Yes, camel is EVERYWHERE this season and a great colour trend as it’s muted colour so should sit with most of the clothes you already have in your wardrobe.  This particular camel swing coat is available this week from Savida and caught our eye when we went on the hunt to bring you a bargain Winter coat which would have you on trend and on budget!

The coat is priced at priced at €70/£50 and will see you through the season.

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What a warmer!  We’re loving the trench trend and in particular this take from Savida.  This Melton Trench is €55 and £47 depending on where you are living or shopping in the country!  It’s a great weekday work wear coat that also comes in black if the red isn’t your thing.  Expect to see it arrive in stores this week, but be quick, it’s style makes it easy for anyone to wear so is sure to fly off the shelves.

Philip Lim, Chanel and many more big design names rocked the red trench on their runways so this is a great high street version that will mean you will be able to afford clothes underneath!

Katie Holmes and Nicole Richie show us how best to work the look for both daytime and evening wear.

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Pick of the day today is this bow tie back Trench Coat from Dunnes Stores.  The coat, which is part of the latest Savida range, hits the print trend and will work with either day or evening wear, for office or going out.  It’s due in store this week and will cost you the lowly sum of €40!!  There’s a cinched in waste so it will work on any size and give a flattering shape.

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Littlewoods want to see us all march into Summer on trend and have sent us a sneak preview of what to expect.  The new Summer collection will be available from the 19th April… enjoy!

The Military Look

A key look this Summer is utility dressing with a focus on combat colours and military detailing.  For frontline chic, try Military jackets or cropped combat trousers.  A great way of giving a subtle nod to the trend is to inject utility colours into your Summer wardrobe, replace grey’s and navy’s with khakis, creams and browns for easy-to-wear combat styling or try adding aviator sunglasses to your outfit for a subtle hint of military.  South Military shoulder detail jacket – €72.

Pastels

Pastel and nude tones dominate this season as nudes and sugar coated colours such as lemon, baby pink, cream, and lilac create soft romantic looks.  Lace, frills and feminine fabrics and details such as chiffon, silks and ruffles add extra femininity to this pretty girlie style.  Vila Satin Petal Effect Skirt – €52.

Statements Prints

Statement prints offer an alternative to the softer pastel shades this season and are a fantastic way of injecting some needed colour into a summer wardrobe.  With bold paint splashes, abstract, floral and geometric designs, there is something for everyone from dabs of colour to dramatic attention-grabbing prints to create a statement look for the extrovert.  Teatro Floral Printed Dress – €62.

Flowing fabrics & beach holiday

This season see’s the welcome return of the maxi dress and flowing fabrics, for Summer in the city to beach holiday, a must for every wardrobe.  From the floral-print or bloc-colour tiered maxi to calf-length bandeau dress, there are cool & stylish options catering for each individual shape and more importantly each budget!  South Print Maxi Dress – €62.

Footwear

The Summer collection is jam-packed with footwear from fashionable flats, stylish pumps & killer heels to the must-have Summer peep-toe booties to help complete your look.  The ever popular gladiator sandal see’s another season with various takes on the look from flats, wedge to high heel. L-R, Firetrap Pace Gladiator Sandals – €89, Ravel Ezra Leather Studded Sandals – €69.

Nautical

This trend never seems to die away and just sees designers scrambling to put their twist on it year after year.  Nautical can be done many ways, trendy, smart, chic, with accessories or clothing depending on how you like yours!  Love Label nautical cardigan – €37.

Occasion Wear

Coming into the season of “Ladies Day’s” and weddings, Littlewoods have a stunning collection of occasion wear to get the perfect glamorous look for whatever your Summer event is.  Love Label Printed One Shoulder Dress – €69.

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Doo-lally are a new Irish on-line fashion store which launched last month.  We love to support anything Irish here at wow.ie (as long as it’s worthy of course!), so we were delighted to find this Mac as our pick of the day.  Mac’s are definitely still in and we all know grey is a must have colour this season so combine the two and… hey presto – you’ve got a grey mac!

Seriously though, what a great light weight jacket to see you through the season with it’s modern twist on the parka.  The gathered waistline will ensure a flattering silhouette and it won’t break the bank either at €160.

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Pick of the day comes from Asos, have a look in their utility collection.  We had a job narrowing down which jacket to pick as they have a great selection.

However, we had to settle on one so we chose this chocolate brown belted leather jacket.  Throw it on with your skinny jeans, tee and change it around using scarves or colourful totes, flats or heels.  The jacket is so well priced at €151.58 and will keep you going for a few seasons to come.

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Steal her style from Littlewoods.ie have picked Victoria Beckham‘s Spring wardrobe as the look to re-create today.  At first you may think this isn’t one you would opt for, but hang on before you wander off into cyber space, these looks are actually easy to wear, even for us mere mortals!

Spring is definitely here and this steal her style segment sees this seasons key catwalk trends covered for the months ahead!  Eye balls ladies, pay attention – a full wardrobe update that won’t mean spending your holiday fund and doing a Father Ted style caravan break!

Catwalk queen (!) Victoria Beckham rarely gets it wrong when it comes to what’s on trend.  Below are three of the designers most recent looks showing you how to get the look for a fraction of the price.

Without further a do ladies, let’s see how to recreate Vicky’s Spring wardrobe…

1. Soft spot for Polka Dots!

Dots and spots are big news this Spring and a fun and flirty element to our sometimes serious wardrobes!  Mrs. Beckham was ‘spotted’ (couldn’t resist..) in this belted mac with her trademark collar up and oversized bag.  This South Double Breasted Spot-Belted Mac reduced from €59 to €39 from Littlewoods.ie is almost identical without the designer price tag!  It also comes in red.  (If spots aren’t for you have a look at this similar check trench recently seen in the window of the Tommy Hilfiger store in Dundrum Town Center)

2. Leather Mania!

Forever the wardrobe statement, leather is here to stay and in every form imaginable from jackets to shorts and skirts to accessories!  Colour trends for leather this season are grey, tan and of course black!  The trendy Spice Girl wore this fitted black leather jacket with stonewash skinny jeans and killer heels.  Love label have this fabulous Studded PU Biker Jacket reduced to €35 with round collar and side zip detailing.  The bleach wash stud jeans are also Love label at €59.

3. Sculpt and shape!

While the lady herself is pictured modelling one of her many structured dress creations (naturally!) Littlewoods Love Label have come up with this great ‘looky likey’ Sculptured Dress at €62 with peplum style waist and side panels – all helping to create the structured look her designers are notorious for.

One to note – Delivery is free and within four days so you can order on the Monday, wear it on the Friday!

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Fashion is usually incredibly fickle, one minute flared jeans are in and the next minute it’s the skinnies that are all the rage.  So understandably it can be very frustrating when trends come and go, and just as you start adjusting to one look… it’s gone and along comes a new trend that you really just can’t see yourself wearing!!!  Just as well there is the old reliable… leather jackets… every season there seems to be a re-invention of this wardrobe staple, be it bomber-style, tailored, sleeveless, studded, zips, hooded… every season you are guaranteed to be “on trend” in a leather jacket.

Iconic in popular culture, leather jackets worn by such stars as Marlon Brando and Kurt Cobain, punk rockers The Ramones and The Libertines, more recently fashionistas like the Olsen twins and Alexa Chung and therefore becoming the epitome of cool!

The catwalks for Spring/Summer 2010 were awash with leathers in all forms… no longer just a Winter warmer, now leathers can be worn all year long.  Hermes had a full aviation-inspired leather jumpsuit, while Philip Lim (above left) channeled his leathers into light t-shirts and shorts.  Celine (above right) and Chloe also featured leather in their Spring/Summer collections this season… showing how leathers can now come in all shapes and styles, with t-shirts, skirts, dresses and even shorts!

Spring leathers have gone light both in texture and colour, the fabric (even when not real leather) is softer to touch than its counterpart the Winter leather jacket.  The colour palettes are an infusion of pastels, with light pinks, yellows, creams and even mint greens on offer.

Gone are last season’s heavy metal, rocker-studded jackets and body-con leather dresses… no longer do you have to be envious of Angelina Jolie’s vamp image.  Yes, leather is here to stay… but this season it’s a lot more wearable!

I’ve found some of the best options on the Highstreet…

Karen Millen’s new leather gilet… pretty neutral colour that goes with everything. To be worn with denim shorts and cool t-shirts for that festival look, or can also be worn over office wear for a soft tailored look! In fact, consider this an investment piece as I can see it working with pretty much everything in your wardrobe…and even next season it’ll be perfect with layering.

Topshop’s leather tunic dress comes in black and white…although the creamy white is perfect for Spring and doesn’t look like leather so it’s a little more wearable than the black. Team with statement heels and waist belt for a night on the tiles, or dress down with a boyfriend cardi and flat boots for daytime look.

For an amazing copy of the Philip Lim leather t-shirts, look no further than Wallis… not usually associated with ‘cool’, on-trend looks, Wallis‘ Summer collection really comes up trumps.

And finally look no further than River Island for a large selection of pastel leather jackets, including baby pink and yellow biker cropped numbers.  They are also doing cute little leather shorts… which are sure to outsell the denim ones this Summer.

So this season earn yourself extra cool kudos in a fresh Spring leather palette.  Leave Winter for the dark tan, greys and studded blacks… Spring is all about the softness and pastels.  But if you want to get the most out of your Winter leather jacket, then team a pretty ruffle/Summer dress for an A-list look!  It’s a pretty take on a tough look and by far one of my favourite looks for this season.

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Fashion creator Christophe DeCarnin re-inventing the military style on the catwalks of Paris.

Balmain‘s eagerly anticipated Spring/Summer shows were an even bigger success than last seasons if you can imagine that!  Continuing with his structured coats and jackets, Christophe DeCarnin toned his line down this season just a little and continues to surprise us with his military line.  The collection of distressed military jackets were the highlight of his Paris Fashion Week shows!  We show you how to get the look for a lot less!  Check out this Vero Moda beige/nude military style jacket at asos.  Bang on trend, bang on colour and bang on price at €56.84!

If you are going to go all out and follow this seasons military look be sure to go all out and make the look your own!  Oasis‘ leather military jacket is extra hot as they’ve combined the two hottest looks at the moment!  Leather AND military.  Team it with a pretty floral dress for an extra twist.  Rock and Girly = Super Cool!  Having said that leather will always be in style so consider this an investment (at €150 we’d have to!), that will go with almost anything you have in your wardrobe.  You’ll wear it for years, trust me…

This New Look jacket is the newest addition to my wardrobe.  At €45 it is affordable disposable chic perfect for all you girls who like to stay ‘in style’.  I have worn this twice already and I expect it will see me right through the Summer!  Pair it with high-waisted shorts, a cute playsuit or a tight body con for night time.  You can dress it up or down!  Just don’t forget to add some height girls!  Check out River Island if you are on the hunt for a white version.

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The immortal trench coat.  This seasons catwalks were awash with…. trench coats!  From laid-back neutrals and beige minimalism Burberry did it once again and managed to keep the trench coat just as popular.

The high street has been swamped with replicate versions but I think I’ve found the best and I’m even willing to share it!  Check out this New Look version.  It has the same great ruching on the sleeves, open swing skirt and fab girly sleeves!  How could you pass it by?  At €45 it is a steal and a big saving of €2,300!  Bargain of the century we think.

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