Trending: Monochrome Madness

1) Topshop 2) Zara 3) Topshop 4) Zara 5) Illesteva
6) Mulberry 7) Miu Miu 8) Topshop Nail Art

There's no escaping monochrome this spring, but why would you want to? Both black and white are timeless 'go with everything' colours so put together there's no going wrong. If you're opting for a bold statement piece just keep it simple and sophisticated elsewhere to avoid creating an optical illusion!

Trend to watch: White

Judging by the weather in Edinburgh at the moment we are a long way
from spring, let alone summer, but we can always be one step ahead of
the fashion game because white is predicted to be the colour of the
summer. And this is a head to toe love affair with the colour. However
this trend will demand a little consideration (because no one wants to
be looking like a sheet of paper) so it's all about the textures and fabrics
required to mix things up. 

Will you opt for the romantic pretty fabrics seen at Valentino and Stella
McCartney? Or is your vision more inspired by Lacoste's sporty-luxe?
Either way, commit to the look or accessorise with a bright pop of
colour if you're not feeling quite so brave.

Temperley London lace evening gown

Chloé blouse

3 1 Phillip Lim embellished top
KOTUR floral handbag

Pintaldi Maurizio mother of pearl jewelry

Harvey Nichols SS13 Campaign

Trend to watch: Gold rush

A timeless accessory that has been around since Coco Chanel first fashioned it in the 1930's the gold cuff is once again having its moment. It manages to balance making an impact with versatility, with a real outfit-changing quality.

1) Aurélie Bidermann 2) Saint Laurent
3) Asos 4) Mulberry 5) Saint Laurent

Far East Movement

The trend started on SS13's catwalks and now we're all aboard the oriental express as the colours and prints inspired by Asia have been translated onto our high street. I'm not recommending any more than a touch of this trend but the striking ornamentation is an easy way to add opulence to any look.

Thakoon SS13

Etro SS13

1) Kenneth Jay Lane Earrings 2) Anna Sui 3) Boutique Topshop
4) Caroline Issa for L.K. Bennett 5) Roberto Cavalli 6) Kotur

The highlight: Prada Fall 2013

With the constant stream of shows from all the fashion weeks it's hard to keep up and near impossible to document them all but Prada's show in Milan was too good to go unreported. It was distinctly Prada with the belted waists, oversized bags and overcoats but this time round it seemed more wearable - perhaps due to the sense of dishabille featuring layering and dresses slipping off shoulders, which really shouldn't work but somehow did. It all came together perfectly, leaving me with an unrealistic glimmer of hope that if I were to rock the dishevelled wet hair look I might achieve the same sexy yet sophisticated, glamorous yet effortless look that this collection mastered...

Images from style.com

Anya Hindmarch: 'Cascade' creation

These days it's as much about the show as it is about the collection and each season has to outdo the last but Anya Hindmarch has provided my favourite spectacle from LFW so far. Standards were set high from her first runway show, which featured a working sweet factory and then we moved on to a moving carousel for SS13 so it was inevitable that Hindmarch's AW13 was going to be revealed in an impressive manner but little did we know that it was going to involve all this lot:

And this was the amazing result:

Now the question is, how can she topple this creation for the next show?