless, especially short little ankle booties. So cute! And way too cool and outfit-transforming to be limited to two measly seasons.   Snake-Embossed Cutout Booties, MM6 MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA (Available at Shopbop), $595; Textured Cutout Booties, CIRCUS SAM EDELMAN (Available at Lord and Taylor), $100; Brown Cutout Booties, TOPSHOP, $130; High Heeled Booties, ZARA, $80; Two-Tone Cutout Booties, TIBI (Available at Saks Fifth Avenue), $535  I hate all my old fall clothes, but I can&amp;#039;t afford new ones. How can I get myself out of this fashion rut without going shopping? This is going to sound totally cheesy, but why not organize a clothing swap with your friends? Here&amp;#039;s how: 1. Invite a group of friends over to your house \u2014 ideally, people whose clothes you like and who are around your same size. 2. Give each person a specific list of items to bring, such as a jacket, a skirt, a dress, a necklace, and a top. 3. Establish guidelines like nothing stained, nothing from one of the following stores, nothing ripped, etc. 4. As people arrive, take their clothes into a separate room and divide them into piles \u2014 jackets in one pile, dresses in another, etc. 5. Drinks! 6. Now load the first pile into a laundry bag and let each person pull one item out of the sack. Then put the second pile into the laundry bag and pass it around. Then the third pile and so on until everyone in the group has one piece from each pile. 7. Now, swap! You may not end up loving everything you get, but you&amp;#039;ll have fun drinking and hanging out with your friends and you&amp;#039;ll probably come away with at least one or two good things to liven up your wardrobe.  Q: Can I really not wear white after Labor Day? What about winter white? What is winter white anyway? A: White is seasonless. White pants, white shoes, white dresses. Whatever. If you like it, wear it. Only some ancient grandma or total nerd with no style whatsoever will tell you you&amp;#039;re doing something wrong. Winter white is more of a creamy off-white, which is fine, if you&amp;#039;re into that, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with wearing pure, gleaming, glowing, bright white before, on, or after Labor Day.  White Joggers, WILFRED FREE (Available at Aritzia), $95; Open-Toe Booties, GUESS, $120; Cape Blazer, NASTY GAL, $68; Fitted Dress, REISS, $340; Relaxed Button-Up, COMMUNITY (Available at Aritzia), $85 Q: I don&amp;#039;t want summer to end! How can I keep wearing my summer clothes into the fall? A: Layer, layer, layer \u2014 shorts over tights, a tank top under a quilted jacket, a chiffon dress with a heavy wool coat, a miniskirt with an oversize sweater, etc. Use these handy guides to help you figure out what colors and prints go best together and then wear those summer clothes of yours till it&amp;#039;s 40 below. Do you have fashion or style questions? Tweet them to our style editor @charlesemanning. Follow Charles on Twitter and Instagram. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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