I am a night walker. Much to the dismay of family and friends, I have always loved tramping alone through the dark. Autumn has been my favorite season since I began school at four and few things have ever invigorated me like a solitary stroll on a gusty October night. Perfect fall days have a straightforward, blue-skied radiance about them that seems to call for something crisp and handsome — Leonard Pour Homme, CB I Hate Perfume Violet Empire, MDCI Invasion Barbare, and L'Artisan Timbuktu spring to mind. But what to wear after hours, when the wind sweeps up plastic bags and dandelion filaments to haunt the air, when echoes ring in the quiet and the singed smell of dried leaves weaves about you?
1. Ormonde Jayne Ormonde: In Angela Carter's “The Company of Wolves”, the Big Baddie is a handsome werewolf and Little Miss Hood cleverly seduces him, offering up her red cloak, her innocence and her humanity to save her skin. I bet this Red would favor the spices, green sheen and dark, velvety woods of Ormonde…