A Chilling Spring / Summer 10

We're not even into our proper Autumn yet here, it's getting colder but not really enough to pull the scarf and gloves out(though I have bought several new items in preparation). Not that I want it to hurry up to get warmer but it's nice to look ahead and see what trends will be trickling down to the high street. Looking through a few collections it's plain to see that coppers, metallics, icy sheers, silvers/golds and iridescent are dominating. Fashion156 have done a round up of all the emerging trend here.

Strong collections featuring these qualities are James Long, Katie Eary, Mark Jacobs, Fendi and Hugo by Hugo Boss:

Hugo by Hugo Boss s/s 2010 offerings. The icy blues with white is one of my favourite looks of the season.

Perfectly fitting tailored trousers, striped blazers and long vests are paired with some wicked looking sandals.

Icy whites and deep navys are matched with unexpected gold coin embellished sections and trims (lets call the exaggerated trimmings).

How brilliant are the gold sections, I just know if I tried something like this at home it would turn out terrible, and I guess that's why I'm not a machinist! I can see the theme coming through in some of the high street shops but not so much the shiny golds for me, well maybe some questionable attempts in Zara.

Images from Vogue.uk

Look of the Week & Zara a/w 2009/10

This weeks choice is from The Sophisticat, for teaming American Apparel fleece pants with bright green as green Acne lace-ups. I can't believe how cool the fleece pants look worn smartly, I've tried these on before (for jogging purposes only) and I don't remember them fitting so slim. I may have to give them another try after seeing this.

Above are some images from the Zara A/W 09/10 lookbook. Zara is a place I often visit but but have never bought anything from. Hollie manages to get tones of cool stuff in there and so do girls I work with, I think it's a place where is something looks a abit different or intriguing I should just grab it and try it on while I'm there. Really like the colour palette going on in the images above. Shades of greys, pale pinks, browns and nudes have been in abundance since the recession, looks like it's set to continue with high street shops such as Zara, COS, H&M Trend, Banana Republic going "mute" for the Winter.

Lookbook images from Zara