Pinpointing a season’s go-to look is as simple as opening up a tabloid or turning on a reality program. However, for us New Yorkers, this fashion factoid comes with an added bonus. Check out all the newest fashion favorites for staying warm and cozy while you hit the clubs in style! We looked on the street and on the red carpet to find celebrity and street style inspired pieces you should be sure to include in your wardrobe during the colder months.

The Fur Vest
Undoubtedly one of the most current trends of this fall/winter season, the fur vest is if anything, the piece to add to your closet as the chill of the winter months approaches. This versatile piece is perfect with anything from a little black dress to jeans and a t-shirt, and ensures you stay warm outside while giving you room to breath indoors on the dance floor. This look screams luxury while not always costing you a pretty penny. Take a tip from the fur connoisseur, celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe , and invest in a faux fur piece from her line, Rachel Zoe for QVC. Sporting faux fur is not only animal friendly, its recession friendly too! Save on this piece by going faux and leave leverage in the bank for the rest of your outfit!

Thigh High boots
Carrie Bradshaw had it right when she strutted the New York City streets in thigh high boots. This season, these boots are ideal for evoking your inner femme fatale with otherwise more subtle neutrals and basics. Pairing this fashion risk with jeans or a flirty dress adds just the right amount of edge to a look while making sure you stay warm. While this is a shoe that seems to come with pants attached, use this trend wisely! Sporting thigh highs with a skirt too short or an outfit too daring can be, in the words of fashion expert Tim Gunn, “a lot of look.”

Leather Jackets
Bikers everywhere should be proud to know that they have inspired a whole new demographic - fashionable women – including the darling Mary Kate Olsen. Next to fur, leather is the fabric du jour, and adding a cropped bomber jacket or a more tailored leather piece to any ensemble means instant chic this season. Nervous that you look too young in a whimsical printed dress? Throw on a leather jacket and you look your age and if I may say so myself, you look damn good. Unfortunately, this is not a trend that lends well to being done in faux – if you feel passionately about wearing items that are animal friendly, this may not be the trend for you.

The Boyfriend Blazer
One of fashion’s newest icons, model and TV show host Alexa Chung, can currently do no wrong and sporting the tailored and perfectly trendy boyfriend blazer makes me understand why all who meet her note her fashion savvy. This must-have not only shields your arms from the frosty weather but allows you to transition all of your favorite summer tanks into winter – place one of your shells under the boyfriend blazer a top your favorite pair of jeans and Poof! You’ve got yourself a whole new look, and you only bought one new piece. When it comes to this trend, take a serious hint from this fashion it-girl.

Textured Tights
Enter the world of New York City uptown prep-schools and take in a trend only the stylish schoolgirls have been sporting - textured tights. A trend to be used with caution so as not to over do a look, tights have transformed this season from mere necessity to ideal accessory. Tights are now opaque as can be and are taking many forms – bedazzled, fishnet, ribbed – you name it. Pair them with a wool short or a flirty mini and hop a cab to the Upper East Side. Spend five minutes strutting the streets with these on your lower half and you may find yourself evoking the fashion forward likes of on Gossip Girl, xoxo.