When the Financial Times release their How To Spend It supplements, they hit the theming on the head. This shoot featuring Regina Feoktistova blends a complimentary mix of trends that really are winners for spring 2012: mesh fabrics, breezy layering, and sportswear. The result from this sartorial equation is an array of outfits that are functional yet chic.

The variations on the 1920s theme keep rolling out, each editorial picking up the tune and either stripping it back to the barest melody, or embellishing it with trills and turns. In most cases there’s a feeling of opulence that defines our vision of the era: shiny metallics, fluffy feathers, delicate fabrics that hang from the body – never cling tightly to it. This particular…

Remember all those things you used to hear about how to wear stripes? It seems there were a million rules and often they would oppose one another. Well, we suggest you take all those silly, stifling rules and toss them straight out the window. As you may have noticed, contrasting patterns and colors have become a thing of the moment and stripes are no different.…

When Daniel wrote about choosing a hair colour for 2011 he coined the motto just change it. And as we move into the new year it seems that’s what more and more models are doing. The formerly-blonde Lydia Hearst joins the list as a newly bombshell-esque redhead. The shoot is Ladies & Gentlemen from How To Spend It; a look at female dandy dressing infused…