Balmy summer days are but a distant memory. No longer can you leave the house without worrying about getting cold, whether it’s going to rain or if you’ll get caught in a windstorm. Besides making sure you expose yourself to vitamin D in the mornings and placing a SAD lamp on your desk, the best way to physically deal with the forecast shift is layering. Thermal leggings, merino knits – whatever your method, keeping yourself warm is a multi-step process.

As for how to make layering a stylish affair? Wearing shirts under jumpers – perhaps with a thermal on brisk winter days – is a combination that injects a hint of prep into an otherwise mundane seasonal pairing. The aim is to be intentional about showing your under-layer: you want the collars and cuffs of your chosen shirt to peek out from your knit and add a focal point to your outfit.

V-neck jumpers, polos and quarter zips are the most natural accompaniments to a shirt, given it’s easy to adjust the placket and top buttons to align with a plunging neckline. Crew necks are a little trickier, since there isn’t a natural synergy with the line of a curved knit and a shirt, but appropriate tweaking – for example, stopping the shirt from bunching – makes it entirely possible. Plus, the extra coverage means it’s a (slightly) warmer option.

From striped to starchy white shirts and tonal iterations, to block-colour jumpers, intarsia and Fair Isle knits, scroll on for inspiration on how to wear a jumper and shirt this season.