Models were manning up left, right and centre on the Autumn/Winter 2011 catwalks: from dapper two-piece suits and trilby hats at Ralph Lauren, to blazers, braces and brogues at Dolce & Gabbana.
The message was clear: gone was the girlie girl of spring/summer, autumn's incarnation was a sleeker, chicer and entirely androgynous woman - and she meant business...