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Check out this post from The Style and Beauty Doctor vault. Fall is right around the corner—don’t fall into the credit card trap to finance your wardrobe additions.

So we’ve seen the return of luxury dressing at many of the New York Fashion Week shows–leather and fur will have their rightful spots in wardrobes across the world. But how do you pay for this stuff if you don’t exactly excrete currency? Well, with some smart budgeting and wise savings, you can have a fab wardrobe for next fall. Here’s how:

1. Bring Your Own Brown Bag. The days of spending $10 and up for just lunch everyday are OVER. If you aren’t culinary-inclined, google some quick lunch recipes and brown bag it. A trip to the grocery store can afford you enough food for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack for a whole week with what you might have paid for just lunch only. What you save needs to be tucked away into a savings account.

2. Open a Special Wardrobe Savings Account. No, I don’t think banks are actually offering “wardrobe” accounts, but you need to have a savings separate from all your other money so you don’t commingle your funds. Many banks offer something called a holiday club where you can put away small amounts of money every week or so and you can’t touch the money until October when they transfer it into your checking account or send you a check. If you store $100/mo from now until October, you’ll have $1,000 to spend on upgrading your wardrobe whether you choose a few big-ticket staples or a bunch of smaller-ticket ones. That’s only $25/week. You can do it!

Also check out online savings accounts (check the bank’s FDIC credibility before you hand over your green) that tend to offer higher yields and make it less likely for you to wipe your account clean at an ATM.

3. Sell Your Back Stock. If you have a closet filled with clothes you never ever wear, jazz them up, grab a camera, and pawn them off on ebay. One girl’s trash is another girl’s new Louis Vuitton bag.

4. Get Your Girls’ Support. You lean on them for everything else, right? Let them support you in your financial goal (and even help keep you in check when you slide).

You can also do a savings club with your girls through a susu. In a susu all parties are required to pay in a certain amount of money over a period of time usually on a weekly basis. Each week one person collects all the money everyone hands in which can amount to a really good sum. Let’s say for instance you and 10 trusted girlfriends decide to do a susu and each of you puts in $200. When it’s your turn to collect, you’ll get $2,000. Yes, you have to basically put in $2,000 to get your $2,000 but if you’re not a savvy saver, this is a great way to start.

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How do you save? Tell me in the comments!

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So July isn’t even done yet, but the fashion industry is all about being ahead of the curve when it comes to showcasing the next season’s trends. We looked at some of the trends for Fall 2010 way back in February and one major trend at most of the New York shows was leather and fur. What’s great about this trend is that it works for every budget and every body type. You don’t have to go for the real thing—especially if you’re an animal lover or fear the wrath of PETA. Wear the trend in many ways: a luxe fur coat, a downtown leather jacket, Dynasty-style leather gloves, a fur stole, fur messenger bag–I mean the options are limitless.

I’ll post more about this trend as fall gets closer, but in the mean time if you’re a fashionista on a budget or if you love unique pieces, start checking out your local thrifts for fab finds. Need help? Check out: Recession Proof Style: How to Shop Vintage.