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If you’re looking to spot the latest trends and styles for the season ahead then you’re in the right place. Today we’re bringing you an exclusive sneak peak at two of our SS13 trends that will take you through the season in savvy style, so if you want fashion help, consider your question answered.

Black & White

Despite its cool and classy tones monochrome is such a hot look for the spring and summer months.  It’s stylishly sophisticated and …

A quick guide on what to wear, whatever your plans are this Valentine’s Day…

In terms of your fashion calendar, we all know that Valentine’s Day can be one of the most stressful events all year. So, we’ve put together three looks that will solve any wardrobe panicking (we promise).

Look 1: Special night out with a loved one

If you’ve been with that special someone a while and want to knock them dead in the style stakes on …

Cashmere and cardigans are all well and good, but when the cold weather is starting to bite, there’s no comparison for the luxurious warmth and comfort of some chunky knitwear. Just the feel of a good old-fashioned woollen jumper sparks images of cosy nights by the fire and carefully wrapped presents under the Christmas tree. Here’s our guide to rocking the winter warmer look this season.

The arrival of winter doesn’t mean we have to lock away our fashion sense until the sunny weather returns. One of our favourite things about the winter season is the return of the fabulously chic monochrome style. Always a favourite on the catwalks at London Fashion Week, here’s our guide to making a striking, dramatic appearance in simple black and white.

If you’re the kind of woman who feels lost without a good pair of heels, the autumn-winter season can be a tricky time. Heels aren’t just a stylish footwear option; they can boost your confidence significantly by providing a couple of inches of extra height, and helping to give definition to your legs. By comparison, flats can often leave us feeling a little, well, flat! This is where wedges can really be a lifesaver. While negotiating wet pavements and frosty roads in 5inch stilettos is definitely not advisable, a good wedge shoe combines the sturdiness of a flat shoe with the aesthetic benefits of a heel. They’re surprisingly versatile too – the right kind of wedge can work for just about any kind of outfit.

When it comes to buying jeans, the temptation to play things safe is unusually strong. Don’t believe me? Take a look in your wardrobe, are you confronted by an endless sea of blue and black denim? If so you’re in the majority – and yet why do so many of us limit ourselves when there are so many alternatives on the market? Coloured jeans are a great way to subtly make an individual statement that goes with almost anything. Here’s our guide to some alternative shades…

Whoever decided that fashion always has to be hard work? Sometimes, less really can be more – and when the sun is shining (we’re pretending last week’s bizarre two-day winter didn’t happen) nothing is simpler and more stylish than going minimal. Now please don’t misunderstand us here, this does not mean braving the elements by walking the streets in the shortest, skimpiest clothes you can squeeze into without being arrested for public indecency. Minimal chic is about classic cuts and simple colours with as few accessories or layers as possible.

One of the very first things we learn as children is how different colours reflect different moods. This is as true in fashion as it is in other walks of life. So it’s only natural that when the sun is shining we’re attracted to brighter, more striking shades. Bold colours are a huge emerging trend for spring-summer 2012, with designers and high street retailers alike celebrating the arrival of spring with day dresses and women’s tops in gorgeously feel-good tones.

Print is a great look that occasionally gets a bad reputation. For children of the 90s, the word brings to mind a combination of the garish leopard-print of Scary Spice and Coronation Street’s Bet Lynch, and the mumsy floral print of Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet, naturally). However, when worn correctly a women’s top or ladies dress with a print design can capture a stunning carefree spring/summer style that’s dressy enough for the office but casual enough for a day in the sunshine.

Fashion tends to be strongly associated with time and place; which is why so many styles look fantastic at the time, only to make us cringe when we look back years later. It’s not that the clothes didn’t look good, it’s just that we associate them with a part of ourselves that we’ve left behind, whether it’s the teenage angst reflected in our dyed-black hair and inch-thick eyeliner, or the time we thought asking for “The Rachel Haircut” at our local salon would instantly turn us into Jennifer Aniston.