We’ve always wanted to know what really goes on in a designer’s studio, and here’s a chance to find out: Gareth Pugh is opening up his designing doors in the SHOWstudio shop next week.

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside! That’s the sentiment behind the new collection from Lulu Guinness, which combines practicality with playful - a theme typically associated with the Lulu Guinness brand. We can’t take our eyes off the snakeskin, Silver Padded Shell clutch (£225), a stand-out piece that will add a touch of cutesy summer glamour...

Finally it’s happening. Daffodils are blooming and crocuses are popping out and today it’s even sunny! Yes, Spring is finally edging its way in and with it comes the wardrobe panic. After months of swamping yourself in layers of grey and black, what to wear? This season is, thankfully, both simple and tasty. Head straight to your local ice-cream counter for inspiration....

Stefano Pilati’s latest collection for YSL is the most lustful yet and is due to hit stores next month.

Fast forward four months and visualise yourself heading off to the office in your underwear, strutting your stuff as a space invader, or working the Miami Vice look. Not such a pretty picture, is it?

Remember the fabulous Muriel in Muriel’s Wedding? A pre-svelte Toni Colette portrayed dreamer Muriel who longed to get married and wiled away the days pretending she was, trying on wedding dresses and keeping a photo album of her choices. Well, Bridal Market Week is upon us and now it’s our turn to dream! The Spring 09 snapshots have me all aflutter…

  Herve Leger’s body-con ‘bandage dress’ first hit the scene in the 1980s. In an era known for volume - shoulder pads, MC Hammer pants, big hair, puff ball prom dresses - Leger’s sculpted sheaths that shaped and smoothed the feminine silhouette in all the right places were a breath of fresh air.

Is Gareth Pugh’s SS09 collection already up for public bidding? Well technically no—if it was we’d have clued you in on the juicy tidbit but glimpses of Pugh’s eldritch meets sophisticated spring line recently surfaced on Róisín Murphy, the one time lead singer of Moloko.

It all began with the SS08 collections. Viktor and Rolf’s characters lit up the Paris SS08 catwalk, once again putting theatrical fashion back in the spotlight. Also interpreted by design house heavyweight Miu Miu in their SS08 collection, the clown was celebrated with harlequin prints and patterns adorning stunning dresses and eye-catching bags and shoes. ‘Clown...

The icon that is Karl Lagerfeld has created what will be one of the most sought after bags next season, and he didn’t even have to try that hard.