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Rocking platforms at Sinha-Stanic's show

Tuesday
Trend alert: ridiculously high platforms at practically every show so far from Gareth Pugh to Biba. Among the highest or mightiest of them all were the rocking platforms at Sinha-Stanic, designed by Eleanore Rees Lewis. We’re not surprised one of the models toppled over.

What exactly is !Wowow!? we’ve been asking ourselves during the course of this Fashion Week as we keep seeing the phrase pop up on party invitations. Apparently a creative collective that originates from Camberwell college, !Wowow! is setting itself up as a new subculture, of which Gareth Pugh is king. Or is he? From what we can make out, the subversive aesthetic involves strange haircuts and dyed wigs, platform boots, skinny, skinny pants, monochrome and some neon thrown in. If anyone can enlighten us further please do…

Monday
Trend alert: flares Blame Kate Moss, who rocked up to Sunday’s Topshop Unique fashion show scruffy as you like in a pale grey roll-neck and light-wash flared jeans. Time Out spotted at least five wannabe Kate fashionistas donning lookalike jeans less than 12 hours later. Who said fashion people were sheep?

US retailer Gap will launch a range of ten dresses designed by the talented London-based designer Roland Mouret, who created the ultimate little black dress, the ‘Galaxy’, for his ready to wear fashion label before it went bust earlier this year. Get ready to queue outside stores from November 7. www.gap.com

On Monday Max Carrie and Pippa Brooks, two of Soho’s best dressed, opened up their second shop in conjunction with much-loved Soho patisserie Maison Bertaux. Shop at Maison Bertaux (27 Greek Street, W1) is a chic extension of ground floor coffee shop with a boutique in the basement, where you can buy Eley Kishimoto, APC and accessories by Sonia Rykiel. We love this new union of two of our favourite things: cakes and good clobber.

Hip London label PPQ have opened their first store in London’s Conduit Street (020 7494 9789) on the site of a Georgian shop that once belonged to GIBO and before that Alexander McQueen. Expect plenty of the label's cool luxe casualwear with some avant garde jewellery thrown in. Feature continues