This week’s Featured Buyer is Carrie Blaydes, a women’s clothing designer living in Brooklyn, New York. For the past year and a half, she has also been one side of the editorial duo behind the online street fashion magazine Borderline Mag, which she founded with her old friend Nick Whitehouse. Thanks to a longtime love of sewing, vintage clothing, and a closely related addiction to garment reconstruction, she recently co-authored Fashion DIY: 30 Ways to Craft Your Own Style from Sixth & Spring Books.

For me, fall has always been the ultimate bonanza of style inspiration. In a world where I already tune intently to the weather vane of my fashion sense regardless of the season, I readily admit that fall provides me the ultimate frisson of sartorial expectation. I spend countless hours with Nick selecting the best street fashion photos from around the world to post on Borderline Mag, and get extra excited about the crafty, vintage-loving style visionaries who submit editorial spreads swathed in fall's coziest layers. In my own little studio at home, I can't stop sketching, collecting, customizing and creating.

This fall I want to take a moody approach to dressing, with lots of beatnik references and nonchalant-but-oh-so-chic neutrals. I'm looking to Etsy for handmade and vintage pieces that I  can't live without as I construct the perfect look for the season. Everything I want is here, from buttery soft leather and edgy accessories, to artful basics and the perfect sketchbook. Best of all, each piece feels like a true find thanks to the loving hands that thrifted or created it. I even found the inspiration image that gave me the essential color story and definitive vibe to pull it all together. I was so excited that I couldn't resist making a board that captured the bongo-drumming harmony of it all. And the beat goes on....

I find this Polaroid image by FuturoWoman, aptly called "Frozen Sunset," to be incredibly evocative of the shortening days and early evening chill of fall. The quietly inspiring color palette reminds me of an Egon Schiele painting.

Like a work of art unto itself, this cheekily mod white dress by neringaci could have graced an early Avedon photo. I'd stick with the black-and-white theme and pair it with matte black tights and soft black oxfords.

Though I love many of stacyleigh's beautifully handcrafted leather bags, this is my absolute favorite. The design is a perfect balance of structure and softness, deliciously rendered in my favorite dove grey color.

A flattering high waisted silhouette and cute inverted pleat keep the line of this OrangeNYC skirt nice and slender. As cute with a plain white tee as with a posh silk secretary blouse, this is the kind of fresh new basic I want to fill my closet with.

I always carry a blank book for notes, sketches and collected bits of visual inspiration. This recycled blank notebook by PigseyArt is larger than average and stylishly tongue-in-cheek thanks to a former life as a 'Psychological Testing' textbook.

The fashion forward shape of this charming french terry turban would be a step up from my usual beanie. I also love the cabled fingerless gloves and cashmere cowl in the aCommonThread store. They form a cozy little style triumvirate I'd love to nestle into.

The perfect shoes to wear with everything I want this fall, I'm simply in awe of these handmade black beauties by zerkahloostrah. They're custom fit to your feet, making them the height of old-word craftsmanship and below-the-radar luxury.

I love this LaMixx handmade white tee so much that I want two or three of them to wear between laundry days. The ideal boyfriend fit in a slightly more feminine cut, it begs to be layered under all my favorite cardigans this fall.

Designer shades fit and look so much better than cheapos, but cost way too much for something I'm probably going to leave on the subway. This oversized vintage pair from CherryPickVintage is the real deal (mmmm Dior!) without the crazy price tag.

I'm always drawn to layers of chain like this piece by wheatJENINE because they oxidize nicely the more you wear them. I especially like the way the two white bone feathers hang: balancing two focal points rather than centering a single one feels fresh and a little edgy.

Finding a hoodie with this much style (like this one by wearflock) is like discovering the perfect pair of dark denim jeans: a second skin that makes you feel cool and pulled together but completely comfortable at the same time. Basic+Chic=Genius.

This vintage mod masterpiece from retrogarb cuts an equally striking and gorgeous silhouette from any direction. I would pair it with long wooly gloves on extra chilly nights and keep the volume balanced with skinny pants or a pencil skirt down below.

Carrie's really got her finger on the pulse! For more fashion editorials, street shots and style insights, check out Borderline Mag. Looking to do more shopping? Check out our fall fashion ideas and Featured Buyer series.