Let me solve your winter dressing dilemmas

If you’re still working out what to wear this winter then... good. Making lists of what to buy at the start of the season is a useful exercise, but buying everything in one hit can result in mistakes. Those check tweed trousers you thought you had to have back in August? You now know chocolatecoloured velvet or cord ones would be about 50 times more useful. The floral dress that was going to transform your wardrobe? Turns out it’s similar to the floral dress transforming everyone’s wardrobe.

On Wednesday, with some help from my colleague, fashion coordinator Krissy Turner, I’ll be helping Daily Telegraph readers sort through their sartorial dilemmas, from how to layer to how to party in style, as well as attempting to answer the key questions of our time, including Has the Pleated Skirt Had Its Day?

Something brown: the colour is back in a big way this winter

No, it’s not dead: M&S’S pleated skirt (£35, marksandspencer.com) comes in four colours and is machine-washable