For some reason these boots from Prada's Fall 2011 collection made me think of the Raggedy Ann book I read over and over and over when I was young.
Amongst other things the collection had a naive girlish feel with the oversize buttons, baby-doll princess line dresses and school uniform checks and belts. What's Miuccia telling us this season?
Mid-90s Gucci by Tom Ford was the height of molten lava sexiness and until today I hadn't really looked at it, or lusted after it so much. I repeat, until today.
The bold colours, the big pants, the sheer skirts, the flash of leg and/or mid-rift, the over-the-top floral trims, the old school high octane glamour.. these outfits were perfection.
Christopher Bailey has seen the future and it's bright, it's also going to be cold but with outerwear like this who cares? I might even winter in Blighty if I was wearing coats like this all the time. Entire Burberry Prorsum collection, sublime, fact.