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Jeans, �235, Jane Davidson; top, �29, Zara; shoes, �485, Pam Jenkins

Fashion: Summer prints

The high street has caught tropical fever. It’s all about hyper prints on slinky shift dresses, tailored shorts and pyjama pants. Blazers are soft and romantic in fit while heels are high with a hint of toe cleavage.

Lynne McCrossan: Forget flip-flops - it’s a coat and gloves summer

STANDING shivering on the jetty overlooking a derelict Fountainbridge it was pretty hard to believe we’re currently mid-May.

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Morag Macpherson  In her studio in Kirkcudbright. Picture Robert Perry

Interview: Morag Macpherson, textile designer

FOR a designer inspired by the world around her – travels to Japan, Cambodia, Morocco, the US – it should be no surprise to discover that Morag Macpherson’s most important commission to date is from Manhattan's newest, chicest destination hotel.

Edinburgh College of Art on Lauriston Place

ECA Fashion Show preview video

Moths, machines and the faded façades of Tuscan cities – fashion students at Edinburgh College of Art take inspiration where they find it. Now we showcase catwalk creations from the final collections of eight stars of the future – you saw them here first. By Janet Christie

New Harris Tweed fabric will be water resistant, anti-bacterial, lighter and will not require dry cleaning. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Licence to twill – Bond Tweed’s secret formula

THE iconic Harris Tweed hacking jacket worn by Sean Connery in the Bond movie Goldfinger is to be recreated by the original tailor using cutting edge technology that could have been designed by Q himself.

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Veronica and Jocette model the new range. Picture: PA

Marks and Spencer issues 1950s lingerie to honour Diamond Jubilee Picture gallery

MARKS and Spencer has released a collection of 1950s-inspired lingerie to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

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Emma Cowing: Sweet little lies are cheap at £2bn, dear

A COUPLE of months ago I was in the ladies changing room of one of Glasgow’s larger department stores helping a friend shop for a wedding outfit, when an older woman emerged from a cubicle in an eye-wateringly bright orange dress. “Um...” the saleswoman started to say, but the customer waved her away. “I want to see what my man thinks,” she said, steaming out of the fitting room, clouds of tangerine chiffon billowing behind her.

Snake bag, �45.00, Stripe tshirt dress, �51.00, Rain Mac red, �125.00, Sam Brown

Fashion: West End girls

Home to the best contemporary independent retailers, the West End is a must-visit for any style-conscious fashionista who wants to the best one-off pieces to rock this summer’s hottest trends.

Capital catwalk

Fiona Cowan 19, grassmarket 

I spotted Fiona heading up to Westport on a horribly wet day. Her outfit looked great, the blazer slung over her tie dyed, tribal-esq maxi looked relaxed but well dressed. She was wearing top to toe New Look.

Lynne McCrossan: Baby goes hell for leather on lovely couch

SITTING in the lounge was a once majestic piece of furniture.

Vidal Sassoon, pictured in 2003. Picture: AP

Hair to the throne

CAN any of today’s stylists make as profound an impact on fashion as the late great Vidal Sassoon did in the 60s? Emma Cowing examines the contenders

Style: From hard-nosed newspaper boss to wide-eyed innocent

Rebekah Brooks didn’t just choose her words carefully at the Leveson Inquiry yesterday. She gave due consideration to her outfit as well.

'What are they wearing? What have they done to their hair?' Picture: PA

Juliet Dunlop: It’s become an ugly business, fashion

Boy, is the world of fashion bitchy. Hardly a day goes by, it seems, without a comment or three about the sartorial choices of Gwyneth, Beyoncé and Cameron. First-name-only famous, forget about their Oscars, Grammys and box-office smashes – what are they wearing? What have they done to their hair? And what about the width of their hips? That’s what women want apparently, to judge and be judged.

Vidal Sassoon, who has died aged 84. Picture: AP

Iconic hairstylist Vidal Sassoon dies aged 84

CELEBRITY hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, who invented the “bob” hairstyle that epitomised the Swinging Sixties, has died at the age of 84.

Gwyneth Paltrow attends the gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Picture: Getty

In pictures: Celebrities honour Prada and Schiaparelli at Met Ball video

Commonly known as the Met Ball, the Costume Institute Gala never fails to deliver fashion’s biggest event of the year.

Shoe designer Christian Louboutin

Interview: Christian Louboutin, shoe designer video

ONCE a precocious little boy who stalked the Folies Bergeres, Christian Louboutin has come a long way – as a retrospective of his most iconic shoes now reveals

Lynne McCrossan: Dogged by my own inability to keep track of the time

Lately it feels like life is whooshing by in dog years.

Blazer �195, top �75, jeans �80, bag �135, all from Whistles; shoes �45, River Island

Fashion: Colour blocking

Take a walk on the bright side and embrace summer’s boldest trend with colour blocking.

Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show has a magical theme for 2012

Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show 2012 preview Picture gallery

OUTLANDISH performance costumes inspired by dark fairy tales, 1980s pop, and 19th century opera are the main theme of this years Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show.

Mushroom suit, John Lewis, �99; Snakeskin court shoe, Ted Baker, �110

Fashion: Masculine dressing

Cover those curves and conjure up your inner lad, it’s time to try out a little cross dressing for this season’s sexiest trend.

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