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MENSWEAR designer Christopher Raeburn has become known for transforming old military surplus into beautiful clothing. To combat summer showers, the talented designer has taken recycled parachutes and turned them into stylish unisex, foldaway parkas, so women can get a slice of the action too. Get your order in now before these beauties all float away but be prepared for a sky-high price tag. See www.christopherraeburn.co.uk, 795

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DIAMONDS may be a girl's best friend but they don't come cheap. If you are in the market for an engagement or wedding ring, or even a summer pick-me-up for yourself or someone you love, check out the Private Diamond Club. The website, run by a group of jewellers who've been in the trade since the 1970s, offers gems direct from Antwerp's World Diamond Centre at commission-free prices. For more information visit www.private-diamond-club.com

ALL ABOUT YVES

HE dressed the world's most beautiful people and was one of the most distinctive and influential designers of modern times. Now Yves Saint Laurent will be immortalised in print with a posthumous retrospective coffee-table book by fashion historian Farid Chenoune, devoted to the designer, his muses and the fashion that defined him.

Yves Saint Laurent (Abrams, 30)

NOW TACKLE THIS

AS THE World Cup fizzes to its exciting climax, celebrate the culmination of the year's most important sporting event at The Rowantree at The Caves in Edinburgh. Be there for The Final Whistle, an exclusive night organised to give the footie a good send off next Sunday night. Guests will be greeted with fizz and canaps, there will be cocktail masterclasses, plus BeneFit make-up artists and Aveda skin and hair specialists will be giving mini-makeovers. DJs will spin tunes all night and there will be goodie bags courtesy of House of Fraser.Tickets 15 per person, contact The Caves, 8-12 Niddry Street South, Edinburgh (0131-557 8989)

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WITH the regularity of a full moon, another Twilight film hits cinemas this week. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third in the series inspired by Stephenie Meyer's novels, addresses such pivotal questions as immortality and high school graduation. This time, heartthrob-in-the-making Xavier Samuel plays villainous vampire to Kristen Stewart, a still peely wally Robert Pattinson, and muscle-bound werewolf Taylor Lautner. Let the shrieking begin.

At cinemas nationwide from July 9

This article was first published in Scotland on Sunday July 4, 2010