Updated Monday August 22, 11.04am: The latest news from the warm-up to London's greatest fashion party is Liberty's fashion luau. To help celebrate the launch of her Lulu + Co collection, Lulu Kennedy has invited some of her Fashion East alumni to the Hawaiian-themed evening - which also boasts a rum shack, Rodial consultations and Richard Sloan on the decks. Jonathan Saunders, Richard Nicoll, Simone Rocha, Michael Van der Ham and Bella Freud will all be on hand to talk guests through their collections and limbo the night away with you. As if that wasn't enough, live out your cover girl fantasy and head to the scarf hall where you can be styled and pose for photographers underneath the Vogue masthead.

SEE THE LULU + CO COLLECTION HERE

Denim That Looks Great on You… Really

Dungarees. Jeans. Denim. Regardless of what you call it, women every where are still asking the same question: how can I find a decent pair of jeans that actually compliments, flatters and oh yeah, fits?

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If you’ve started keeping a keen eye out for oriental pieces, then your next craving may be inspiration on how to style them. For as a trend into 2012 it’s all about subtlety, not stepping out of the house looking like you’re headed to a costume party dressed as a Geisha. Enter Elle Sweden with a shoot that’s a pretty good start, incorporating simple flowing silks and fluttering kimonos, styled with the right degree of subtlety, rounded out by fresh orchids as hair accessories and a beauty look that’s softly exotic yet very much played down.

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