Trendalicious... Clear acetate accessories

Chloe, £465, www.net-a-porter.com , Jil Sander, £90, www.net-a-porter.com   Black Eyewear, £163, No-One

£535, Sphia Grace, www.brownsfashion.com, Marni, £98 www.mytheresa.com, Dolce and Gabbana, £439, Tessabit

Everywhere I look this week I see clear accessories. Once limited to gladiator heels in the windows of Soho's finest adult outfitters,  plastic fantastic is now in the mainstream. Thanks to fashion's finest, plastic has lost its seedy rep and has transformed into a chic way to modernise one's ensemble. My absolute favourite are these Chloe suede trimmed pumps, but here's a few of my favourite to feast your eyes on.

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News Fash: The Oxfam Curiosity Shop at Selfridges

In between catching some welcomed sunshine over the weekend Show Shoppers popped down to the vintage girl's paradise that was The Oxfam Curiosity Shop at Selfridges. The Ultra Lounge had been filled with not just chic, collectable beauties but many key on trend pieces for this season and all at purse friendly prices.

Celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson, Florence Welch, Kate Moss and Laura Bailey had donated their own clothes and accessories to the shop, making riffling through the rails much more exciting than the usual vintage trawl. We found ourselves looking at the tags of everything we touched to see who had worn them. One lucky shopper had snapped up Miss Johansson's Dolce and Gabbana dress to wear at a wedding, talk about upstaging the bride!

We took up the style challenge to style up a volunteer worker in our favourite pieces. We chose a Jaeger blue and black striped (very Prada-esq) pleated skirt, with a pink Paul Smith tee, a gold vintage jacket, some t-bar Charlotte Olympia heels, donated by Whistles CEO Jane Shepherdson and a yellow waist belt donated by Dido. The shop was so impressed they put our look straight on the mannequin. We also couldn't resist trying on some of the pieces ourselves. We found this gorge mad men style bright pink pencil skirt a bargain at £15 and this ah-may-zing Ashish sparkly top donated by singer, V.V. Brown.

Last year the shop raised a glorious £250,000 which went towards Oxfam's women's projects and this year, with the stock they had, we reckon they could top that. Shopping for a good cause, don't mind if we do!


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Trendalicious...The unassuming shopper

I have just finished a rather long job shooting out of London, so upon arrival back into the big smoke I was greeted with not only glorious sunshine, but some AMAZING new Spring trends. Summer is no longer a distant memory and women the country over are already braving their bare, and often a wee bit pasty, flesh. While the days are balmy, there's no denying our chilly evenings, so smart Londoners have ditched their satchels and are keeping evening cardigans in luxury shoppers instead.

Zara £69.99 www.zara.com , Jil Sander £445 www.net-a-porter.com, Celine, p.o.a, Selfridges

I first saw this beautiful Celine sample while shooting main fashion last winter and although it was dreamy, I wasn't sure if the high street would ditch the hardware and patent trimmings to embrace such a simple style. But alas, where Phoebe Philo goes the fashion world will follow, and here are our three favorites. Enjoy!

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