Best Summer Transition Clothes 2012

I get so much use out of a leather jacket, and this season I'm looking for something that has a nice balance of tough and feminine. Enter this 3.1 Phillip Lim leather jacket ($1,345), in the prettiest shade of hunter green — it drapes perfectly in the front and in the back, there's this cascading ruffle detail that makes this piece one-of-a-kind. Worth the investment.

— Noria Morales, style director