Kate Hudson always manages to pull off every look from the super laid black casual to the uber glam and her appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her new movie.
The poncho Kate is wearing is from the Louis Vuitton Pre Fall 2010 collection and I have loved it since the moment I laid eyes on it in January and that picture just made me want it even more.

Pic Credit: Just Jared

Sorry I just couldn't resist the pun, Aspinal has just released the cutest set of nautical accessories for the summer ahead.  The pieces are available in two colours, choose from a striking London red with white stripes or a dark glossy navy blue with white stripes.

First up is the handbag essential, the compact mirror. Measuring 3.5" x 3.5" the case of the mirror is a suede lined patent calf leather and retails for only £45.




Also as a part of the collection there are two sizes of cosmetics/toiletry cases, these will make the most perfect travel cases to really embrace the holiday spirit.
First up is the smaller of the two cases measuring 5" x 7.5" x 3"and retails for £89, the larger case  (7" x 9.5" x 3.5") retails for £130. The sweetest little detail of the cases is the enamel life ring used to finish the zipper, such a cute accent piece. I should also mention that as these could be used as toiletry cases the lining is water resitant.

My favourite and probably most versatile piece of the range is the flat pouch, intended as a cosmetics case it would equally as well as a purse or clutch.
Again there are two sizes available the smaller of the two (3.75" x 5.25" x 0.25") is finished with a anchor charm, the larger with a life ring (5.25" x 6.75" x 0.25").

All the above pieces are available from Aspinal now

Pics: Aspinal

Allow me to introduce you to Leah from Mulberry, in fact Leah is not one bag but a whole new family for the house.

There are three styles in the Leah family a shoulder bag, tote bag and a messenger and currently three colours.

Scholl is renowned for it's comfort and support and has many a celeb follower now the technology that the made Scholl such a force to be reckoned with is coming to Kurt Geiger.
Scholl for Fashionistas are a limited edition collection that takes the iconic wooden footbed and taps into this summers clog trends.

The Fashionista collection features 12 models in a range of heel heights:-



WILLEMIJIN features a platform and 110mm heel and is available in Black, Silver metallic and Pink metallic. Retails for £180.


Influenced by the Gladiator trend MARIJIKE is a multi strap high heeled wooden shoe retailing for £200. You'll be spoilt for choice with options of white leather, patent navy, metallic silver and black pony skin.

Based on the classic Scholl 'pescura' flat sandal MARJORIE is the flat shoe of the family perfect from beach to bar hopping or a trip around the shops. Marjorie is available in soft pink and metallic silver and retails for £120.

NINJIN features a mid sized heel (60mm) and captures the essence of the utilitarian chic seen in many a runway show.  Ninjin retails for £160 and is available in a soft grey blue leather and white pony skin.


Finally we have HIEDI a classic mule style shoe that will look great dressed up or down available in Black pony skin or a dark golden metallic. Retails for £140




Pics: Kurt Geiger

This edition of High Fashion V's High Street is more like a spot the difference.
One of the T-shirts below if from Dolce and Gabbana and retails for £120, the other can be found in New Look and retails for only £12.

Care to take a guess which is which?



 Pic Credit: New Look, Dolce and Gabbana

If there was only one designer you could choose as an example of the Sport Luxe trend this Summer then it would have to be Gucci.

To help achieve this look one of the materials they used was Neoprene, or wetsuit and the classic Boston Bag got a sporty make over.

The Gucci Techno Tag Boston bag comes in two colours, black and magenta neoprene and is embossed with the traditional GG deisgn.
Inside the bag features Gucci crest lining, a zipped pocket along with pockets for a mobile phone and a PDA.




I do tend to be drawn to the more colourful bags and having seen the magenta bag in person I love it! The impact of the colour and the unusual material just adds that little extra oomph however with practicality in mind black is probably a little more versatile.

This is not the first time that Neoprene has been used in bags as Louis Vuitton used it for the Scuba range one thing I do find with this material is that if you have heavy things in the bag it does tend to sag at that point, at this time I do not know if this is an issue with the Gucci Boston or if the base has been reinforced.
 
Stats:
Gucci Techno Tag Boston bag retails for £785
Dimensions: 33cm x 17cm x 21.5cm
Handle Drop: 13cm

Once upon a time I had a pair of wooden soled shoes and surprisingly they were very comfortable which is good news if you plan of wearing one of the top trends for summer.
The wooden soled shoe or clogs are already starting to make there into the stores in preparation for the sunshine and to help you get your pair I've picked four to take a closer look at.
First up is DINKY from FAITH retailing for £45, the almond toe beige suede clog ticks all the right boxes.


JOLA from Kurt Geiger is available in both black and beige and retails for £160. I personally prefer the beige for two reasons 1) it's going to look fabulous with your summer tan 2) the contrast between the darker wooden sole and nude toned leather upper add a little more oomph.
At the higher end of the market we have Jimmy Choo's Urban clog sandals retailing for £255. Admittedly as a bit of a shoe snob these are my favourite although the Faith shoes do come a close second the Choo's has it as they are little more versatile from Luxe Sport through Safari all the way to Girly florals there is not a trend that won't work for these.
For those that like something a little different then check out the Alexander Wang Trish leather wedge mules the 4.5" wedge slip on's retail for £515.

So there we have on-trend shoes in  so very different price brackets, which are your favourite?

pics: Net-A-Porter, Faith, Kurt Geiger

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