I love shoes. Shoes don't care how much Quality Street you ate over Christmas, the straps won't strain after a big dinner and they are so much easier than clothes to shop for as the sizes tend to be pretty standard across brands, with far less variation than you find in clothing.

While many have gone African mammal with Leopard print, London based clothing designers VA-Garments have gone Reptilian for inspiration for their new Snakeskin print T-Shirts.

The fashion world is moving on to spring/summer 2013 Ready-to-wear next month; but for the rest of us summer is winding down and we're getting ready to update our winter wardrobes instead. So here is a quick edit of the top trends for fall/winter 2012-13.

After a big Christmas spend-up I'm window shopping this weekend, making plans for when payday comes. The jungle jean trend for animal print denim has my name written all over it with Current/Elliott a major player - they had me at 'pink leopard print', but the red snakeskin print skinnies are almost as tempting.

It's common knowledge that Liz Hurley has a passion for pink but yesterday, she swapped her staple shade for another statement-making number; a silk, ...