I’m really into white at the moment! White shoes, white trousers, white shirt… I’m just into it! It must be a subliminal desire for purity, spirituality, or some other rubbish! (Or maybe the fact that summer’s coming, I can’t decide!) At any rate, today it’s the belt! But a white belt, of course. It’s made of leather, punched all over, and with a thick buckle at the end with Lowlife engraved on it. Lowlife is a great new English brand that the rockers (and the wannabes) love Belts are their main speciality. You might realise this looking at Lowlifestore, but they’ve since got into other things…

£14.99 on Hardcloud

These new Paul Smith “Rabbits” are the latest episode in the “Choosing Trainers for the Summer” series. They’re part of the Jeans collection, and are sort of like Paul Smith’s take on Stan Smiths. And this is what you end up with: trainers with brogue punching on the toe, thin laces, multicoloured stripes and rubber soles (nice little touch: the sole is patterned with hopping rabbits). In short, the “Rabbit” is the perfect mix of comfort and style this summer!

£90 sur Paul Smith

I’ve just realised that this is only the second time I’ve mentioned Kangol. The first time was to talk about this magnificent beanie. To give a bit of background, Kangol is a British brand that’s been around since 1938. They were one of the main suppliers of British army berets during the Second World War. But the brand only became famous in the 80s, thanks to the world of hip-hop, when Run DMC and LL Cool J started wearing it (it feels so good to hear them again!). And Kangol became a big name in headgear.

Here’s one of this season’s styles, you can find many more on Capsarea. And what’s more, you can get a 15% discount on your entire order using the promotional code “COM1CAMION” (excluding shipping). It’s better than nothing!

€30.50 from Capsarea

This is the second half of my report on my field trip to Dress-for-less where I also saw this polo shirt. Polo shirts are in fashion, and all the more so given the bright colour! What more could you possibly want? Some trousers to go with it? What about last week’swhite trousers for example

€25.90 from Dress-for-less

Cocktail Scoop Neck Maillot has a shelf bra for support and has a low back. Bottom has moderate coverage. Made in Canada of European fabric.

From the Canadia brand Shan available on Swimwear Boutique

I haven’t been on Dress-for-less for a long while now. If you look really carefully you sometimes find nice little items that aren’t too expensive. I found these white trousers from Pepe Jeans. The only problem with white is that a pair of white trousers on a white background is hard to see Has anyone seen them in the shops? They look quite nice.

€59.90 from Dress-for-less

The next episode in the “how to choose a laptop bag” series. In the first episode I mentioned Acme Made’s Slim Pack). Here is another relatively luxury style from Zegari. It’s made of leather, a classic style with a novel twist given by the contrasting stripes. On a practical note, it’s got a special laptop compartment and many inside pockets to put your phone, mp3 player, sunglasses, papers, car keys, your spanner, cat litter tray… Watch this space for the next episode in the series!

$325 from Zegari

This polo shirt is nice! I like the red colour (makes a change), the design (that I can’t quite find words for), and in particular the use of the braces. Now, obviously these ones, with the single strap at the back and the buttons, are quite unusual , but you can always draw inspiration from it and make your own outfit…

$368 from eLuxury

So what sort of trainers should we be wearing this summer? Low, light, canvas ones… Like the “2750 Classic” from Superga for example! They’ve got everything: the low cut, canvas upper, rubber soles, simple but effective! Hmm, maybe a little too basic, actually. What do you think? What do your feet fancy this summer?

€50 from Sarenza

There have been discussions going on for a few weeks now on the French language forums about best-avoided errors of taste. Of course, people rarely agree about tastes and colours, but here are the Top 20 errors that people have mentioned the most:

• 1. Wearing white sport socks with anything other than trainers
• 2. Wearing socks and sandals
• 3. Tucking your jeans into your socks
• 4. Wearing jogging bottoms when not doing sport
• 5. Simon Cowell-style trousers pulled up to your belly button
• 6. Wearing the “wrong size” clothes (ankle-swinging trousers, tent-like t-shirt or jacket, etc)
• 7. Carrying a large wallet in your hip pocket (or on a chain!)
• 8. Clipping your mobile phone to your belt (or even worse: around your neck!).
• 9. Wearing shirts with large designs (like dragons/eagles/fire etc)
• 10. Wearing a tie with a short-sleeved shirt
• 11. Wearing wacky ties (Ducks, Mickey Mouse or Bart Simpson)
• 12. Tucking your tie into your trousers!
• 13. Wearing a tie pin (particularly with a short-sleeved shirt with a pocket full of Biros!)
• 14. Tucking your t-shirt into your jeans
• 15. Wearing a “London Marathon” t-shirt or similar around town
• 16. Wearing football scarves outside of the grounds
• 17. Wearing mesh baseball caps
• 18. Overdoing the branded fashion look (Vuitton cap, D&G t-shirt and belt, etc)
• 19. Fake branded bags (Dior, Chanel, Vuitton, etc.) that you can spot a mile off
• 20. And worst of all: Wearing welly boots with a suit!!!