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Laura Craik, Fashion Editor

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Fashion round-up

In what must surely take shoe fetishism to a whole new level, those who worship at the altar of Christian Louboutin can now not merely wear his stilettos on their feet, but drink from them as well

Try out a trench coat - you'll never regret it

Not sure if you need to wrap up or stay lightly dressed? Trench coats cover all bases, whether you're tall and leggy or a touch on the short side

This new hate figure's tweeting has done all women a favour

Move over, Nick Griffin: this week's figure of hate is Penelope Trunk, a 42-year-old mother of two whose surname is only marginally more lumpen than her own prose

The rise of the mini-me

Stella McCartney's children's designs for Gap have gone on sale. Will you resist the chance to turn your youngster into a chip off the old block?

Don't you dare tell us we're too posh to push

It would have to be the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, wouldn't it, that was revealed as having the highest proportion of women delivering by caesarean section

'Deluxe shabby chic' - Anthropologie store hits London

After 17 years of success in the US, the first Anthropologie store has finally opened in London, in what is its first entry into the European market

Love 'em or ban 'em, you can't keep the hoodie down

If you like high fashion, hoods are good. Hoods and snoods are “in” this autumn: the catwalk tells us so

When it comes to fat, we are all fashionistas

Reacting to the news that Brigitte, Germany's best-selling women's magazine, is going to start using "ordinary, realistic" women rather than professional models in its photoshoots, the Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld responded with the tact that can only come with being head of a luxury fashion house that answers to nobody

Kiss of the Spiderwomen as Giles Deacon spins a web of fun

Showing in Paris for the first time after years as the star of London Fashion Week, Giles Deacon brought a much-needed injection of British humour

Head turners: Marc Jacobs dazzles again

You've got to love Marc Jacobs. Not for him such piffling considerations as whether black is back, or short is the new long

McQueen of the jungle prints and towering heels

God bless Alexander McQueen: he can always be relied upon to up the ante - with what must be the highest heels ever seen on a catwalk

Welcome to Chanel country

At Paris fashion week's Chanel show, guests sat on imitation hay bales in front of a wooden barn, while models emerged from an archway cut into a giant haystack

Sample some seasonal French dressing

The fashion circus ramps up the glamour for fashion week in Paris. But even the biggest style slaves draw the line at shoulder pads

Yves Saint Laurent serves up strawberries and raspberries

Was it a happy coincidence that Prince, the man who wrote Raspberry Beret, was front row at the Yves Saint Laurent show?

Stella McCartney ruffles up a Seventies revival

It was lampshades at dawn at the Stella McCartney show in Paris, with a collection that had more flounce to the ounce than your average Parisian boudoir

Let me give you a tip about good service

If you are the sort of fashion person who eats, the bi-annual round of fashion shows affords you a handy opportunity to work out which countries have the best attitude to tipping

Milan: my virtual front-row view

Milan Fashion Week: Thanks to the internet, any Tom, Dick or Harriet can review fashion shows as they happen. But let’s be honest — nothing will ever beat the sensory thrill of the real thing

On trend and on message, the wife in fashionable floral

For a speech that was all hearts and flowers, Sarah Brown's dress couldn't have been more appropriate. Nor could it have been more "on trend" if one of London's top stylists had hand-picked it from Harvey Nicks

Check out who's in the Burberry set

London Fashion Week Like the perfect cocktail, the Burberry show was a heady, intoxicating mix of famous faces and fabulous clothes that brought London Fashion Week’s 25-year celebrations to a fitting climax

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