The arrival of a new season often brings a sense of excitement, an opportunity for a fresh start. Perhaps no shift is quite as significant, sartorially speaking, as the move from summer to fall. It's time to look beyond the beach and begin embracing real clothes again, even off-duty. For our September shoot, we traveled to a farm in upstate New York for a lesson in the power of layering and timeless tailoring, no tie required. Focusing on separates in luxe fabrications that marry form with function, a new sense of casual elegance emerges that feels at once modern yet rooted in tradition.

Prada canvas jacket, $4,300, wool roll-neck sweater, $1,990, and bouclé-chevron trousers, $3,050.

Fendi waxed-canvas coat, $4,400, and wool polo, $1,590; Tod's wool-twill trousers, $1,095; Brunello Cucinelli leather boots, $1,795; Thom Sweeney suede gloves, $470.

Model: Niyo Malik

Casting and Senior Market Editor: Luis Campuzano

Grooming: Crystal Gossman at Judy Casey using Chanel Beauty

Photo Director: Irene Opezzo

Photo Assistant: Salim Garcia

Executive Producer: Andrea Mitchell

Production: Nikolas George Brown, Mauricio Dominguez

Location: Driftwood Ranch Resort, Catskills, N.Y.