With summer just around the corner (we hope) and our holidays booked, we are all getting into the spirit of summer shopping. No-one can deny that little rush of joy we get as we purchase another pair of shorts or a fabulous bikini to add to our collection. However, we sometimes forget the most fabulous treats, our accessories, perfect for dressing up or down anything. This...

God I’m hungry. On the count-down to bikini-gate, and that one thought keeps dancing around in my brain waving beef burgers and two chocolate fingers at me. Despite the crop tops and the very short shorts the shops are taunting me with, there is at least one summer trend that mercifully requires you to cover up. Panamas. It’s a garment with a lot of history, one...

You might have thought Michelle Obama was the belle of the ball, or that Rhianna and Beyonce stole the show in their delicious gowns, or even that it was the little Obama’s looking cute as buttons that the public would want to copy. But oh no, it would seem the woman to cause the most hype was Aretha Franklin. The iconic singer performed at the Inauguration ceremony...

As winter steadily approaches a good hat can easily become ones best friend;  great for keeping you cosy on those bleak wintry days as well as providing a convenient disguise for bad hair days and late-night eyes.

This flamboyant head arrangement throws me into a quandary of confusion. It certainly catches the eye, screaming at me to pop it on and go for a burlesque audition. The piece has been made for dress-up: I like to imagine that if I kept it long enough my daughter would wear it tottering in my high heels, a slip and string of pearls – mashing my expensive lipstick between...

I live by the saying that you can “make any outfit by accessorising”. A plain dress, or even those simple jeans and a t-shirt days can be picked up on the fashion radar with the addition of some exciting accessories. Whether you choose a large gem stone ring, a multi chain necklace or a brightly coloured print scarf, accessorising is definitely in style....

Ever since spying one of the new Topshop ‘on the buses’ ads, I am suddenly harbouring an irrepressible urge to buy a bowler hat. They’ve been creeping in for a while of course, a quaint and charming replacement for the over-exposed trilby or ubiquitous headband, but I’ve always admired them in a vaguely detached “yeah-they-look-quite-good-on-Clemence-Poesy”...

With all of my summer travel plans (most which revolve around a beach of some kind), I’m in the need for fun hat to help shade myself from the sun – especially since I’m getting more paranoid about premature aging. Straw hats can look a little too rustic looking in my opinion, but a hat made of light-weight fabric, like this one by Helen Kaminski are much more...

Having a cool hat to polish off a look is key to celeb style. Actually, perhaps it’s a combination of fashion and function (ie, paparazzi shielding) that make them so popular in Hollywood. In any case, every girl should have a couple of cute hats on deck to help counteract bad hair days and to accent her wardrobe. Eugenia Kim, hat designer extraordinaire, has been...

Berets, floppy hats or beanies? However you opt to keep your head stylish and warm, we say do it in colour. Topshop has a great selection of brightly coloured options; we love this orange extra chunky hat. But most of all our heart goes to this purple sequined beret. Gorgeous! £15 available at Topshop