Five key fashion trends for autumn

From the best coats to the boots to be seen in, here are the catwalk motifs to take to the streets

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Cold-weather fashion tends to have a somewhat Pavlovian relationship with animal print and this autumn is no different. Most of the biggest, classiest catwalks – from Victoria Beckham to Tom Ford – featured something in ocelot, snake, zebra, leopard or tiger print, while Zara unveiled a whopping 64-piece animal print collection for autumn. That this all comes in the wake of an extensive industry ban on real fur (see Gucci, Versace and Givenchy) suggests some sort of replacement therapy might be at play.

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