New York Fashion Week SS 2014....Preetma

Market Editor WSJ, Preetma Singh, Lincoln Centre, NYC,September 2013.

Paris Fashion Week SS 2014....Elisa

Stylist Elisa Nalin, before Carven, Paris, September 2013.

Three little things about Elisa's outfit:

1. The colours are beautiful (as always)

2. Love the wee gold and coral hedgehog? brooch. If you have purchased (or inherited) a beautiful brooch but aren't quite sure how to wear it, try it on a collar like Elisa is wearing hers.

3.Those shoes......I am quite sure if Elisa clicked her heels three times she would be transported somewhere rather fabulous :)

Recreate Elisa's look (kind of):

Colour-block sweater: Gap colorblock stripe sweater,  Duffy color-block sweater, Dsquared2 colorblock sweater, Baum Und Pferdgarten color block knitted sweater, Vionnet color-block sweater or Fendi color-block sweater

Lovers + Friends Monica Rose Charlie leather skirt, Sally LaPointe A line leather skirt, Sonia by Sonia Rykiel red leather skirt or Love Leather Legs Legs Legs leather skirt

Dolce & Gabbana mosiac heel pumps

Paris Fashion Week SS 2014....Elizabeth

System magazine's Elizabeth von Guttman, after A Show, Paris, September 2013.

London Fashion Week SS 2013...Olivia

Olivia Palermo, after Antonio Berardi, London, September 2012.

Even though Olivia is a celebrity, I think this look is wearable "in real life" (not sure how else to put it!): a leather skirt (choose a shape that flatters your body shape), simple sweater, white ankle-strap pumps (maybe leave off the ankle strap if your ankles are more cankle than ankle), a neat clutch and finished off with a belt folded over to look like a bow.

Recreate Olivia's look (kind of):

Reiss Barrett Olive midi leather skirt (I think this is the same one Olivia has on), Burberry London pleated leather skirt, Yves Saint Laurent caramel A-line skirt, Yigal Azrouel Lamb leather skirt, 3.1 Phillip Lim textured leather skirt or ASOS oxblood red pencil skirt

Nicholas Amore white cap toe pumps, ASOS Perry pointed heels with toe caps, or 3.1 Phillip Lim Ava d'Orsay pumps (if you are a bit wary of an all-white pump, these are a great alternative. The cut and two-tone makes them a little less confronting for the white shoe novice ;)

Reiss Andrea blush v-neck sweater, Chloe angora sweater,  Joie Claudire cashmere sweater, or Banjo & Matilda Ulitmate Vee cashmere sweater