Here’s a reason to visit Colchester (as if you need one!): the town now boasts the UKs first ever drive-through Boots store. Way to go! On the site of a former drive-through McDonalds, the store will apparently act as a pilot scheme and, if it’s successful, similar drive-throughs will be opened up countrywide. According to the manager of the Essex store, ’it works just like a restaurant drive-through. You take your prescription up to the first hatch, put it in, the information is checked and then the items are dispensed at the second window, without leaving the car’. Customers will also be able to take advantage of Boots photo printing and buy make-up and fragrance.

Agyness Tartan & Brooch Bag £22 from Accessorize.

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I don’t know about you but I am totally giving this season’s tartan and tweed trend the big thumbs up. All things heritage-inspired are right up my street and I’m now on a hunt for high street takes on the theme. More soon… (And don’t forget to let us know what you think of D&G’s super-quirky tartan tights and print dress - it’s a look that may have graced the D&G catwalk shows but will you be buying into it?)

Covet autumn/winter’s trend for gothic glamour with this skull necklace hanging on a handmade chain. Designed by Alexa Chung. £35 from Made.

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Since lauching in 1990 French designers Benoit Jamin and Isabelle Puech’s stunning individual designs for label Jamie Peuch have taken on a life of their own on the catwalks of Chanel, Chloe and Lagerfeld and the label has been coveted by fashionistas all over the world. The designer’s new collection for autumn/winter plays elegantly with the trend for fringing. We love this bright red funky chain bag, £230.

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Brunettes: Hurry to Aveda to pick up a bottle of the brand’s extra special limited-edition Vintage Clove Shampoo – a re-release of the 1978 product in all its original packaging on sale to celebrate Aveda’s 30th anniversary. Made from organic essential oils and plant-based ingredients the shampoo enriches and enlivens all shades of brown hair, from auburn to mousey. Aveda’s Clove shampoo works a treat so I’m bang into the idea of vintage clove. Oh, and here’s a little secret from top hairdressers: a major cause of dull hair is over-shampooing so, to create glossy, luscious locks, use less shampoo and ensure you rinse it out very very thoroughly with plenty of clean water. £9.50 from Aveda, House of Fraser, John lewis and other major department stores.

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How about trying a dramatic new colour scheme for your bedroom? This Ophelia Paisley print duvet set from Monsoon Home has a shabby chic vintage feel to it. £55 for the duvet and £12 for the pillowcases.

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No self-respecting make-up junkie should be without a glistening and glinting of gold in their beauty stash, especially since make-up artists swear by the colour for deflecting light and warming up the skin. Chanel has the midas touch with their gorgeous new gold range: Highlighter in Gold Fever, £29; Lip Gloss in Gold Light, £17.50; Gold Fiction Facettes d’Or Nail Colour, £17, available from Chanel.com and Chanel counters in department stores nationwide.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has angered animal rights campaigners by fronting the autumn collection of fur-lined boots and bags and ostrich and snakeskin products by Italian company Tod’s. It does seem a somewhat strange move for the 35-year-old, especially given the fact that both the Hollywood star’s hubbie and good friend Stella McCartney are both staunchly vegetarian. Tod’s latest ad campaign will feature photographs of Gywnnie draped in fox fur.

There’s a juicy-bright thing going on with watches this season.
Yellow Toy watch Perspex with black face, £125 from Brownsfashion.com
Pink Toy watch Plasteramic, £125 from Brownsfashion.com
Orange Timex 80 watch, £45 from Oki-ni.com

It’s official: Karl Lagerfeld loves rap. Yes, that’s right rap. And the proof is in the pudding - or rather this photograph from the latest issue of American Harper’s Bazaar. Posing in a pair of Phat Farm jeans and statement t-shirt, the French designer takes off the rap look surprisingly easily. The photograph is part of a special portfolio of designers, including Giorgio Armani and Roberto Cavalli, all of whom have been pictured living out their fantasies… and rap is clearly Lagerfelds. Well why not?

Kate Middleton’s fave designer Issa has come up trumps with a gorgeous new autumn/winter take on the it-dress of the summer - the ‘Lucky’. Worn in white at Wimbledon by Kate, the ‘Lucky’ has achieved cult status, having also been seen on Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank and Kristin Davis. Issa Lucky dress, £280, from Net-a-Porter. 

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Introducing the brand new Mulberry Maggie.
Understated. Sleek. Polished. I. Love. It.
£695 from Mulberry and Net-a-Porter.

The leather pleat bodiced navy gown Mrs Cruise wore earlier this week for the Tropic Thunder premiere has been causing quite a stir as stylists and fashionistas went into frenzied debate trying to work out who it was by… As it transpires, the chic frock was designed by none other than Mrs Cruise herself (in collaboration with her stylist Jeanne Yang of course). Will La Cruise be the next celeb to break into fashion design StyleJunkee wonders?

If you haven’t already you simply must check out Celia Birtwell’s brand new collection for Topshop. This is the much loved textile designer and muse of David Hockney’s fourth range for the store and it’s arguably her most refined. Choose from 60s inspired print blouses and dresses, floaty playsuits, glamorous pussy bow blouses and elegant tunic dresses, in sophisticated hues of nude, rose, grey and midnight blue. This Empire dress is perfect for the more ‘grown-up’ fashion follower.

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How lush is this brand new Chanel Pyramid patent logo clutch bag? £425 from Chanel.

This cosy cream cable-knit cushion and Parisian blue cable-knit blanket are both from Laura Ashley’s new autumn/winter Cornwall collection. Anyone up for a snuggle on the sofa? Cambourne cushion, £30, and Coniston blanket, £70, from Laura Ashley.

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Fashion and sport converge at the Victoria & Albert museum this summer with an examination of the creative relationship between the two. Visitors will be treated to a unique look at performance sportswear designed by fashion’s luminaries such as Stella McCartney, as well as illustrations, films and photographs of designers featuring sportswear in their collections. Exhibition runs to 4 January 2009.

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This high-waisted Alexander McQueen corseted skirt is bang-on-trend for autumn/winter. Pair with a polo neck and suede boots for a seventies glam look or team with a crisp white shirt for sophisticated office wear. McQ by Alexander McQueen denim high-waisted skirt, £188, at Matchesfashion.com

Bond Street perfumer Ormonde Jayne is one of the fashion pack’s best kept secrets and the hottest new name in luxury fragrances, bath and body lotions and scented candles. Creator and founder Linda Pilkington (whose perfumery skills are, rather impressively, self-taught) is soon to be opening second boutique in Dubai. StyleJunkee loves the Ormonde scented candle. Each candle has a burning time of over 55 hours and is hand-poured in the perfumery in London.

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