Christopher Kane AW12 Prada AW12 From Christopher Kane to Prada, pretty purple and hot violet were big news on the Autumn/Winter 2012 catwalks. Nail the trend with perfectly polished purple talons. Here are our favourite shades on the high street… Chanel Le Vernis Vendetta nail colour, £18, at House of Fraser Yves Saint Laurent La Laque, £7.33, at Debenhams Tom...

Retro 1970s looks from Prada High couture fashion houses Prada and Burberry have just launched brilliant advertising campaign films to showcase their AW12 collections. Grab a cuppa, relax and enjoy! This is super cool and a powerful showcase of feminism. Doesn’t the UK look beautiful in the rain? Not only are the clothes to die for but we love the...

From Versace to Prada London and Milan’s top fashion week designers showed more than a passing penchant for yellow as spring/summer 2012 looks set to be sprinkled with daffodils, mustards and hardcore egg yolk yellows. Versace spring/summer 2012 collection Tod’s spring/summer 2012 yellow tote Margaret Howell spring/summer 2012 collection Jaeger spring/summer 2012 collection Erdem spring/summer 2012 collection Paul Smith spring/summer...

Take inspiration from Prada’s Autumn/Winter 2011/12 catwalk with this cream button dress from Fashion Union. And if the designer’s snakeskin boots appeal hotfoot it to L.K. Bennett to ‘faux shop’ the look-a-like beauties below. Prada Autumn/Winter 2011/12 ready-to-wear white button dress Camel Blair Ponte Dress, £45, at Fashion Union Lennox knee boot, £450, at L.K. Bennett Tweet

Eva Mendes’ pink floral clutch – as pictured here – makes a gorgeous spring/summer addition to her lush green Prada party frock. We can’t wait to channel our own version of the flirty and fun accessory. Floral Frame Purse, £6, at Peacocks Clutches by MonsoonClutches by Mulberry Tweet

How about these kitsch fruity tutti earrings for adding scrumptious fun and games to new season’s looks? Banana earrings, £140, at Prada Pop art banana earrings, £6.50, at Punky Pins Strawberry earrings, £8.50, at Topshop Tweet

What do you get when you cross a platform and a flat shoe? A flatform of course. And a clompingly fine new breed of shoe it is too. Fendi, Prada, Derek Lam and Chanel all showcased the new design in their spring/summer 2011 collections and we reckon the trend will have us head over heels in no time. Marc Jacobs...

Spring/summer’s colour-fest trend is doing great things for arm candy as the hottest pieces shout the loudest in no-nonsense primary hues. Reds, yellows, blues, greens and an eye-popping combo of all four bagged the runways at Marc by Marc Jacobs, Prada and Fendi. We love. Woven shoulder bag with gold trim, by Fendi Electric blue tote, by Prada Tweet